Hydroxychloroquine inhibits the mitochondrial antioxidant system in activated T cells

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Although hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) has long been used to treat autoimmune diseases, its mechanism of action remains poorly understood. In CD4 T-cells, we found that a clinically relevant concentration of HCQ inhibited the mitochondrial antioxidant system triggered by TCR crosslinking, leading to increased mitochondrial superoxide, impaired activation-induced autophagic flux, and reduced proliferation of CD4 T-cells. In antigen-presenting cells, HCQ also reduced constitutive activation of the endo-lysosomal protease legumain and toll-like receptor 9, thereby reducing cytokine production, but it had little apparent impact on constitutive antigen processing and peptide presentation. HCQ's effects did not require endo-lysosomal pH change, nor impaired autophagosome-lysosome fusion. We explored the clinical relevance of these findings in patients with celiac disease-a prototypic CD4 T-cell-mediated disease-and found that HCQ limits ex vivo antigen-specific T cell responses. We report a T-cell-intrinsic immunomodulatory effect from HCQ and suggest potential re-purposing of HCQ for celiac disease.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

iScience - 24(2021), 12 vom: 17. Dez., Seite 103509

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kim, Man Lyang [VerfasserIn]
Hardy, Melinda Y [VerfasserIn]
Edgington-Mitchell, Laura E [VerfasserIn]
Ramarathinam, Sri H [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Shan Zou [VerfasserIn]
Russell, Amy K [VerfasserIn]
Currie, Iain [VerfasserIn]
Sleebs, Brad E [VerfasserIn]
Purcell, Anthony W [VerfasserIn]
Tye-Din, Jason A [VerfasserIn]
Wicks, Ian P [VerfasserIn]

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Immune system
Journal Article
Molecular biology
Proteomics

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Date Revised 23.12.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.isci.2021.103509

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NLM334709180