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Graves' ophthalmopathy is an autoimmune condition characterized by T cell infiltration of the retrobulbar tissue. Phenotypic and functional analysis of these infiltrating cells may provide insight into the pathogenesis of the disease. IL-2-responsive cells were therefore grown out of the retrobulbar tissue from two patients with severe Graves' ophthalmopathy undergoing orbital decompression surgery, and six T cell lines were established and characterized. They consisted predominantly of CD8 + CD45RO+ cells and secreted IL-4, IFN-gamma, and IL-10 upon activation. When screened for their antigen reactivity, all lines proliferated in response to stimulation with autologous retrobulbar fibroblasts in an HLA class I-restricted manner, but did not recognize autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells, crude eye muscle extract, allogeneic cells, or purified protein derivate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In contrast, PBMC from the same patients responded readily to purified protein derivate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and allogeneic PBMC, but did not recognize autologous fibroblasts. Interestingly, only one of the six retrobulbar T cell lines displayed cytotoxicity towards its specific target cell population. These results suggest that the retrobulbar fibroblasts are a major T cell target in Graves' ophthalmopathy. Pronounced cytokine production in the absence of target cell cytotoxicity may explain fibroblast proliferation, glycosaminoglycan secretion, and secondary eye muscle enlargement in this condition.

Retrobulbar T cells from patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy are CD8+ and specifically recognize autologous fibroblasts.