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Chemokines and their receptors are large families of inflammatory molecules responsible for a number of biologic functions including the accumulation of leukocytes at tissue sites. Over the past 8 years, a number of studies have indicated a role for chemokines in the pathogenesis of CNS inflammatory diseases. This minireview provides a brief summary of our current knowledge of chemokines and CNS inflammatory diseases including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, virus-induced demyelinating diseases, Alzheimer's disease, and central nervous system bacterial-induced diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, W127, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Fife BT, Paniagua MC, Lukacs NW, Kunkel SL, Karpus WJ. Selective CC chemokine receptor expression by central nervous system-infiltrating encephalitogenic T cells during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neurosci Res 2001; 66:705-14. [PMID: 11746391 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4(+) T cell disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration, demyelination, and paralysis. Recent studies describing the relationship of chemokine expression with development of clinical disease have led to the hypothesis that distinct chemokine receptors corresponding to specific ligands are expressed by CNS-infiltrating antigen-specific encephalitogenic T cells as well as host-derived bystander T cells and monocytes. In an effort to study encephalitogenic T cell chemokine receptor expression, we examined CC chemokine receptor expression from resting, activated, and CNS-isolated CD4(+) T cells. CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CCR6, CCR7, and CCR8 mRNA is expressed by normal CD4(+) T cells. In vitro activated T cells expressed CCR1, CCR2, CCR3, CCR5, CCR6, CCR7, and CCR8 mRNA as well as CCR4. After EAE induction, CCR1 mRNA was expressed by donor-derived encephalitogenic and host-derived CD4(+) T cells isolated only from CNS and not from spleen. In vivo neutralization of the CCR1 ligand, macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (CCL3), resulted in less encephalitogenic CD4(+) T cell CNS infiltration. These results demonstrate the importance of CC chemokine receptor expression by CD4(+) encephalitogenic T cells for CNS infiltration and subsequent disease development.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Central Nervous System/immunology
- Central Nervous System/metabolism
- Central Nervous System/physiopathology
- Chemokine CCL3
- Chemokine CCL4
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/metabolism
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/physiopathology
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Interleukin-4/genetics
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Congenic
- RNA, Messenger/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR1
- Receptors, CCR2
- Receptors, CCR3
- Receptors, CCR4
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/immunology
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Recurrence
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Thy-1 Antigens/genetics
- Thy-1 Antigens/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- B T Fife
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Fife BT, Kennedy KJ, Paniagua MC, Lukacs NW, Kunkel SL, Luster AD, Karpus WJ. CXCL10 (IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10) control of encephalitogenic CD4+ T cell accumulation in the central nervous system during experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 2001; 166:7617-24. [PMID: 11390519 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 212] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4(+) Th1-mediated demyelinating disease of the CNS that serves as a model for multiple sclerosis. A critical event in the pathogenesis of EAE is the entry of both Ag-specific and Ag-nonspecific T lymphocytes into the CNS. In the present report, we investigated the role of the CXC chemokine CXCL10 (IFN-gamma-inducible protein-10) in the pathogenesis of EAE. Production of CXCL10 in the CNS correlated with the development of clinical disease. Administration of anti-CXCL10 decreased clinical and histological disease incidence, severity, as well as infiltration of mononuclear cells into the CNS. Anti-CXCL10 specifically decreased the accumulation of encephalitogenic PLP(139-151) Ag-specific CD4+ T cells in the CNS compared with control-treated animals. Anti-CXCL10 administration did not affect the activation of encephalitogenic T cells as measured by Ag-specific proliferation and the ability to adoptively transfer EAE. These results demonstrate an important role for the CXC chemokine CXCL10 in the recruitment and accumulation of inflammatory mononuclear cells during the pathogenesis of EAE.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Adoptive Transfer
- Animals
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/pathology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/transplantation
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Movement/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokine CXCL10
- Chemokines, CXC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/physiology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/etiology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/prevention & control
- Female
- Immune Sera/administration & dosage
- Immunologic Memory
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Injections, Intravenous
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/pathology
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Receptors, CXCR3
- Receptors, Chemokine/biosynthesis
- Severity of Illness Index
- Spinal Cord/immunology
- Spinal Cord/metabolism
- Spinal Cord/pathology
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Affiliation(s)
- B T Fife
- Department of Pathology, Immunobiology Center, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Every other year the Keystone Symposia organizes a meeting to discuss the state of the art in chemokine and chemokine receptor research. The focus of the meeting in the past has included the structural and functional identification of chemokines and their receptors. However, this year there was heavy emphasis on the role of chemokines on normal immune function and disease pathogenesis. A number of exciting results were presented and discussed, for example the role of chemokines and chemokine receptors in development and progression of tumours, induction and progression of auto-immunity, development of atherosclerosis and the resolution of infectious disease. The last session of the meeting was devoted to discussion of chemokine and chemokine receptor antagonists currently in preclinical development or Phase I clinical trials.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, W127, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4(+) T lymphocyte-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration, demyelination, and paralysis. We previously demonstrated a role for chemokines in acute and relapsing EAE pathogenesis. Presently, we investigated the role of CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) in acute EAE. CCR2(-/-) mice did not develop clinical EAE or CNS histopathology, and showed a significant reduction in T cell- and CNS-infiltrating CD45(high)F4/80(+) monocyte subpopulations. Peripheral lymphocytes from CCR2(-/-) mice produced comparable levels of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin (IL)-2 in response to antigen-specific restimulation when compared with control mice. Adoptively transferred myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein 35-55-specific T cells lacking expression of CCR2 were able to induce EAE, whereas CCR2(-/-) recipients of wild-type T cells failed to develop disease. These results suggest that CCR2 expression on host-derived mononuclear cells is critical for disease induction.
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- B T Fife
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Matthews E, Yang T, Janulis L, Goodwin S, Kundu SD, Karpus WJ, Lee C. Down-regulation of TGF-beta1 production restores immunogenicity in prostate cancer cells. Br J Cancer 2000; 83:519-25. [PMID: 10945501 PMCID: PMC2374659 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The objective of this study is to determine if a non-immunogenic Dunning's rat prostate cancer cell line, MATLyLu, can become immunogenic by reducing the endogenous production of TGF-beta1. An expression construct containing a DNA sequence in an antisense orientation to TGF-beta1 (TGF-beta1 antisense) was stably transfected into MATLyLu cells. Following transfection, cellular content of TGF-beta1 reduced from 70 to 10 pg per 2x10(4) cells and the rate of in vitro 3H-thymidine incorporation increased 3-5-fold. After subcutaneous injection of tumour cells into syngeneic male hosts (Copenhagen rats), the tumour incidence was 100% (15/15) for the wild type MATLyLu cells and cells transfected with the control construct, but only 43% (9/21, P< or =0.05) for cells transfected with TGF-beta1 antisense. However, when cells were injected into immunodeficient hosts (athymic nude rats), the incidence of tumour development was 100% (10/10) for both the wild type MATLyLu cells and cells transfected with the control construct and 90% (9/10) for cells transfected with TGF-beta1 antisense. These observations support the concept that MATLyLu cells are immunogenic, when the endogenous production of TGF-beta1 is down-regulated.
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- E Matthews
- Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus is an endemic murine pathogen that induces a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in susceptible mouse strains. The disease is characterized by central nervous system mononuclear cell infiltration and presents as chronic, progressive paralysis. The expression of CC and C-x-C chemokines in the central nervous system of Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus-infected mice was examined throughout the disease course by ELISA and RT - PCR analysis. Central nervous system expression of MCP-1 and MIP-1alpha protein was evident by day 11 post Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus infection of SJL mice and continued throughout disease progression. MIP-1alpha, RANTES, MCP-1, C10, IP-10, and MIP-1beta mRNA was specifically expressed in the central nervous system and not the periphery following Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus infection. This was associated with development of clinical disease. These data suggest that the expression of multiple chemokines at particular times following viral infection is associated with demyelinating disease.
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- L M Hoffman
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, IL 60611, USA
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Chemokines are low molecular weight chemotactic peptides that bind seven transmembrane-spanning, G protein-coupled receptors and deliver signals leading to T cell costimulation, hematopoeisis, cytokine expression, T cell differentiation, and integrin activation. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4+ Th1-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that serves as a model for multiple sclerosis (MS). A hallmark in the pathogenesis of this CNS demyelinating disease is the emigration of T cells and monocytes from the blood to the CNS. There are several considerations that suggest a role for chemokines in the influx of inflammatory cells and the resulting disease process including a tight temporal expression pattern with relationship to disease activity and prevention of disease development by in vivo neutralization. We review the evidence that temporal and spatial expressions of chemokines are crucial factors, complementing adhesion molecule upregulation, that regulate EAE and potentially MS disease activity as well as the functions of chemokines in Th1 and Th2 biology.
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- K J Kennedy
- Department of Pathology, Immunobiology Center, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Kennedy KJ, Strieter RM, Kunkel SL, Lukacs NW, Karpus WJ. Acute and relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis are regulated by differential expression of the CC chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha and monocyte chemotactic protein-1. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 92:98-108. [PMID: 9916884 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(98)00187-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a T lymphocyte-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by mononuclear cell infiltration and demyelination resulting in paralysis. We examined CC chemokine expression in the CNS throughout the entire course of the disease and found that the production of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha correlated with increasing acute disease severity and remained elevated throughout chronic, relapsing disease. In contrast, a substantial level of monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 expression was not observed until late in acute disease and continued to be evident in the relapsing phase of the disease. MCP-1 expression correlated with increasing severity of clinical relapses. Lower levels of RANTES in the CNS were noted throughout the disease course, but showed little correlation with either acute or relapsing disease. Although RANTES expression was observed during the entire course of disease, anti-RANTES treatment had no effect on clinical disease progression. Anti-MCP-1, but not anti-MIP-1alpha, treatment during relapsing EAE decreased clinical severity of relapsing disease. Furthermore, anti-MCP-1 treatment reduced CNS macrophage accumulation during relapsing EAE. These results suggest that MIP-1alpha controls mononuclear cell accumulation during acute EAE, while MCP-1 controls mononuclear cell infiltration during relapsing EAE.
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- K J Kennedy
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Hoffman LM, Karpus WJ. Chemokine regulation of CNS T-cell infiltration in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Res Immunol 1998; 149:790-4; discussion 846-7, 855-60. [PMID: 9923634 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2494(99)80006-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- L M Hoffman
- Department of Pathology, Immunobiology Center, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Ransohoff RM. Chemokine regulation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: temporal and spatial expression patterns govern disease pathogenesis. J Immunol 1998; 161:2667-71. [PMID: 9743321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4+ Th1-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that serves as a model for multiple sclerosis (MS). There are several considerations that suggest a role for chemokines in the disease process. First, chemokines are highly expressed in the central nervous system with a tight temporal relationship to disease activity. Second, in vivo neutralization studies showed a distinct role for specific chemokines in the evolution of the process. Third, the selective and differential expression of chemokines in differing models of EAE bears a close relationship to the patterns of inflammatory pathology. Fourth, the spatial distribution of chemokine expression could plausibly contribute to lesion architecture. Finally, preliminary observations in MS material suggest that chemokine expression observed in EAE may provide useful information regarding the pathogenesis of inflammation in MS. We propose that temporal and spatial expression of chemokines are crucial factors, complementing adhesion molecule up-regulation, that regulate EAE disease activity.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Immunobiology Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Karpus WJ, Kennedy KJ, Kunkel SL, Lukacs NW. Monocyte chemotactic protein 1 regulates oral tolerance induction by inhibition of T helper cell 1-related cytokines. J Exp Med 1998; 187:733-41. [PMID: 9480983 PMCID: PMC2212174 DOI: 10.1084/jem.187.5.733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/1997] [Revised: 12/05/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that serves as an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Antigen-specific tolerance regimens, including oral tolerance, have been used prophylactically to prevent development of acute EAE as well as a number of other autoimmune diseases. Two mechanisms have been proposed to explain the immunologic basis for disease inhibition: bystander immune suppression and clonal anergy/deletion. This report demonstrates a novel mechanism for monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 as a regulatory factor of oral tolerance. Oral administration of proteolipid protein peptide (PLP139-151) increased MCP-1 expression in the intestinal mucosa, Peyer's patch, and mesenteric lymph nodes. Increase in MCP-1 expression resulted in downregulation of mucosal interleukin (IL)-12 expression with concomitant increase in mucosal IL-4 expression. Functionally, MCP-1 upregulation was shown to regulate oral tolerance induction by the ability of antibodies to MCP-1 to inhibit tolerance induction. The anti-MCP-1 abrogation of oral tolerance induction also resulted in restoration of mucosal IL-12 expression as well as peripheral antigen-specific T helper cell 1 responses. These results demonstrate a novel and important role for MCP-1 in the regulation or oral tolerance for the prevention and treatment of autoimmune disease.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Immunobiology Center, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, and Institute for Neuroscience, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
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Karpus WJ, Kennedy KJ. MIP-1alpha and MCP-1 differentially regulate acute and relapsing autoimmune encephalomyelitis as well as Th1/Th2 lymphocyte differentiation. J Leukoc Biol 1997; 62:681-7. [PMID: 9365124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Chemokines are a family of small-molecular-weight cytokines that induce chemotaxis and chemokinesis of leukocytes. These molecules are ligands for seven-transmembrane, G-protein-linked receptors and are known to activate integrins on the surface of leukocytes and other cells as well as induce a number of signaling events. They play a significant role in the migration of leukocytes from blood into tissue during inflammatory processes. We tested the role of chemokines in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) and found that macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) correlated with acute disease development, whereas monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) did not. In contrast, MCP-1 production in the central nervous system correlated with relapsing EAE development. Moreover, anti-MIP-1alpha, but not anti-MCP-1, inhibited development of acute but not relapsing EAE, whereas anti-MCP-1 significantly reduced the severity of relapsing EAE. To test the effects of chemokines on the differentiation of naive T cells, TCR transgenic splenic T cells (Tg+ T cells) from DO11.10 OVA TCR transgenic mice were used as a source of Th0 cells and were stimulated with specific anti-clonotypic monoclonal antibodies in the presence of MIP-1alpha, MCP-1, or controls. MIP-1alpha drove Th0 cells to differentiate to Th1, whereas MCP-1 drove Th0 cells to differentiate to Th2. Similarly, MCP-1, but not MIP-1alpha significantly inhibited the adoptive transfer of EAE when included in in vitro activation cultures, further suggesting a regulatory anti-inflammatory property. These results suggest a differential role for CC chemokines in the development and activation of T cells during autoimmune inflammatory diseases.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Kennedy KJ, Smith WS, Miller SD, Karpus WJ. Induction of antigen-specific tolerance for the treatment of ongoing, relapsing autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a comparison between oral and peripheral tolerance. J Immunol 1997; 159:1036-44. [PMID: 9218627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that serves as an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Various forms of Ag-specific tolerance have been used prophylactically to prevent development of acute EAE. Here we compare the induction of Ag-specific tolerance using two regimens, proteolipid protein 139-151 (PLP139-151) peptide-coupled splenocytes and oral administration of PLP139-151, for efficacy in the reduction of established, chronic clinical EAE. PLP139-151-coupled splenocytes and not oral administration of PLP139-151 was able to down-regulate established EAE, including subsequent relapses. PLP139-151 peptide-coupled splenocytes were effective at reducing Ag-specific T cell proliferation and IL-2 and IFN-gamma production, while concomitantly increasing IL-4 production. Oral administration of PLP139-151 did not reduce IL-2 or IFN-gamma production and appeared to increase Ag-specific T cell proliferation. Neither multiple high nor low doses of PLP139-151 were effective at decreasing ongoing clinical EAE or PLP139-151-specific IL-2 and IFN-gamma production. These results suggest that PLP139-151 peptide-induced tolerance is an efficacious treatment for ongoing, R-EAE when the peptide is coupled to chemically fixed splenocytes and not when given orally.
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- K J Kennedy
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Kennedy KJ, Smith WS, Miller SD, Karpus WJ. Induction of antigen-specific tolerance for the treatment of ongoing, relapsing autoimmune encephalomyelitis: a comparison between oral and peripheral tolerance. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.159.2.1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a T cell-mediated autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that serves as an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Various forms of Ag-specific tolerance have been used prophylactically to prevent development of acute EAE. Here we compare the induction of Ag-specific tolerance using two regimens, proteolipid protein 139-151 (PLP139-151) peptide-coupled splenocytes and oral administration of PLP139-151, for efficacy in the reduction of established, chronic clinical EAE. PLP139-151-coupled splenocytes and not oral administration of PLP139-151 was able to down-regulate established EAE, including subsequent relapses. PLP139-151 peptide-coupled splenocytes were effective at reducing Ag-specific T cell proliferation and IL-2 and IFN-gamma production, while concomitantly increasing IL-4 production. Oral administration of PLP139-151 did not reduce IL-2 or IFN-gamma production and appeared to increase Ag-specific T cell proliferation. Neither multiple high nor low doses of PLP139-151 were effective at decreasing ongoing clinical EAE or PLP139-151-specific IL-2 and IFN-gamma production. These results suggest that PLP139-151 peptide-induced tolerance is an efficacious treatment for ongoing, R-EAE when the peptide is coupled to chemically fixed splenocytes and not when given orally.
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- K J Kennedy
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Lukacs NW, Kennedy KJ, Smith WS, Hurst SD, Barrett TA. Differential CC chemokine-induced enhancement of T helper cell cytokine production. The Journal of Immunology 1997. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.158.9.4129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chemokines are a family of small m.w. cytokines that induce chemotaxis and chemokinesis of leukocytes. These molecules are ligands for seven-transmembrane, Gi protein-linked receptors that induce a signaling cascade in human T cells and provide costimulation for T cell activation, in addition to participating in transendothelial migration of leukocytes. To address the role of chemokines in the regulation of Th cell cytokine production, we utilized an OVA-specific TCR transgenic (Tg+) model. Cells stimulated through the TCR and incubated in the presence of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) showed enhanced IFN-gamma production, whereas cells incubated in the presence of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) showed enhanced IL-4 production. Similar results were obtained whether TCR Tg+ T cells were stimulated with anti-CD3 mAb or OVA peptide. Primary stimulation of T cells in the presence of chemokines, followed by secondary stimulation and tertiary stimulation with anti-TCR clonotype mAb alone (no exogenous chemokines), revealed an enhanced IFN-gamma production for MIP-1alpha stimulation and IL-4 production for MCP-1 stimulation. Naive Tg+ T cells, obtained from Tg+ mice crossed to RAG-1-deficient mice, showed enhanced IFN-gamma production when incubated with MIP-1alpha and enhanced IL-4 production when incubated with MCP-1. These results suggest CC chemokines play a role in regulating naive Th cell cytokine production, in addition to regulating leukocyte trafficking.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Lukacs NW, Kennedy KJ, Smith WS, Hurst SD, Barrett TA. Differential CC chemokine-induced enhancement of T helper cell cytokine production. J Immunol 1997; 158:4129-36. [PMID: 9126972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Chemokines are a family of small m.w. cytokines that induce chemotaxis and chemokinesis of leukocytes. These molecules are ligands for seven-transmembrane, Gi protein-linked receptors that induce a signaling cascade in human T cells and provide costimulation for T cell activation, in addition to participating in transendothelial migration of leukocytes. To address the role of chemokines in the regulation of Th cell cytokine production, we utilized an OVA-specific TCR transgenic (Tg+) model. Cells stimulated through the TCR and incubated in the presence of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) showed enhanced IFN-gamma production, whereas cells incubated in the presence of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) showed enhanced IL-4 production. Similar results were obtained whether TCR Tg+ T cells were stimulated with anti-CD3 mAb or OVA peptide. Primary stimulation of T cells in the presence of chemokines, followed by secondary stimulation and tertiary stimulation with anti-TCR clonotype mAb alone (no exogenous chemokines), revealed an enhanced IFN-gamma production for MIP-1alpha stimulation and IL-4 production for MCP-1 stimulation. Naive Tg+ T cells, obtained from Tg+ mice crossed to RAG-1-deficient mice, showed enhanced IFN-gamma production when incubated with MIP-1alpha and enhanced IL-4 production when incubated with MCP-1. These results suggest CC chemokines play a role in regulating naive Th cell cytokine production, in addition to regulating leukocyte trafficking.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Lukacs NW, Chensue SW, Karpus WJ, Lincoln P, Keefer C, Strieter RM, Kunkel SL. C-C chemokines differentially alter interleukin-4 production from lymphocytes. Am J Pathol 1997; 150:1861-8. [PMID: 9137108 PMCID: PMC1858198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The expression of cytokines can dictate the intensity, chronicity, and type of immune/inflammatory response that is produced. These events may be regulated by accumulation of particular cell populations at a site of immune response that can be regulated by the expression of specific chemokines. Recent data have indicated that chemokines also have direct effects on cellular activation. In particular, T lymphocyte responses have been divided into two distinct phenotypes, designated by TH1- and TH2-type cytokine expression. Although it is recognized that divergent T-lymphocyte-derived cytokine phenotypes exist, the mechanisms that dictate the expression of these cytokines and ultimately the division of these immune responses is not entirely clear. In the present study, we present data that the C-C chemokine family members may be a factor influencing the direction of T-cell-derived lymphokine production. To elucidate the role of C-C chemokines, MIP-1 alpha and MCP-1, we have used both antigen-specific (schistosomal egg antigen (SEA)) and nonspecific (conconavalin (Con) A) stimuli. Using TH2-type lymphocyte populations from SEA-sensitized mice, a significant increase in IL-4 mRNA expression and protein production was observed when MCP-1 was added to the culture. Conversely, MIP-1 alpha treatment appeared to decrease interleukin (IL)-4 production. Interestingly, the proliferative response in the TH2-type (SEA-specific) response was up-regulated by MIP-1 alpha whereas MCP-1 down-regulated the response, inversely correlating with IL-4 production. Primary stimulation of naive lymphocytes with Con A induces a predominant interferon (IFN)-gamma response, whereas the second stimulation of the same lymphocytes with Con A induces both IFN-gamma and IL-4. When the two C-C chemokines were individually co-incubated with Con-A-stimulated lymphocytes, both up-regulated IFN-gamma production and proliferation during the primary stimulation. Similarly, in the secondary response, both chemokines further upregulated IFN-gamma production; however, only MCP-1 co-stimulation increased IL-4 production, whereas MIP-1 alpha significantly decreased IL-4 production in these same cell populations. These results were also reflected in steady-state levels of mRNA expression. These results suggest that the production of C-C chemokines (MCP-1 or MIP-1 alpha) during an immune response may aid in determining the type of cytokines produced and the level of lymphocyte activation during a particular response.
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- N W Lukacs
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0602, USA
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Karpus WJ, Kennedy KJ, Smith WS, Miller SD. Inhibition of relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in SJL mice by feeding the immunodominant PLP139-151 peptide. J Neurosci Res 1997. [PMID: 8872901 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19960815)45:4<410::aid-jnr10>3.0.co;2-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peripheral antigen-specific tolerance can be induced by feeding protein antigens. The mechanism has been described as either clonal anergy/deletion or induction of antigen-specific regulatory cells that produce transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). These two mechanisms have been linked to the magnitude and frequency of the dose of antigen fed; a single high dose induces anergy/deletion, whereas multiple low doses of antigen induce TGF-beta-secreting regulatory cells. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms of feeding soluble peptides of proteolipid protein (PLP) for prevention of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced by either intact PLP or the immunodominant PLP139-151 peptide. Feeding PLP139-151 prevented acute and relapsing EAE induced by either PLP139-151 or intact PLP. PLP139-151 feeding induced anergy in the T helper 1 (Th1) population as measured by an inhibition of both proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) production was increased, but increased TGF-beta production was not observed. Importantly, PLP139-151 feeding induced anergy in peripheral and central nervous system (CNS)-in-filtrating T cells. Feeding of the subdominant PLP epitope (PLP178-191) failed to inhibit EAE induced by PLP139-151; therefore, oral tolerance was not due to induction of bystander suppression. These results demonstrate that both acute and relapsing paralysis in EAE can be prevented by feeding the immunodominant peptide of PLP.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Peripheral antigen-specific tolerance can be induced by feeding protein antigens. The mechanism has been described as either clonal anergy/deletion or induction of antigen-specific regulatory cells that produce transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). These two mechanisms have been linked to the magnitude and frequency of the dose of antigen fed; a single high dose induces anergy/deletion, whereas multiple low doses of antigen induce TGF-beta-secreting regulatory cells. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms of feeding soluble peptides of proteolipid protein (PLP) for prevention of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced by either intact PLP or the immunodominant PLP139-151 peptide. Feeding PLP139-151 prevented acute and relapsing EAE induced by either PLP139-151 or intact PLP. PLP139-151 feeding induced anergy in the T helper 1 (Th1) population as measured by an inhibition of both proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) production was increased, but increased TGF-beta production was not observed. Importantly, PLP139-151 feeding induced anergy in peripheral and central nervous system (CNS)-in-filtrating T cells. Feeding of the subdominant PLP epitope (PLP178-191) failed to inhibit EAE induced by PLP139-151; therefore, oral tolerance was not due to induction of bystander suppression. These results demonstrate that both acute and relapsing paralysis in EAE can be prevented by feeding the immunodominant peptide of PLP.
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MESH Headings
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/drug therapy
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/prevention & control
- Female
- Immune Tolerance/immunology
- Immunization
- Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology
- Immunodominant Epitopes/pharmacology
- Interleukin-4/genetics
- Interleukin-4/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mice, Knockout
- Myelin Proteins/immunology
- Myelin Proteins/pharmacology
- Myelin Proteolipid Protein/pharmacology
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/pharmacology
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
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Pope JG, Karpus WJ, VanderLugt C, Miller SD. Flow cytometric and functional analyses of central nervous system-infiltrating cells in SJL/J mice with Theiler's virus-induced demyelinating disease. Evidence for a CD4+ T cell-mediated pathology. The Journal of Immunology 1996. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.156.10.4050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis viruses (TMEVs) are endemic enteric pathogens of mice that cause immune-mediated, chronic, progressive, central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disease in susceptible strains. Analysis of T cell phenotype and functional state from TMEV-infected SJL/J mice by flow cytometry reveals that 13.5 to 25% of the CD4+ T cells in the CNS express high affinity IL-2R, a marker of recent T cell activation, whereas splenic levels of CD4+IL-2R+ T cells generally range between 2 and 8.5%. In contrast, very few CD8+ T cells (<1-2%) from either site express IL-2R. From days 20 to 119 postinfection, the percentage of CD4+IL-2R+ T cells increases gradually in the CNS, but varies little in the spleen. CD4+ T cells isolated from the spinal cord of infected mice proliferate in vitro in response to viral Ag. Similar T cell phenotypes were found in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an established model of CD4+ T cell-mediated demyelination. In addition, most CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in CNS isolates from TMEV-infected mice are CD44+, indicating that prior activation may be required to traffic through and/or be retained in the CNS. Finally, TCR V beta region usage as well as IL-2R expression by individual V beta region subsets are heterogeneous in both the CNS and spleen. These results are consistent with a model in which a polyclonal population of TMEV-specific, CD4+ Th1 cells plays a major effector role in the demyelinating process.
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- J G Pope
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Pope JG, Karpus WJ, VanderLugt C, Miller SD. Flow cytometric and functional analyses of central nervous system-infiltrating cells in SJL/J mice with Theiler's virus-induced demyelinating disease. Evidence for a CD4+ T cell-mediated pathology. J Immunol 1996; 156:4050-8. [PMID: 8621948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis viruses (TMEVs) are endemic enteric pathogens of mice that cause immune-mediated, chronic, progressive, central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disease in susceptible strains. Analysis of T cell phenotype and functional state from TMEV-infected SJL/J mice by flow cytometry reveals that 13.5 to 25% of the CD4+ T cells in the CNS express high affinity IL-2R, a marker of recent T cell activation, whereas splenic levels of CD4+IL-2R+ T cells generally range between 2 and 8.5%. In contrast, very few CD8+ T cells (<1-2%) from either site express IL-2R. From days 20 to 119 postinfection, the percentage of CD4+IL-2R+ T cells increases gradually in the CNS, but varies little in the spleen. CD4+ T cells isolated from the spinal cord of infected mice proliferate in vitro in response to viral Ag. Similar T cell phenotypes were found in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an established model of CD4+ T cell-mediated demyelination. In addition, most CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in CNS isolates from TMEV-infected mice are CD44+, indicating that prior activation may be required to traffic through and/or be retained in the CNS. Finally, TCR V beta region usage as well as IL-2R expression by individual V beta region subsets are heterogeneous in both the CNS and spleen. These results are consistent with a model in which a polyclonal population of TMEV-specific, CD4+ Th1 cells plays a major effector role in the demyelinating process.
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- J G Pope
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Peripheral antigen-specific tolerance can be induced by feeding protein antigens. The mechanism has been described as either clonal anergy/deletion or induction of antigen-specific regulatory cells that produce transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta, depending on the dose of antigen fed. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model for multiple sclerosis, can be prevented by feeding myelin basic protein (MBP) or proteolipid protein (PLP). We decided to address the role of chemokines in the induction of oral tolerance. We have used a model antigen system of feeding a high dose of human gamma globulin (HGG) to mice that have been subsequently immunized with HGG emulsified in CFA. The result was decreased recall proliferative, delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) and Th1 cytokine responses. By contrast, Th2 cytokine responses were enhanced. Interestingly, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha production was decreased, whereas monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1 production was enhanced. Induction of oral tolerance was prevented by the administration of anti-MCP-1 to mice fed HGG. These results show that chemokines play an important role in the induction of oral tolerance.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Lukacs NW, McRae BL, Strieter RM, Kunkel SL, Miller SD. An important role for the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in the pathogenesis of the T cell-mediated autoimmune disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology 1995. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.155.10.5003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that serves as a model for the human demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis. A critical event in the pathogenesis of EAE is the entry of both Ag-specific T lymphocytes and Ag-nonspecific mononuclear cells into the CNS. In the present report we investigated the role of two C-C chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1) and a C-x-C chemokine (MIP-2) in the pathogenesis of EAE. Production in the CNS of MIP-1 alpha, but not that of MIP-2, a rodent homologue of IL-8, or monocyte chemotactic protein-1, correlated with development of severe clinical disease. Administration of anti-MIP-1 alpha, but not that of anti-monocyte chemotactic protein-1, prevented the development of both acute and relapsing paralytic disease as well as infiltration of mononuclear cells into the CNS initiated by the transfer of neuroantigen peptide-activated T cells. Ab therapy could also be used to ameliorate the severity of ongoing clinical disease. Anti-MIP-1 alpha did not affect the activation of encepahlitogenic T cells as measured by cytokine secretion, surface marker expression, and ability to adoptively transfer EAE. These results demonstrate that MIP-1 alpha plays an important role in directing the chemoattraction of mononuclear inflammatory cells in the T cell-mediated autoimmune disease, EAE.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Lukacs NW, McRae BL, Strieter RM, Kunkel SL, Miller SD. An important role for the chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha in the pathogenesis of the T cell-mediated autoimmune disease, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 1995; 155:5003-10. [PMID: 7594507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that serves as a model for the human demyelinating disease, multiple sclerosis. A critical event in the pathogenesis of EAE is the entry of both Ag-specific T lymphocytes and Ag-nonspecific mononuclear cells into the CNS. In the present report we investigated the role of two C-C chemokines (macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) and monocyte chemotactic protein-1) and a C-x-C chemokine (MIP-2) in the pathogenesis of EAE. Production in the CNS of MIP-1 alpha, but not that of MIP-2, a rodent homologue of IL-8, or monocyte chemotactic protein-1, correlated with development of severe clinical disease. Administration of anti-MIP-1 alpha, but not that of anti-monocyte chemotactic protein-1, prevented the development of both acute and relapsing paralytic disease as well as infiltration of mononuclear cells into the CNS initiated by the transfer of neuroantigen peptide-activated T cells. Ab therapy could also be used to ameliorate the severity of ongoing clinical disease. Anti-MIP-1 alpha did not affect the activation of encepahlitogenic T cells as measured by cytokine secretion, surface marker expression, and ability to adoptively transfer EAE. These results demonstrate that MIP-1 alpha plays an important role in directing the chemoattraction of mononuclear inflammatory cells in the T cell-mediated autoimmune disease, EAE.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Pope JG, Peterson JD, Dal Canto MC, Miller SD. Inhibition of Theiler's virus-mediated demyelination by peripheral immune tolerance induction. The Journal of Immunology 1995. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.155.2.947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), a member of the cardiovirus subfamily of the Picornaviridae, is a natural pathogen of mice. Thirty to 60 days following intracerebral infection with TMEV, susceptible inbred mouse strains develop a chronic, progressive, T cell-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by spastic hind limb paralysis and a lifelong persistent CNS virus infection. We have examined the effect of peripheral virus-specific tolerance on the development of demyelinating disease. Treatment of SJL/J mice with TMEV-coupled, ethyl carbodiimide-treated splenocytes either before or after infection with live TMEV prevented the development of clinical disease, including inflammation and demyelination in the CNS. Prevention of clinical disease was paralleled by significant reductions in virus-specific immune responses, including delayed type hypersensitivity and T cell proliferative responses. Tolerance induction resulted in a significant reduction in the absolute numbers of mononuclear cells infiltrating the CNS, particularly the CD4+IL-2R+ T cell subset, 3, 5, and 8 wk postinfection. In contrast, tolerance induction had no effect on the numbers of CD8+IL-2R+ T cells infiltrating the CNS. Treatment with TMEV-coupled splenocytes failed to prevent the development of relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, demonstrating the specificity of in vivo tolerance induction. Prevention of demyelinating disease did not correlate with the increased TMEV-specific Ab responses observed in tolerized mice. These results indicate that induction of immune tolerance to TMEV can down-regulate a chronic immunopathogenic disease directed against virus Ag persisting in the CNS that normally results in a progressive demyelinating disease similar to multiple sclerosis.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Karpus WJ, Pope JG, Peterson JD, Dal Canto MC, Miller SD. Inhibition of Theiler's virus-mediated demyelination by peripheral immune tolerance induction. J Immunol 1995; 155:947-57. [PMID: 7608570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV), a member of the cardiovirus subfamily of the Picornaviridae, is a natural pathogen of mice. Thirty to 60 days following intracerebral infection with TMEV, susceptible inbred mouse strains develop a chronic, progressive, T cell-mediated inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by spastic hind limb paralysis and a lifelong persistent CNS virus infection. We have examined the effect of peripheral virus-specific tolerance on the development of demyelinating disease. Treatment of SJL/J mice with TMEV-coupled, ethyl carbodiimide-treated splenocytes either before or after infection with live TMEV prevented the development of clinical disease, including inflammation and demyelination in the CNS. Prevention of clinical disease was paralleled by significant reductions in virus-specific immune responses, including delayed type hypersensitivity and T cell proliferative responses. Tolerance induction resulted in a significant reduction in the absolute numbers of mononuclear cells infiltrating the CNS, particularly the CD4+IL-2R+ T cell subset, 3, 5, and 8 wk postinfection. In contrast, tolerance induction had no effect on the numbers of CD8+IL-2R+ T cells infiltrating the CNS. Treatment with TMEV-coupled splenocytes failed to prevent the development of relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, demonstrating the specificity of in vivo tolerance induction. Prevention of demyelinating disease did not correlate with the increased TMEV-specific Ab responses observed in tolerized mice. These results indicate that induction of immune tolerance to TMEV can down-regulate a chronic immunopathogenic disease directed against virus Ag persisting in the CNS that normally results in a progressive demyelinating disease similar to multiple sclerosis.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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McRae BL, Nikcevich KM, Karpus WJ, Hurst SD, Miller SD. Differential recognition of peptide analogs by naive verses activated PLP 139-151-specific CD4+ T cells. J Neuroimmunol 1995; 60:17-28. [PMID: 7543908 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(95)00048-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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CD4+ T cells specific for PLP 139-151 induce a relapsing-remitting form of EAE which is similar to the human demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis (MS) in both clinical course and histopathology. Conservative and nonconservative amino acid substitutions were introduced at three TcR or MHC contact residues within PLP 139-151 to identify fine specificity requirements, at the polyclonal level, for stimulating naive encephalitogenic T cells and for reactivating pre-primed autoreactive T cells as measured by T cell proliferation, cytokine induction, and functional encephalitogenic potential. The results indicate that peptides with substitutions at position 145 exhibited a significantly diminished ability to induce active disease, but these substitutions had little or no effect on the ability to activate PLP 139-151-primed T cells for proliferation or disease transfer. A conservative or a nonconservative substitution at position 144 ablated both encephalitogenic potential in active and adoptive EAE models and the ability to induce proliferative responses in T cells primed to the native peptide. A nonconservative lysine for glycine, but not a conservative serine substitution, at position 146 had similar effects. In contrast to their inability to induce active EAE and stimulate in vitro proliferation of PLP 139-151-primed T cells, the Y144 and the 146 analog peptides were able to suboptimally reactivate these cells for transfer of adoptive EAE. Furthermore, the nonencephalitogenic K146 peptide was found to exacerbate in vivo induction of EAE induced by priming with a suboptimal dose of PLP 139-151. These data support the hypothesis that naive neuroantigen-specific CD4+ T cells have more stringent activation requirements than do PLP 139-151-specific T cells which have previously encountered antigen. The finding that the analog peptides induced differential patterns of cytokine production, with LT/TNF-alpha production but not IFN-gamma production correlating with full encephalitogenic potential, suggests different functional outcomes may result from differential levels of signal transduction triggered by the substituted peptides. The significance of these results to the potential development of autoimmune disease via molecular mimicry and for the development of new strategies for preventing and treating T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases is discussed.
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- B L McRae
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Miller SD, McRae BL, Vanderlugt CL, Nikcevich KM, Pope JG, Pope L, Karpus WJ. Evolution of the T-cell repertoire during the course of experimental immune-mediated demyelinating diseases. Immunol Rev 1995; 144:225-44. [PMID: 7590815 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1995.tb00071.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Fig. 6 depicts a model for epitope spreading in T cell-mediated demyelination. The acute phase of disease is due to T cells specific for the initiating epitope, which can be either a determinant on the CNS target organ of the autoimmune response or a determinant on a persisting, CNS-tropic virus. The primary T cell response is responsible for the initial tissue damage by the production of proinflammatory Th1 cytokines which can affect myelination directly (Selmaj et al. 1991) and indirectly by their ability to recruit and activate macrophages to phagocytize myelin (Cammer et al. 1978). As a result of myelin damage and opening of the blood-brain-barrier during acute disease, T cells specific for endogenous epitopes on the same and/or different myelin proteins are primed and expand either in the periphery or locally in the CNS. These secondary T cells initiate an additional round of myelin destruction, leading to a clinical relapse by production of additional pro-inflammatory cytokines, similar to the bystander demyelination operative during acute disease. It will be of great interest to determine the relative contributions of local and systemic immune responses to these endogenous neuroepitopes. It is possible that local CNS presentation of endogenous neuroepitopes following acute CNS damage could be mediated by infiltrating inflammatory macrophages, activated microglial cells, endothelial cells and/or astrocytes. These tissue resident antigen presenting cells have been shown to upregulate expression of MHC class II (Sakai et al. 1986, Traugott & Lebon 1988), certain adhesion molecules (Cannella et al. 1990), and B7 costimulatory molecules (K. M. Nikcevich, J. A. Bluestone, and S. D. Miller, in preparation) in response to pro-inflammatory cytokines. The data on epitope spreading provided by the murine demyelinating disease models clearly illustrate the dynamic nature of the T cell repertoire during chronic inflammation in a specific target organ. The contribution of epitope spreading to chronic CNS demyelination could be considered to be a special case since tolerance to myelin epitopes would be expected to be inefficient due to their sequestration behind the blood-brain-barrier. However, the recent description of epitope spreading in response to pancreatic antigens in spontaneous diabetes in the NOD mouse may indicate that this phenomenon is operative in a variety of organ-specific experimental and spontaneous autoimmune diseases.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- S D Miller
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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A variety of experimental approaches are currently being evaluated for controlling CD4+ T helper 1 (Th1)-mediated autoimmune pathology. Here, Stephen Miller and William Karpus compare and contrast the efficacies of various antigen-specific regulatory strategies. Particular emphasis is placed on the mechanisms of peripheral immune tolerance and how this may be used in the treatment and analysis of the pathologic T-cell repertoire in autoimmune and virus-induced demyelinating diseases.
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- S D Miller
- Dept of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Efficient immunologic tolerance, defined as antigen-specific unresponsiveness, can be peripherally induced by the i.v. injection of syngeneic splenocytes coupled with antigen using ethylene carbodiimide (ECDI). We have previously reported that unresponsiveness induced via i.v. injection of syngeneic splenocytes coupled with intact, UV-inactivated Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV-SP) resulted in 'split tolerance'. Both virus-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity and IgG2a levels were inhibited, whereas IgG1 levels were increased when compared with sham tolerized controls. In the present report we demonstrate that tolerance induced by i.v. injection of TMEV-coupled splenocytes resulted in antigen-specific inhibition of T cell proliferation, as well as IL-2 and IFN-gamma production in response to both whole TMEV and the immunodominant viral epitope. Additionally, tolerance induction resulted in abrogation of Th1-derived [IL-2, IFN-gamma and LT/tumor necrosis factor-beta (TNF-beta)] cytokine mRNA expression in response to in vitro stimulation with UV-inactivated TMEV as determined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. In contrast, expression of Th2-derived (IL-4, IL-6 and IL-10) cytokine mRNA was not affected in tolerized mice. Tolerance functioned directly at the level of CD4+ Th1 cells at both the induction and effector limbs as depletion of CD8+ T cells both prior to in vivo tolerization or in vitro culture had no effect on inhibition of Th1-specific responses. The mechanism of in vivo tolerance induction appeared to be anergy of CD4+ Th1 cells since IL-2, IFN-gamma and LT/TNF-beta mRNA expression as well as virus-specific proliferative responses could be restored by addition of rIL-2 to in vitro cultures of tolerant, CD4+ Th1 populations. These results suggest that in vivo 'split tolerance' induced by i.v. injection of ECDI-fixed, antigen-coupled splenocytes involves anergy of TMEV-specific, CD4+ Th1 lymphocytes and concomitant priming of Th2 cells. The induction of antigen-specific, in vivo anergy has important implications in the design of therapeutic strategies for immunopathologic diseases mediated by Th1 lymphocytes, especially T cell-mediated autoimmune disorders.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Gerety SJ, Karpus WJ, Cubbon AR, Goswami RG, Rundell MK, Peterson JD, Miller SD. Class II-restricted T cell responses in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus-induced demyelinating disease. V. Mapping of a dominant immunopathologic VP2 T cell epitope in susceptible SJL/J mice. The Journal of Immunology 1994. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.152.2.908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)-induced demyelinating disease is a relevant mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Demyelination is linked to persistent TMEV infection of the central nervous system and characterized by perivascular inflammatory mononuclear infiltrates and primary demyelination. Myelin damage is a T cell-dependent process and susceptibility correlates with the temporal development of chronic virus-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses. Our previous results have shown that inflammatory processes mediated by Th1 cells specific for a determinant(s) on virus capsid protein 2 (VP2) play a major immunopathologic role in SJL/J mice. This study identifies a 13 amino acid peptide on VP2 (VP2(74-86)) as the immunodominant T cell epitope in TMEV-infected and -immunized SJL/J mice, and demonstrates the ability of that sequence to prime for the majority of the SJL/J DTH T cell response to intact TMEV. The importance of T cell responses to this epitope in the demyelinating process was illustrated by experiments in which SJL/J mice displayed an increased incidence and accelerated onset of clinical disease after peripheral immunization with a fusion protein containing VP2(74-84) before intracerebral infection with a suboptimal dose of the BeAn strain of TMEV. Identification of this immunopathologic TMEV T cell epitope will be critically important for delineation of the mechanisms of T cell-mediated myelin damage and for potential use to prevent and/or treat TMEV-induced demyelinating disease via the induction of epitope-specific tolerance.
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- S J Gerety
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Gerety SJ, Karpus WJ, Cubbon AR, Goswami RG, Rundell MK, Peterson JD, Miller SD. Class II-restricted T cell responses in Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus-induced demyelinating disease. V. Mapping of a dominant immunopathologic VP2 T cell epitope in susceptible SJL/J mice. J Immunol 1994; 152:908-18. [PMID: 7904291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV)-induced demyelinating disease is a relevant mouse model of multiple sclerosis. Demyelination is linked to persistent TMEV infection of the central nervous system and characterized by perivascular inflammatory mononuclear infiltrates and primary demyelination. Myelin damage is a T cell-dependent process and susceptibility correlates with the temporal development of chronic virus-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses. Our previous results have shown that inflammatory processes mediated by Th1 cells specific for a determinant(s) on virus capsid protein 2 (VP2) play a major immunopathologic role in SJL/J mice. This study identifies a 13 amino acid peptide on VP2 (VP2(74-86)) as the immunodominant T cell epitope in TMEV-infected and -immunized SJL/J mice, and demonstrates the ability of that sequence to prime for the majority of the SJL/J DTH T cell response to intact TMEV. The importance of T cell responses to this epitope in the demyelinating process was illustrated by experiments in which SJL/J mice displayed an increased incidence and accelerated onset of clinical disease after peripheral immunization with a fusion protein containing VP2(74-84) before intracerebral infection with a suboptimal dose of the BeAn strain of TMEV. Identification of this immunopathologic TMEV T cell epitope will be critically important for delineation of the mechanisms of T cell-mediated myelin damage and for potential use to prevent and/or treat TMEV-induced demyelinating disease via the induction of epitope-specific tolerance.
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- S J Gerety
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Theiler's murine encephalomyelitis virus (TMEV) produces a chronic, inflammatory demyelinating disease in susceptible mouse strains that is used as a model for multiple sclerosis. Because disease susceptibility correlates temporally with the development of virus-specific delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) responses, we studied methods and mechanisms by which virus-specific DTH could be specifically inhibited. The intravenous injection of UV-inactivated TMEV coupled to syngeneic splenocytes via a carbodiimide linkage (TMEV-SP), prior to immunization, induced a significant degree of tolerance in virus-specific helper (Th) cells as determined by decreased DTH and T cell proliferative responses, and decreased interleukin (IL)-2 and interferon (IFN)-gamma protein and mRNA levels. In contrast to the reduced levels of Th1-specific lymphokine mRNA levels, IL-4-specific mRNA levels in response to virus stimulation were not affected in tolerant mice. Surprisingly, the total anti-TMEV antibody response in DTH tolerant mice was enhanced 20-100-fold over sham-tolerized controls and was composed of reduced levels of anti-virus IgG2a, but dramatically increased levels of anti-virus IgG1. The "split-tolerance" was antigen specific, dependent on the concentrations of TMEV and carbodiimide used in the coupling procedure, and varied with the number of coupled syngeneic splenocytes administered. The fixative effects of carbodiimide on antigen-presenting function were necessary for the induction of DTH tolerance with TMEV-SP, since intravenous administration of virus coupled to splenocytes via a biotin-avidin linkage led to enhanced virus-specific antibody responses, but was unable to inhibit DTH unless concomitantly fixed with carbodiimide. Collectively, the data indicate that Th1 cells (mediating DTH, IL-2 and IFN-gamma production, and helper function for IgG2a production) were specifically anergized, with concomitant stimulation of Th2 cells (producing IL-4 and mediating helper function for IgG1 antibody production).
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- J D Peterson
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611
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Karpus WJ, Gould KE, Swanborg RH. CD4+ suppressor cells of autoimmune encephalomyelitis respond to T cell receptor-associated determinants on effector cells by interleukin-4 secretion. Eur J Immunol 1992; 22:1757-63. [PMID: 1378016 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830220714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated that CD4+ suppressor T cells (Ts) inhibit the secretion of interferon (IFN)-gamma, but not interleukin (IL)-2, by effector cells of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Moreover, CD4+ Ts appear to regulate IFN-gamma by secretion of transforming growth factor-beta. We now show that CD4+ Ts produce a lymphokine with IL-4 activity in response to a determinant associated with EAE effector cells. CD4+ Ts do not proliferate or secrete IFN-gamma, IL-2, or IL-4 in response to myelin basic protein, nor do CD4+ Ts proliferate or secrete IL-2 when co-cultured with irradiated EAE effector cells. Rather, CD4+ Ts secrete IL-4 when co-cultured with either irradiated effector spleen cells or irradiated encephalitogenic line cells. CD4+ Ts do not secrete IL-4 in response to OVA-primed spleen cells, suggesting that the suppressor cells recognize a determinant specific to encephalitogenic T cells. Furthermore, CD4+ Ts secrete IL-4 when cultured with synthetic T cell receptor (TcR) V beta 8, but not TcR V beta 14 peptide, in the presence of antigen-presenting cells. This response is major histocompatibility complex class II restricted as demonstrated by inhibition of the response with anti-class II monoclonal antibody. These results suggest that CD4+ Ts recognize a determinant associated with TcR on the surface of EAE effector cells and respond by secreting IL-4, in a manner analogous to the Th2 lymphocyte subtype.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- Cell Line
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Female
- Interleukin-4/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Myelin Basic Protein/immunology
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/analysis
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Species Specificity
- T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Lewis rats immunized with T cell receptor (TCR) variable region peptide V beta 8 in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) were protected against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) induced with myelin basic protein in CFA, although variable protection was also observed in rats injected with control peptide in CFA, or CFA alone. However, this adjuvant-mediated protection could be avoided by immunizing with TCR peptide in incomplete adjuvant (IFA). Clinical, but not histologic EAE was suppressed in rats given V beta 8 peptide in IFA, whereas control animals injected with V beta 14 peptide in IFA, or IFA alone developed severe clinical EAE. Anti-V beta 8 antibodies were present in the sera of all V beta 8-treated rats. These findings lend support to the hypothesis that autoimmune disease can be suppressed by inducing an immune response against the TCR-idiotope of autoreactive T cells.
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- D B Stevens
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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The effects of neuroantigen-specific tolerance on the induction and effector stages of EAE were examined. Tolerance induced by the i.v. injection of syngeneic splenocytes coupled with purified neuroantigens or encephalitogenic peptides of MBP and PLP using ethylene carbodiimide was extremely effective in both prevention and treatment of acute and relapsing forms of EAE in Lewis rats and SJL/J mice. The unresponsiveness is rapidly-induced, dose-dependent, long-lasting, efficient, MHC class II-restricted, and exquisitely antigen-specific. This procedure targets only effector cells bearing clonotypic receptors specific for the autoantigen/autoepitope and thus does not depend upon the autoimmune response being dominated by a restricted T cell repertoire. Moreover, it does not require that the response to the autoantigen be dominated by recognition of a specific epitope(s) within a particular autoantigen, or even the identification of the specific autoantigen. The results also demonstrate the usefulness of peripheral tolerance induced by antigen-coupled syngeneic splenocytes for identifying the fine specificity of autoimmune T cell responses which appear to change during the progression of relapsing EAE. Thus, this technique offers major advantages over many other currently employed immunoregulatory strategies and is therefore relevant for establishment of therapeutic protocols for the antigen-specific treatment of human T cell-dependent autoimmune disorders.
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- S D Miller
- Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Karpus WJ, Swanborg RH. Protection against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis requires both CD4+ T suppressor cells and myelin basic protein-primed B cells. J Neuroimmunol 1991; 33:173-7. [PMID: 1712365 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(91)90061-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Suppressor cells that regulate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) are present in rats that recover from the disease and can protect against the development of active EAE when transferred to normal recipients. Both CD4+ T suppressor cells, known to regulate EAE effector cell lymphokine production, and myelin basic protein (MBP)-primed B cells are required to transfer protection against EAE to normal recipients. Neither CD4+ T suppressor cells nor MBP-primed B cells alone could transfer protection. Moreover, the co-transfer of normal B cells with CD4+ T suppressor cells did not provide protection against EAE. These results suggest that the regulation of EAE and perhaps the recovery from acute clinical disease requires the interaction of two specific subpopulations of regulatory lymphocytes.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Karpus WJ, Swanborg RH. CD4+ suppressor cells inhibit the function of effector cells of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through a mechanism involving transforming growth factor-beta. The Journal of Immunology 1991. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.146.4.1163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nylon wool adherent, CD4+ T cells from the spleens of rats that have recovered from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) inhibit the in vitro production of IFN-gamma, but not IL-2, by effector cells of EAE when cocultured in the presence of myelin basic protein Ag. When anti-transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) antibodies are added to the co-cultures, IFN-gamma production is restored to normal levels. Irrelevant control antibodies have no effect. The same pattern of response was obtained with cells incubated in serum-free medium. In other experiments, purified TGF-beta was added to cultures of effector cells in the presence of antigen. TGF-beta inhibited the production of IFN-gamma by these cells in a dose-dependent manner, but had no apparent inhibitory effect on IL-2 production. Finally, supernatants from cultures containing effector cells and CD4+ suppressor cells plus Ag contained measurable amounts of TGF-beta, whereas supernatants from cultures of effector cells plus Ag contained no measurable amounts of TGF-beta. These results suggest that CD4+ Ts cells of EAE regulate effector cells of EAE through a mechanism that involves the secretion of TGF-beta and that the inhibitory function of this cytokine can be reversed with neutralizing antibodies directed against TGF-beta.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Karpus WJ, Swanborg RH. CD4+ suppressor cells inhibit the function of effector cells of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis through a mechanism involving transforming growth factor-beta. J Immunol 1991; 146:1163-8. [PMID: 1671402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nylon wool adherent, CD4+ T cells from the spleens of rats that have recovered from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) inhibit the in vitro production of IFN-gamma, but not IL-2, by effector cells of EAE when cocultured in the presence of myelin basic protein Ag. When anti-transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) antibodies are added to the co-cultures, IFN-gamma production is restored to normal levels. Irrelevant control antibodies have no effect. The same pattern of response was obtained with cells incubated in serum-free medium. In other experiments, purified TGF-beta was added to cultures of effector cells in the presence of antigen. TGF-beta inhibited the production of IFN-gamma by these cells in a dose-dependent manner, but had no apparent inhibitory effect on IL-2 production. Finally, supernatants from cultures containing effector cells and CD4+ suppressor cells plus Ag contained measurable amounts of TGF-beta, whereas supernatants from cultures of effector cells plus Ag contained no measurable amounts of TGF-beta. These results suggest that CD4+ Ts cells of EAE regulate effector cells of EAE through a mechanism that involves the secretion of TGF-beta and that the inhibitory function of this cytokine can be reversed with neutralizing antibodies directed against TGF-beta.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Konkol RJ, Wesselmann U, Karpus WJ, Leo GL, Killen JA, Roerig DL. Suppression of clinical weakness in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis associated with weight changes, and post-decapitation convulsions after intracisternal-ventricular administration of 6-hydroxydopamine. J Neuroimmunol 1990; 26:25-34. [PMID: 1688441 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(90)90116-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Selective depletion of central nervous system norepinephrine (NE) by the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in rats subsequently inoculated with myelin basic protein (MBP) and complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) produced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) without the usual expected degree of weakness. The preservation of strength occurred in spite of continued weight loss. Post-decapitation myoclonic convulsive kick latency and kick number, which are known to depend on spinal cord NE, agreed well with the degree of weakness through the clinical disease course. The only difference between EAE groups was that the stronger 6-OHDA pretreated EAE animals did not have an elevated pons-medulla NE compared to saline intracisternal-ventricular (i.c.v.) pretreated controls. We conclude that 6-OHDA can influence the clinical course of weakness by interfering with central noradrenergic activity independent of other features associated with disease in EAE. This effect of 6-OHDA may be exerted through alteration of the blood-spinal cord barrier function and/or central nervous system blood flow.
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- R J Konkol
- Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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Karpus WJ, Swanborg RH. CD4+ suppressor cells differentially affect the production of IFN-gamma by effector cells of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. The Journal of Immunology 1989. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.143.11.3492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Spleen cells from rats that have recovered from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) suppress the production of IFN-gamma by effector T cells of EAE in an Ag-specific manner. These postrecovery suppressor cells also inhibit EAE in vivo. Fractionation of the postrecovery suppressor spleen cells on nylon wool and OX-8 coated plates yields a nylon wool-adherent CD4+ suppressor cell population that, when cocultured with effector T cells, suppresses IFN-gamma production by these effector cells. In contrast, the nylon wool-adherent, CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cell population fails to inhibit the production of IL-2 by the effector T cells. In further experiments, the effector T cell population was depleted of CD8+ cells and cocultured with the nylon wool-adherent, CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cells, and the supernatants were assayed for IFN-gamma and IL-2. IFN-gamma production was inhibited in these cultures but IL-2 production was not inhibited. Irradiated effector T cells were cocultured with CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cells, without myelin basic protein, in an effort to determine whether the mechanism of differential lymphokine suppression involved an anti-idiotypic response against effector T cells. No IL-2 was produced, indicating that there was no CD4+ suppressor cell mediated anti-idiotypic response against effector T cells. These studies suggest that the suppressor cell is a nylon wool adherent, CD4+ T cell that functions to down-regulate EAE effector T cells by differential inhibition of lymphokine production.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Karpus WJ, Swanborg RH. CD4+ suppressor cells differentially affect the production of IFN-gamma by effector cells of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Immunol 1989; 143:3492-7. [PMID: 2573635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Spleen cells from rats that have recovered from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) suppress the production of IFN-gamma by effector T cells of EAE in an Ag-specific manner. These postrecovery suppressor cells also inhibit EAE in vivo. Fractionation of the postrecovery suppressor spleen cells on nylon wool and OX-8 coated plates yields a nylon wool-adherent CD4+ suppressor cell population that, when cocultured with effector T cells, suppresses IFN-gamma production by these effector cells. In contrast, the nylon wool-adherent, CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cell population fails to inhibit the production of IL-2 by the effector T cells. In further experiments, the effector T cell population was depleted of CD8+ cells and cocultured with the nylon wool-adherent, CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cells, and the supernatants were assayed for IFN-gamma and IL-2. IFN-gamma production was inhibited in these cultures but IL-2 production was not inhibited. Irradiated effector T cells were cocultured with CD4+ postrecovery suppressor cells, without myelin basic protein, in an effort to determine whether the mechanism of differential lymphokine suppression involved an anti-idiotypic response against effector T cells. No IL-2 was produced, indicating that there was no CD4+ suppressor cell mediated anti-idiotypic response against effector T cells. These studies suggest that the suppressor cell is a nylon wool adherent, CD4+ T cell that functions to down-regulate EAE effector T cells by differential inhibition of lymphokine production.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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We characterized the effector cells which mediate experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) on the basis of selective adherence properties. Nylon-nonadherent spleen cells (SpC) from Lewis rats challenged earlier with myelin basic protein (BP) in adjuvant were separated by 'panning' on Petri dishes coated with monoclonal antibody (MAb) OX22. OX22 recognizes high molecular weight forms of the leukocyte-common antigen which is present on several cell types, including the CD4-positive T cells which mediate delayed hypersensitivity reactions. We found that the EAE effector cells were enriched in the OX22-adherent T cell population, which supports the hypothesis that delayed hypersensitivity is important in the pathogenesis of this autoimmune disease.
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- N S Hayosh
- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Karpus WJ, Konkol RJ, Killen JA. Central catecholamine neurotoxin administration. 1. Immunological changes associated with the suppression of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. J Neuroimmunol 1988; 18:61-73. [PMID: 3126218 DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(88)90135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Central nervous system (CNS) depletion of norepinephrine (NE) using 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) prior to disease induction suppressed the clinical signs of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). This treatment did not have an effect on the degree of mononuclear cell infiltration when spinal cord sections were examined and stained with hematoxylin and eosin, nor on serum levels of anti-myelin basic protein antibodies. However, investigation of the subpopulations of lymphoid cells within the perivascular lesions showed an increase in cells bearing the T suppressor cell phenotype, OX8+, in the 6-OHDA-treated EAE rats when compared to saline-control-treated EAE rats. Examination of other cellular subsets showed no differences in the numbers of T helper cells, macrophages, or B cells within the lesions of the two groups. Furthermore, histofluorescent estimation of catecholamines in spinal cord sections from 6-OHDA- and saline-control-treated EAE rats demonstrated that catecholamines were indeed depleted in the rats with suppressed clinical EAE. These findings suggest that 6-OHDA depletion of CNS NE may remove an effector amplification mechanism, or trigger a T suppressor cell mechanism, or both, leading to suppression of the effector phase of EAE, clinical paralysis.
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- W J Karpus
- Department of Biology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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