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10683510

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-30
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate the factor(s) accelerating the autoimmune disease processes, we induced two types of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), severe and very mild, in F344 rats by immunization with myelin basic protein (MBP) plus pertussis toxin (PT) (PT+) or with MBP alone (PT-) and compared the differences between the two. Immunohistochemical examinations showed that although the nature of inflammation was essentially the same between the two groups, the proportion of Vbeta8.2(+) T cells in the CNS lesion of PT (+) rats was larger than that of PT (-) rats. Cytokine analysis by competitive PCR revealed that IL-10 mRNA in the lymphoid organ was significantly suppressed in the PT(+) group, whereas levels of IFN-gamma,TNF-alpha and TGF-beta mRNA were insignificantly different after PT administration. In addition, T cells taken from PT (+) rats proliferated well in response to MBP, while those from PT (-) rats showed a marginal response to the same antigen. However, this finding does not indicate the switching of non-encephalitogenic to encephalitogenic T cells upon PT administration because PT (-) rats contained encephalitogenic T cells and/or their precursor cells as revealed by adoptive transfer experiments. Taken together, these findings suggest that suppression of IL-10 by PT administration is the major factor contributing to the exacerbation of EAE in PT(+) rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0165-5728
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced in F344 rats by pertussis toxin administration.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't