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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
Gold salts are beneficial in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis but may induce immune-mediated disorders in predisposed patients. Gold salts induce Th2-dependent autoimmunity in Brown-Norway (BN) rats but not in Lewis (LEW) rats. The aim of this study was to define molecular targets of gold salts and to approach why LEW rats are resistant. Gold salts act on early steps of transduction in T cells from BN and LEW rats since they trigger tyrosine phosphorylation of numerous proteins including p56(lck) and a calcium signal which results in IL-4 and IFN-gamma expression by BN and LEW T cells. However, the IL-4 response was favored in BN spleen cells in vitro and in vivo. IFN-gamma, produced in part by CD8(+) cells, contributes to the resistance of LEW rats since gold salt-injected LEW rats receiving anti-CD8 or anti-IFN-gamma mAb displayed the parameters characteristics of gold salt-induced Th2 autoimmunity although to a lesser extent than in BN rats. Gold salts transduce a signal in BN and LEW spleen cells resulting in IL-4 and IFN-gamma gene transcription with a preferential IL-4 response in BN rats, a Th2-prone strain, while IFN-gamma contributes to the resistance of LEW rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2266-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Autoimmunity, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Chlorides, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Gold, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Gold Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Immunoglobulin E, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Immunoglobulin G, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Rats, Inbred BN, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Rats, Inbred Lew, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11477538-Th2 Cells
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Gold is a T cell polyclonal activator in BN and LEW rats but favors IL-4 expression only in autoimmune prone BN rats.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U28, IFR 30 CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't