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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
DC are professional APC that instruct T cells during the inflammatory course of EAE. We have previously shown that MAPK3 (Erk1) is important for the induction of T-cell anergy. Our goal was to determine the influence of MAPK3 on the capacity of DC to arm T-cell responses in autoimmunity. We report that DC from Mapk3(-/-) mice have a significantly higher membrane expression of CD86 and MHC-II and--when loaded with the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein--show a superior capacity to prime naïve T cells towards an inflammatory phenotype than Mapk3(+/+) DC. Nonetheless and as previously described, Mapk3(-/-) mice were only slightly but not significantly more susceptible to myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-induced EAE than WT littermate mice. However, Mapk3(+/+) mice engrafted with Mapk3(-/-) BM (KO-->WT) developed a severe form of EAE, in direct contrast to WT-->KO mice, which were even less sick than control WT-->WT mice. An infiltration of DC and accumulation of Th17 cells was also observed in the CNS of KO-->WT mice. Therefore, triggering of MAPK3 in the periphery might be a therapeutic option for the treatment of neuroinflammation since absence of this kinase in the immune system leads to severe EAE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1521-4141
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1486-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Antigens, CD86, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Autoimmunity, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Dendritic Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Histocompatibility Antigens Class II, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Ovalbumin, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Radiation Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-T-Cell Antigen Receptor Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:20186879-T-Lymphocyte Subsets
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
MAPK3 deficiency drives autoimmunity via DC arming.
pubmed:affiliation
Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't