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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of the study was to examine the potential of inhibition of cathepsin S as a treatment for autoimmune diseases. A highly selective cathepsin S inhibitor, CSI-75, was shown to upregulate levels of the cathepsin S substrate, invariant chain Lip10, in vitro as well as in vivo in C57Bl/6 mice after oral administration. Functional activity of the compound was shown by a reduction in the OVA-specific response of OVA-sensitized splenocytes from C57Bl/6 mice as well as from OVA-TCR transgenic mice (DO11.10). Since these studies revealed a selective suppression of the Th1 and Th17 cytokines causing a shift to Th2, CSI-75 was tested in the murine HC-gp39-immunization model. Indeed, CSI-75 specifically reduced the circulating HC-gp39-specific IgG2a in these mice indicating selective inhibition of the Th1 type of response in vivo. The importance of especially the Th1 and Th17 cell subsets in the pathology of autoimmune diseases, renders CatS inhibition a highly interesting potential therapeutic treatment of autoimmune diseases. Therefore, CSI-75 was tested in a murine model of multiple sclerosis (i.e. experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE)) in a semi-therapeutic setting (ie. oral treatment after initial sensitization to antigen). Finally, in a murine model with features resembling rheumatoid arthritis (the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) model), CSI-75 was tested in a therapeutic manner (after disease development). CSI-75 caused a significant reduction in disease score in both disease models, indicating a promising role for CatS inhibitors in the area of therapeutic treatments for autoimmune diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1095-9157
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
201-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Antigen-Presenting Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Arthritis, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Autoimmune Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Cathepsins, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Piperidines, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Protease Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:21439785-Th1 Cells
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Therapeutic dosing of an orally active, selective cathepsin S inhibitor suppresses disease in models of autoimmunity.
pubmed:affiliation
MSD, Newhouse Industrial Estate, Newhouse, Motherwell ML15SH, UK. mdlbaugh@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article