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Regulation of cytokine gene expression in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

✍ Scribed by Ian M. Zitron; B. Praveen Reddy; Karen E. Gould; Jolie A. Stephanik; Robert H. Swanborg

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
774 KB
Volume
46
Category
Article
ISSN
0360-4012

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✦ Synopsis

We previously reported that recovery of Lewis rats from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is associated with the appearance of suppressor T cells (Ts). These Ts secrete TGF-beta which down-regulates the production of inflammatory cytokines by the effector T cells that mediate this disease. In the present study, we immunized Lewis rats with myelin basic protein (MBP)+CFA, and evaluated purified T cells and MBP-activated spleen cells (SpC) during the paralytic phase (day 12) and after recovery (days 30-33) for TGF-beta and interferon (IFN)-gamma mRNA. We used reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), quantitated on the basis of beta-actin mRNA. Abundant IFN-gamma mRNA was present in MBP-activated SpC obtained on day 12. In contrast, only trace IFN-gamma mRNA was detected in day 30 activated SpC, and no IFN-gamma mRNA was present in purified, nonactivated T cells obtained at either time. The level of IFN-gamma mRNA correlated with secretion of IFN-gamma as determined by ELISA on SpC culture supernatants, and with severity of adoptively transferred EAE by the activated SpC. Thus, it appears that IFN-gamma mRNA is both transcribed and translated in response to antigen activation, resulting in secretion of IFN-gamma by the disease-inducing Te. In contrast, when we used RT-PCR to investigate the expression of TGF-beta mRNA, we found the transcript present in isolated T cells and MBP-activated SpC obtained from rats at both days 12 and 30. The presence of TGF-beta mRNA at time points corresponding to both clinical EAE and recovery suggests post-transcriptional regulation of the production of this immunoregulatory cytokine.

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