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Debnath M, Nagappa M, Talukdar PM, Subbanna M, Sundaravadivel P, Shivakumar V, Dutta D, Wahatule R, Sinha S, Bindu PS, Periyavan S, Umamaheswara Rao GS, Taly AB. Comprehensive cytokine profiling provides evidence for a multi-lineage Th responses in Guillain Barré Syndrome. Cytokine 2018; 110:58-62. [PMID: 29704819 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Guillain Barré Syndrome (GBS) is one of the commonest acquired immune-mediated neuropathies, often preceded by infections. Although cellular immune responses are shown to substantially account for the pathophysiology of GBS, the precise mechanistic basis of risk and disease course remains enigmatic till date. Cytokines are best known for their abilities to drive cellular immunity and inflammation through their co-ordinated actions. Data obtained from clinical and animal model studies suggest important implications of some of the cytokines in the progression and recovery of GBS. However, these studies were performed on few cytokines and small set of GBS patients, thereby lacking a complete understanding of the patterns of association of cytokines representing Th1, Th2, and Th17 responses with GBS. We studied 65 well-characterized GBS patients and 73 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. A panel of 15 cytokines representing Th1, Th2 and Th17 pathways was assayed using Multiplex Suspension Array platform. Plasma levels of five cytokines were found to be altered in GBS patients compared to healthy control subjects: (i) IL-1β exhibited reduced levels, and (ii) IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-21 and IL-33 were elevated in GBS patients. The most important finding of this study was up-regulated expression of IL-21 and IL-33 in patients with GBS. Given the role of IL-33 as an alarmin, the elevated level of this cytokine provides important indication about a much broader role of cytokines in GBS. This study also provides evidence towards a multi-lineage Th cells (Th1, Th2 and Th17) associated cytokine responses in the pathophysiology of GBS.
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- Monojit Debnath
- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Translational Psychiatry Laboratory, Neurobiology Research Centre, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haematology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neuroanaesthesia and Neurocritical Care, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India
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Zhang HL, Zheng XY, Zhu J. Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg cytokines in Guillain–Barré syndrome and experimental autoimmune neuritis. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2013.05.005 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Zhang HL, Zheng XY, Zhu J. Th1/Th2/Th17/Treg cytokines in Guillain–Barré syndrome and experimental autoimmune neuritis. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2013; 24:443-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Sholl-Franco A, da Silva AGLS, Adão-Novaes J. Interleukin-4 as a neuromodulatory cytokine: roles and signaling in the nervous system. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2009; 1153:65-75. [PMID: 19236329 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03962.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Although interleukin (IL)-4 is described as a prototypical anti-inflammatory cytokine, in recent years its role as a neuromodulatory cytokine has been extensively discussed. This review highlights the pivotal contributions of IL-4 during the development and normal physiology of neural cells as well as IL-4 connections with the pathophysiology of degenerative or inflammatory processes observed in the central and peripheral nervous system.
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- Alfred Sholl-Franco
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Zhu W, Mix E, Nennesmo I, Adem A, Zhu J. Anti-cytokine autoantibodies in experimental autoimmune neuritis in Lewis rats. Exp Neurol 2004; 190:486-94. [PMID: 15530887 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2004] [Revised: 08/23/2004] [Accepted: 08/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a CD4+ T-cell-mediated, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that serves as a model for Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) in humans. Cytokine production has been suggested to act a pathogenic role for EAN. To study the potential role of cytokines in context with cytokine autoantibodies (Aabs) in EAN, we used in situ hybridization to detect mRNA expression of interferon (IFN)-gamma, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, IL-4, IL-10, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta in lymph node mononuclear cell (MNC) and in sciatic nerve sections, as well as ELISA for detection of their autoantibodies in sera and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) over the course of EAN. Increased mRNA expression for IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha was registered correlating with the peak of clinical signs of EAN, and high levels of mRNA expression for IL-4, IL-10, and TGF-beta were associated with EAN recovery. The levels of cytokine mRNAs were generally inversely correlated to their autoantibodies in serum and CSF, whereby the CSF levels were equal to or lower than the serum levels. Autoantibodies to IFN-gamma dose-dependently inhibited IFN-gamma-induced MHC expression by peritoneal macrophages proving a neutralizing biological effect of these autoantibodies. Our data demonstrate the existence of the anti-cytokine autoantibodies in the sera and CSF of rats with EAN; however, the role of anti-cytokine autoantibodies in the disease process of EAN remains to be resolved.
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- Wei Zhu
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, the First Hospital, JiLin University, Changchun, China
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Dahle C, Kvarnstrom M, Ekerfelt C, Samuelsson M, Ernerudh J. Elevated number of cells secreting transforming growth factor beta in Guillain-Barre syndrome. APMIS 2003; 111:1095-104. [PMID: 14678018 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2003.apm1111204.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We used ELISPOT and cell ELISA to study secretion of IL-4, IFN-gamma, TGF-beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha by circulating mononuclear cells during the course of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Compared to healthy controls, patients with GBS had higher numbers of TGF-beta-secreting cells and the number of individuals with myelin-peptide-induced IL-4 and TGF-beta secretion was higher in the GBS group. No significant differences were seen concerning the predominantly pro-inflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma, IL-6 or TNF-alpha. Our findings indicate a down-regulatory role for TGF-beta and IL-4 in GBS.
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- C Dahle
- Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
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Zou LP, Abbas N, Volkmann I, Nennesmo I, Levi M, Wahren B, Winblad B, Hedlund G, Zhu J. Suppression of experimental autoimmune neuritis by ABR-215062 is associated with altered Th1/Th2 balance and inhibited migration of inflammatory cells into the peripheral nerve tissue. Neuropharmacology 2002; 42:731-9. [PMID: 11985832 DOI: 10.1016/s0028-3908(02)00015-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The therapeutic effects of ABR-215062, which is a new immunoregulator derived from Linomide, have been evaluated in experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), a CD4(+) T cell-mediated animal model of Guillain-Barré syndrome in man. In previous studies, we reported that Linomide suppressed the clinical EAN and myelin antigen-reactive T and B cell responses. Here EAN induced in Lewis rats by inoculation with peripheral nerve myelin P0 protein peptide 180-199 and Freund's complete adjuvant was strongly suppressed by ABR-215062 administered daily subcutaneously from the day of inoculation. ABR-215062 dose-dependently reduced the incidence of EAN, ameliorated clinical signs and inhibited P0 peptide 180-199-specific T cell responses as well as also the decreased inflammation and demyelination in the peripheral nerves. The suppression of clinical EAN was associated with inhibition of the inflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, as well as the enhancement of anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-4 in lymph node cells and periphery nerve tissues, respectively, in a dose-dependent manner. These effects indicate that ABR-215062 may mediate its effects by regulation of Th1/Th2 cytokine balance and suggest that ABR-215062 is potentially a new chemical entity for effective treatment of autoimmune diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/chemistry
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/pharmacology
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/therapeutic use
- Animals
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cell Movement/immunology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic
- Hydroxyquinolines/chemistry
- Hydroxyquinolines/pharmacology
- Hydroxyquinolines/therapeutic use
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Male
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/prevention & control
- Peripheral Nerves/drug effects
- Peripheral Nerves/immunology
- Peripheral Nerves/metabolism
- Peripheral Nerves/pathology
- Quinolones
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
- Th1 Cells/drug effects
- Th1 Cells/immunology
- Th1 Cells/metabolism
- Th2 Cells/drug effects
- Th2 Cells/immunology
- Th2 Cells/metabolism
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/biosynthesis
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- L-P Zou
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhu J, Zou L, Zhu S, Mix E, Shi F, Wang H, Volkmann I, Winblad B, Schalling M, Ljunggren H. Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) blockade enhances incidence and severity of experimental autoimmune neuritis in resistant mice. J Neuroimmunol 2001; 115:111-7. [PMID: 11282160 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(01)00255-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system, represents an animal model of the human Guillain-Barré syndrome. EAN can be induced by active immunization in several animals, including Lewis rats. In contrast, most strains of mice including the widely used C57BL/6 (B6) strain are reputedly resistant to the induction of EAN. In the present study, we demonstrate that in B6 mice, anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody administration in conjunction with immunization with the P0 protein derived peptide 180-199 can induce clinical and pathological definite EAN. Upregulating effects of CTLA-4 blockade on initial and ongoing EAN are demonstrated. CTLA-4 blockade augmented cellular infiltration and enhanced demyelination in the target organ sciatic nerves as well as increased T cell proliferation in lymph node cells. Moreover, serum levels of IFN-gamma and IL-4 were increased. Thus, manipulation of CTLA-4/B7 costimulatory pathway by CTLA-4 blockade can promote autoreactivity and break the relative tolerance to peripheral autoantigen P0 in resistant B6 mice.
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MESH Headings
- Abatacept
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation/immunology
- Antigens, Differentiation/metabolism
- CTLA-4 Antigen
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Models, Animal
- Immunity, Innate/drug effects
- Immunity, Innate/immunology
- Immunoconjugates
- Immunoglobulin G/blood
- Immunosuppressive Agents/antagonists & inhibitors
- Immunosuppressive Agents/immunology
- Immunosuppressive Agents/metabolism
- Incidence
- Interferon-gamma/blood
- Interleukin-4/blood
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology
- Leukocytes, Mononuclear/immunology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Myelin P0 Protein/immunology
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology
- Neuritis, Autoimmune, Experimental/metabolism
- Peptide Fragments/immunology
- Severity of Illness Index
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic/metabolism
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- J Zhu
- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ekerfelt C, Dahle C, Weissert R, Kvarnström M, Olsson T, Ernerudh J. Transfer of myelin-specific cells deviated in vitro towards IL-4 production ameliorates ongoing experimental allergic neuritis. Clin Exp Immunol 2001; 123:112-8. [PMID: 11168007 PMCID: PMC1905957 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01424.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A causal role of IL-4 (Th2) production for recovery in experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) was indicated by experiments where Th1-like autoreactive cell populations, taken from the induction phase of the disease, were deviated to extensive secretion of IL-4 in a selective fashion, by ex vivo stimulation with autoantigen in the presence of IL-4. The deviated cells were adoptively transferred to EAN rats at a time just prior to the onset of clinical signs. This treatment ameliorated EAN compared with sham treatment. This therapeutic approach, with generation of autoreactive IL-4-secreting cells ex vivo followed by subsequent adoptive transfer, may become a new selective treatment of organ-specific autoimmune diseases since, in contrast to previous attempts, it is done in a physiological and technically easy way.
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- C Ekerfelt
- Department of Health and Environment, Division of Clinical Immunology, Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden.
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Calida DM, Kremlev SG, Fujioka T, Hilliard B, Ventura E, Constantinescu CS, Lavi E, Rostami A. Experimental allergic neuritis in the SJL/J mouse: induction of severe and reproducible disease with bovine peripheral nerve myelin and pertussis toxin with or without interleukin-12. J Neuroimmunol 2000; 107:1-7. [PMID: 10808045 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(00)00249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We report a reproducible model of experimental allergic neuritis (EAN) with severe clinical signs and consistent pathological features in mice. Pertussis toxin (PT) in the presence or absence of murine recombinant interleukin-12 (mrIL-12) was used as an adjuvant with bovine peripheral nerve myelin (BPNM) to induce clinical EAN in SJL/J mice. After immunization with a combination of BPNM in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and PT, mice developed severe consistent signs of EAN. The additional treatment of immunized mice with mrIL-12 prolonged the course of EAN characterized by earlier clinical signs of the disease and delayed the recovery stage. Mice injected with BPNM and CFA without PT developed mild clinical signs. Histological examination of the caudae equinae and the sciatic nerves taken from mice with clinical signs of EAN during the recovery stage revealed severe demyelination, remyelination and remnants of mononuclear cell infiltration. Moderate to severe EAN can be induced in SJL/J mice by the injection of a combination of BPNM in CFA and PT. This model can provide a better understanding of mechanism of demyelination in infiltrating peripheral neuropathy.
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- D M Calida
- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA
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Zhu J, Zou LP, Bakhiet M, Mix E. Resistance and susceptibility to experimental autoimmune neuritis in Sprague-Dawley and Lewis rats correlate with different levels of autoreactive T and B cell responses to myelin antigens. J Neurosci Res 1998; 54:373-81. [PMID: 9819142 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19981101)54:3<373::aid-jnr8>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that serves as a model for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in humans. Various mouse and rat strains show different susceptibilities to EAN that can be induced by immunization with bovine PNS myelin (BPM) + Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA). We examined PNS-induced T and B cell responses and cytokine protein production as well as mRNA expression to study the mechanisms behind susceptibility to EAN in Lewis rats and resistance in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Lewis rats with EAN have elevated PNS myelin-reactive interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production, TNF-alpha mRNA expression, and increased B cell responses to PNS myelin antigens, but low PNS myelin-reactive transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and interleukin (IL)-10 mRNA expression in lymph node mononuclear cells (MNC). In contrast, resistance to EAN in SD rats is associated with reduced BPM and P2 peptide-reactive IFN-gamma production, TNF-alpha mRNA expression, and suppressed B cell responses to PNS myelin antigens as well as up-regulation of TGF-beta and IL-10 mRNA expression. Resistance to EAN is also associated with low-grade inflammation or absence of histological evidence of EAN. These results suggest that differential autoreactive T and B cells responses to PNS myelin antigens are strain specific, and the susceptibility to EAN is related to quantitative rather than qualitative differences in distribution between proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines.
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- J Zhu
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zhu J, Bengtsson BO, Mix E, Ekerling L, Thorell LH, Olsson T, Link H. Clomipramine and imipramine suppress clinical signs and T and B cell response to myelin proteins in experimental autoimmune neuritis in Lewis rats. J Autoimmun 1998; 11:319-27. [PMID: 9776709 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1998.0209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) reuptake inhibitors of the zimeldine-type have induced polyneuropathies similar to Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in patients with endogenous depression. Some monoamine neurotransmitters have been shown to affect immune reactions in vivo and in vitro in a concentration-dependent manner. We therefore studied the effect of the monoamine reuptake inhibitory anti-depressants, clomipramine and imipramine on specific immune response and the clinical course of experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN), the animal model of GBS in humans. Clomipramine and imipramine both suppressed clinical signs of EAN induced by immunization with bovine peripheral nerve myelin (BPM), when given at a dose of 20 mg/kg/day intraperitoneally, via osmotic pumps. Clomipramine and imipramine reduced the numbers of Th1 cells secreting IFN-gamma in response to the neuritogenic myelin proteins BPM, P0 and P2 among lymph node mononuclear cells (MNC) from rats with EAN. The levels of cells secreting IgG antibodies to BPM, P2 and GM1 in lymph nodes were reduced at the height of EAN in clomipramine and imipramine treated animals. The action of clomipramine and imipramine on induced IFN-gamma and anti-myelin antibodies suggests that the mechanism for the suppressive effect of those substances on EAN symptoms may be due to an action on myelin T and B cell autoreactivity. Considering that the main common pharmacological principle of clomipramine and imipramine is to increase the functional activity of the nor-adrenaline (NA) and serotonin (5-HT) of the monoamines, it seems justified to postulate that the actions of clomipramine and imipramine demonstrated in this study to some extent involve NA and/or 5-HT. The immunomodulatory effects of clomipramine and imipramine call for further research on the potential role of drugs acting on the monoamine system in the treatment of autoimmune diseases, and for further studies of immunological mechanisms in the pathogenesis of depressive disorders.
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- J Zhu
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Diab A, Michael L, Wahren B, Deng GM, Björk J, Hedlund G, Zhu J. Linomide suppresses acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats by counter-acting the imbalance of pro-inflammatory versus anti-inflammatory cytokines. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 85:146-54. [PMID: 9630163 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(98)00023-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Linomide (quinoline-3-carboxamide) is a synthetic immunomodulator that suppresses several experimental autoimmune diseases. Here we report the effects of Linomide on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a CD4+ T cell-mediated animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS). EAE induced in Lewis rats by inoculation with homogenized guinea pig spinal cord and Freund's complete adjuvant was strongly suppressed by Linomide administered daily subcutaneously from the day of inoculation. Linomide dose-dependently delayed the interval between immunization and onset of clinical EAE, and reduced severity of EAE symptoms. These clinical effects were associated with dose-dependent down-modulation of myelin antigens-induced T cell responses and by suppression of the proinflammatory cytokines IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha, and upregulation IL-4, IL-10 and TGF-beta as evaluated by in situ hybridization for mRNA expression in spleen mononuclear cells and spinal cord sections. These findings suggest that Linomide could be useful in certain T cell dependent autoimmune diseases.
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- A Diab
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhu J, Mix E, Link H. Cytokine production and the pathogenesis of experimental autoimmune neuritis and Guillain-Barré syndrome. J Neuroimmunol 1998; 84:40-52. [PMID: 9600707 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00238-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (Guillain-Barré syndrome, GBS) and its animal model experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) are prototypes of T cell-mediated autoimmune diseases affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Perivascular accumulation of macrophages and T lymphocytes in the PNS, and high levels systemically of PNS myelin antigen-reactive T cells are characteristic features of both diseases, thereby suggesting a pathogenic role for immunoregulatory cytokines. Here we summarise recent studies that have clearly documented that Th1/Th2/Th3 cytokines are differently upregulated during various clinical phases of EAN and GBS. The observations indicate that the role of cytokines in immune regulation and autoimmune disease is more complex than a simple Th1-Th2 dichotomy would suggest. New treatments may be searched for that counteract this complex cytokine imbalance. Treatments with antibodies that selectively target certain pro-inflammatory cytokines, as well as with immunomodulatory preparations that promote cytokines that beneficially influence the disease course should be in focus of future therapeutic trials.
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- J Zhu
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Zhu J, Bai XF, Mix E, Link H. Cytokine dichotomy in peripheral nervous system influences the outcome of experimental allergic neuritis: dynamics of mRNA expression for IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, TNF-alpha, TNF-beta, and cytolysin. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1997; 84:85-94. [PMID: 9191887 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that can be actively induced in Lewis rats by immunization with bovine PNS myelin and Freund's complete adjuvant. EAN is used as an animal model of the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in humans. To study the potential role of cytokines in EAN, we used in situ hybridization to detect mRNA expression of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), TNF-beta, and cytolysin in sciatic nerve sections over the course of EAN. Cells expressing IL-1 beta and IL-6 mRNA appeared early and peaked on Day 7 postimmunization (p.i.), i.e., at onset of clinical signs of EAN, consistent with a role of these cytokine in an early immune response leading to autoaggressive immunity in EAN. TNF-alpha, TNF-beta, and IL-12 mRNA expression was maximally upmodulated on Day 14 p.i., i.e., at height of clinical EAN, favoring a role for these cytokines in disease development. On the contrary, transcription of cytolysin and IL-10 in sciatic nerves reached maxima during clinical improvement of EAN. The data argue for a major proinflammatory role for IL-1 beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha, TNF-beta, and IL-12 and a disease downregulating function for both cytolysin and IL-10 at the target site in EAN. These findings have relevance for future studies on pathogenesis and treatment of GBS in humans.
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- J Zhu
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bai XF, Shi FD, Zhu J, Xiao BG, Hedlund G, Link H. Linomide-induced suppression of experimental autoimmune neuritis is associated with down-regulated macrophage functions. J Neuroimmunol 1997; 76:177-84. [PMID: 9184648 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(97)00051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a T-cell mediated autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system, in which macrophages and T-cells feature prominently in nerve lesions. EAN represents a counterpart to Guillain-Barré syndrome in humans. In the present study, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo effects of Linomide (LS-2616, quinoline-3-carboxamide), a synthetic immunomodulatory compound, on macrophages in relation to EAN. Linomide strongly suppressed IFN-gamma and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA expression in macrophages in vitro as demonstrated by in situ hybridisation. Linomide administered daily subcutaneously from the day of inoculation completely prevented the development of clinical symptoms of EAN. Linomide administered from day 9 post immunisation (p.i.) significantly suppressed clinical EAN. Macrophages from Linomide-treated EAN rats showed decreased IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA expression in response to IFN-gamma and LPS. LPS-induced nitric oxide production by macrophages was also suppressed by Linomide in vitro. Linomide, however, does not affect macrophage death and release of lactate dehydrogenase. We conclude that Linomide may exert its actions in EAN and perhaps also in other autoimmune disease models, by suppressing macrophage functions.
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- X F Bai
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bai XF, Zhu J, Zhang GX, Kaponides G, Höjeberg B, van der Meide PH, Link H. IL-10 suppresses experimental autoimmune neuritis and down-regulates TH1-type immune responses. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1997; 83:117-26. [PMID: 9143372 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated monophasic inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Cellular mechanisms, including macrophage and T cell infiltration, and cytokines like IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha are intimately involved in the pathogenesis of EAN. Interleukin 10 (IL-10) is a TH2-type cytokine that suppresses monocyte and TH1 cell functions. We examined the effect of recombinant human IL-10 (rHuIL-10) in EAN. When administered from the start of immunization with bovine peripheral myelin emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant, IL-10 effectively suppressed and shortened clinical EAN. Even when given after Day 12 post immunization (pi) after clinical EAN had been established, IL-10 also effectively suppressed the severity of EAN. Pheripheral nerve myelin antigen-reactive IFN-gamma-secreting TH1-like cells were decreased in lymph nodes from IL-10-treated compared to control EAN rats. PNS autoantigen-induced T cell proliferation and B cell responses were not affected. P2 protein-reactive IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-1 beta, and IL-6 mRNA-expressing lymph node cells were also downregulated in IL-10-treated compared to control EAN rats at Day 14 and 26 pi, while P2-reactive IL-4 mRNA-expressing cells were upregulated throughout treatment. Also, in IL-10-treated EAN rats, upregulated anti-P2 IgG1 and downregulated IgG2a were observed. Our results clearly show that rHuIL-10 can suppress clinical EAN, and this suppression is associated with downregulation of TH1 responses and macrophage function and upregulated TH2 responses.
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- X F Bai
- Division of Neurology, Karolinska, Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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