title: Mucosal tolerance in a murine model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
abstract: Attempts to induce oral tolerance in a murine model of EAE with either the dominant T-cell epitope or whole protein have failed. These results may, in part, be due to the extraordinarily low affinity for class II MHC displayed by the dominant T-cell epitope. This belief is supported by experiments using a high-affinity analogue of the peptide that was capable of inducing tolerance at a high dose. By contrast, peptide inhalation has proven an effective route for induction of mucosal tolerance in this model. Most importantly, the inhalation of a single peptide could inhibit disease induced by the complex mixture of antigens found in whole myelin. Peptide inhalation was effective both before and after disease induction, and there was a positive correlation between affinity of class II binding and tolerogenicity of a panel of analogues of the N-terminal peptide of myelin basic protein.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Cambridge University, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Metzler
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Wraith
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000284:Administration, Oral; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000276:immunology; D013552:Swine; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D010455:Peptides