title: IFN-inducible protein 10/CXC chemokine ligand 10-independent induction of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
abstract: In multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), autoaggressive T cells traffic into the CNS and induce disease. Infiltration of these pathogenic T cells into the CNS has been correlated with the expression of the chemokine IFN-inducible protein (IP)10/CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)10, a chemoattractant for activated T cells, and its receptor CXCR3, in the CNS of both MS patients and mice with EAE. In the present study, we report that targeted deletion of IP-10 did not diminish the expression, severity, or histopathology of EAE induced by active immunization with 100 micro g of myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptide (MOG)p35-55. However, we found that IP-10-deficient mice had a lower threshold for expression of disease compared with wild-type littermates. EAE induced by immunization with 5 micro g of MOGp35-55 resulted in more severe disease characterized by a greater number of CNS lesions and infiltrating mononuclear cells in IP-10-deficient mice compared with wild-type controls. IP-10-deficient mice immunized with MOGp35-55 demonstrated increased levels of IFN-inducible T cell alpha-chemokine/CXCL11 mRNA in the CNS and decreased levels of monokine induced by IFN-gamma/CXCL9 mRNA in draining lymph nodes, suggesting differential compensation for loss of IP-10 in lymphoid vs parenchymal tissue compartments. EAE in IP-10-deficient mice induced by low-dose immunization was associated with enhanced Ag-specific Th1 responses in the draining lymph node, which corresponded with diminished lymph node TGF-beta1 expression. Our data demonstrated that IP-10 was not required for the trafficking of pathogenic T cells into the CNS in EAE but played an unexpected role in determining the threshold of disease susceptibility in the periphery.
authors.affiliation: Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital East, Harvard Medical School, Building 149, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
authors.forename: Robyn S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Izikson
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Means
authors.forename: Hilary D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Eugene
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Raymond A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sobel
authors.forename: Howard L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Luster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001921:Brain / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000276:immunology; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D054371:Chemokine CXCL11; D054370:Chemokine CXCL9; D019743:Chemokines, CXC / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000502:physiology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; C515202:CXCL11 protein, human; C080810:CXCL9 protein, human; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D054371:Chemokine CXCL11; D054370:Chemokine CXCL9; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; C515203:Cxcl11 protein, mouse; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D007371:Interferon-gamma