Haptoglobin deficiency facilitates the development of autoimmune inflammation.
Haptoglobin (HP) is an acute phase protein synthesized by liver cells in response to IL-6. HP has been demonstrated to modulate the immune response and to have anti-inflammatory activities. To analyze HP's effect on autoimmune inflammation, we here studied the course of EAE induced by immunization of Hp knockout (Hp(-/-)) and syngeneic WT mice with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein peptide (MOG(35-55)). Hp(-/-)mice suffered from a more severe disease that was associated with increased expression of IL-17A, IL-6, and IFN-gamma mRNA in the CNS and with a denser cellular infiltrate in the spinal cord. During the recovery phase, a significantly higher number of myeloid DC, CD8+ cells, IL-17+ CD4+ and IFN-gamma+ CD4+ cells persisted in the CNS of Hp(-/-) mice. Absence of HP affected the priming and differentiation of T cells after MOG(35-55) immunization, as levels of Th2 cytokines produced in response to MOG stimulation by Hp(-/-) T cells were reduced. These results suggest that HP plays a modulatory and protective role on autoimmune inflammation of the CNS.
Division of Clinical Immunology, Gasthuisberg University Hospital, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Georgina
G
Galicia
Wim
W
Maes
Bert
B
Verbinnen
Ahmad
A
Kasran
Dominique
D
Bullens
Mohamed
M
Arredouani
Jan L
JL
Ceuppens
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D006023:Glycoproteins; D006242:Haptoglobins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D020381:Interleukin-17; C571327:Mog protein, mouse; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein; D063308:Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C445081:myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (35-55); D016753:Interleukin-10; D007371:Interferon-gamma