Cyclosporin A treatment modulates cytokine mRNA expression by inflammatory cells extracted from the spinal cord of rats with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis induced by inoculation with myelin basic protein

2001 ◽  
Vol 187 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Harness ◽  
Michael P Pender ◽  
Pamela A McCombe
Keyword(s):  
Spinal Cord ◽  
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis ◽  
Cyclosporin A ◽  
Myelin Basic Protein ◽  
Basic Protein ◽  
Inflammatory Cells ◽  
Cytokine Mrna ◽  
Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis ◽  
Cytokine Mrna Expression ◽  
Experimental Autoimmune

scholarly journals Vaccination with DNA Encoding an Immunodominant Myelin Basic Protein Peptide Targeted to Fc of Immunoglobulin G Suppresses Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

1998 ◽  
Vol 187 (9) ◽  
pp. 1543-1548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Lobell ◽  
Robert Weissert ◽  
Maria K. Storch ◽  
Cecilia Svanholm ◽  
Katrien L. de Graaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autoimmune Disease ◽  
Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis ◽  
Myelin Basic Protein ◽  
Basic Protein ◽  
Cell Epitope ◽  
Interferon Γ ◽  
Dna Encoding ◽  
Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Experimental Autoimmune

We explore here if vaccination with DNA encoding an autoantigenic peptide can suppress autoimmune disease. For this purpose we used experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), which is an autoaggressive disease in the central nervous system and an animal model for multiple sclerosis. Lewis rats were vaccinated with DNA encoding an encephalitogenic T cell epitope, guinea pig myelin basic protein peptide 68–85 (MBP68–85), before induction of EAE with MBP68–85 in complete Freund's adjuvant. Compared to vaccination with a control DNA construct, the vaccination suppressed clinical and histopathological signs of EAE, and reduced the interferon γ production after challenge with MBP68–85. Targeting of the gene product to Fc of IgG was essential for this effect. There were no signs of a Th2 cytokine bias. Our data suggest that DNA vaccines encoding autoantigenic peptides may be useful tools in controlling autoimmune disease.

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