Bystander suppression of collagen-induced arthritis in mice fed ovalbumin |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">N?Fredrik?B?ckstr?mEmail author Ulf?IH?Dahlgren |
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Institution: | 1.Faculty of Odontology, Section of Oral Immunology,The Sahlgrenska Academy at G?teborg University,G?teborg,Sweden;2.Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research,The Sahlgrenska Academy at G?teborg University,G?teborg,Sweden |
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Abstract: | We wanted to assess whether B-cell and/or T-cell responses to collagen and thereby the course of collagen-induced arthritis
could be suppressed by regulatory mechanisms associated with oral tolerance to an unrelated protein. DBA/1 mice were fed ovalbumin
(OVA)-containing pellets ad libitum for 1 week and subsequently coimmunized twice, with a mixture of bovine collagen type
II (BCII) and OVA in Freund's complete adjuvant. Mice fed OVA before coimmunization with BCII and OVA had significantly lower
arthritic scores than mice immunized with BCII only. Their body weight increased during the study period and their anti-BCII
antibody activity was significantly IgG2a lower. The frequency of spleen cells producing IgG anti-BCII antibody was also reduced. Coimmunization per se slightly ameliorated
the development of arthritis, resulting in an early, transient reduction. It resulted in significantly higher IgG1 anti-BCII antibody activity and increased splenocyte secretion of IFN-γ and IL-10 in response to BCII. Our findings demonstrate
that OVA-specific regulatory events induced by feeding OVA, i.e. bystander suppression, reduced the severity of arthritis
in animals immunized with BCII and OVA. Anti-BCII specific antibody responses and cytokine secretion by types 1 and 2 T helper
cells were also decreased. |
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