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ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 54-58Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/ar383
Keywords
antibody; arthritis; autoimmunity; cytokines; T cells
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES [P01AR045652] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIAMS NIH HHS [P01 AR045652, AR45652] Funding Source: Medline
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BALB/c mice immunized with human cartilage proteoglycan (PG) develop arthritis accompanied by the production of autoantibodies to mouse cartilage PG. To determine whether the autoantibody isotype contributes to the onset and severity of arthritis, PG-specific serum IgG1 (Th2, IL-4-cytokine-supporting) and IgG2a (Th1, IFN-gamma-controlling) concentrations were monitored during immunization with PG in IL-4-deficient and IFN-gamma-deficient mice. Paradoxically, despite elevated IFN-gamma, the PG-specific IgG1 isotype was significantly higher than the PG-specific IgG2a response, and the PG-specific IgG1 isotype was independent of IL-4. In contrast, the serum concentration of PG-specific IgG2a isotype was six times higher in IL-4-deficient mice than in wild-type controls. Moreover, the high concentration of PG-specific IgG2a isotype in IL-4-deficient mice corresponded to an increased severity of arthritis. The concentration of PG-specific IgG2a isotype was lower in IFN-gamma-deficient mice than in wild-type mice, and the incidence and severity of arthritis also were significantly lower. Concentrations of PG-specific IgG2a isotype autoantibody correlated with the onset and severity of arthritis, suggesting a pathological role of this isotype, probably locally in the joint.
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