期刊
GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 141, 期 5, 页码 1875-1886出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.07.040
关键词
IBD; Mouse Model; Immune Regulation; Suppression
资金
- Collaborative Research Center of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SFB490, SFB796]
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The soluble hematopoietin receptor Epstein-Barr virus-induced protein (EBI)-3 is an immune regulator that has been associated with the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. However, the concept that EBI3 is part of an interleukin (IL)-27 heterodimer that mediates chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases has been challenged by the description of IL-35, a bioactive cytokine comprising EBI3 and IL-12 p35. We investigated the roles of IL-27 and IL-35 in chronic inflammation of the intestine. METHODS: We analyzed EBI3-deficient mice and IL-27p28-deficient mice with spontaneous or T-cell transfer-induced colitis and compared outcomes with wild-type mice (controls). We constructed vectors that express EBI3 covalently linked to the IL-12p35 chain (recombinant [r]IL-35). RESULTS: Intestines of EBI3-deficient mice had increased pathologic features of colitis, compared with IL-27p28-deficient or control mice; they also had shorter survival times, indicating that IL-35, rather than IL-27, protects the intestine from immune responses in mice. The mucosa of EBI3-deficient mice accumulated subsets of activated CD4+ T cells that produced T-helper (Th)1 and Th17 cytokines. Adoptive transfer of these T cells induced colitis in RAG-deficient mice. The rIL-35 significantly reduced the development of several forms of experimental colitis and reduced levels of markers of Th1 and Th17 cells. CONCLUSIONS: IL-35 controls the development of T-cell-dependent colitis in mice. It might be developed as a therapeutic target for patients with chronic intestinal inflammation.
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