Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice

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Main Author: Duarte, Joana
Publication Date: 2010
Other Authors: Agua-Doce, Ana, Oliveira, Vanessa G., Fonseca, João Eurico, Graca, Luis
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Language: eng
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spelling Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in miceRheumatoid arthritisTh 17Treg cellsFoxp3Antigens, CD4©2010 Duarte et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.Background: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic immune mediated disease associated with deregulation of many cell types. It has been reported that different T cell subsets have opposite effects in disease pathogenesis, in particular Th17 and Treg cells. Methodology and Findings: We investigated whether non-depleting anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies, which have been reported as pro-tolerogenic, can lead to protection from chronic autoimmune arthritis in SKG mice – a recently described animal model of RA – by influencing the Th17/Treg balance. We found that non-depleting anti-CD4 prevented the onset of chronic autoimmune arthritis in SKG mice. Moreover, treated mice were protected from the induction of arthritis up to 60 days following anti-CD4 treatment, while remaining able to mount CD4-dependent immune responses to unrelated antigens. The antibody treatment also prevented disease progression in arthritic mice, although without leading to remission. Protection from arthritis was associated with an increased ratio of Foxp3, and decreased IL-17 producing T cells in the synovia. In vitro assays under Th17-polarizing conditions showed CD4-blockade prevents Th17 polarization, while favoring Foxp3 induction. Conclusions: Non-depleting anti-CD4 can therefore induce long-term protection from chronic autoimmune arthritis in SKG mice through reciprocal changes in the frequency of Treg and Th17 cells in peripheral tissues, thus shifting the balance towards immune tolerance.This work was funded by SUDOE, grant number IMMUNONET-SOE1/1P1/E014, and supported by a research grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT), Portugal (FCT/POCI/SAU-MMO/55974/2004). JD, AA-D, and VGO are funded with scholarships from FCT (SFRH/BD/23631/2005, SFRH/BD/49093/2008, and SFRH/BPD/22575/2005).Public Library of ScienceRepositório da Universidade de LisboaDuarte, JoanaAgua-Doce, AnaOliveira, Vanessa G.Fonseca, João EuricoGraca, Luis2012-04-18T16:02:44Z2010-052010-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/6033engPLoS ONE | May 2010 | Volume 5 | Issue 5 | e105581932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0010558info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T15:48:15Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/6033Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:31:15.705505Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
title Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
spellingShingle Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
Duarte, Joana
Rheumatoid arthritis
Th 17
Treg cells
Foxp3
Antigens, CD4
title_short Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
title_full Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
title_fullStr Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
title_full_unstemmed Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
title_sort Modulation of IL-17 and Foxp3 expression in the prevention of autoimmune arthritis in mice
author Duarte, Joana
author_facet Duarte, Joana
Agua-Doce, Ana
Oliveira, Vanessa G.
Fonseca, João Eurico
Graca, Luis
author_role author
author2 Agua-Doce, Ana
Oliveira, Vanessa G.
Fonseca, João Eurico
Graca, Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Duarte, Joana
Agua-Doce, Ana
Oliveira, Vanessa G.
Fonseca, João Eurico
Graca, Luis
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Rheumatoid arthritis
Th 17
Treg cells
Foxp3
Antigens, CD4
topic Rheumatoid arthritis
Th 17
Treg cells
Foxp3
Antigens, CD4
description ©2010 Duarte et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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