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ArticlePloS one2008

Impaired autoimmune T helper 17 cell responses following DNA vaccination against rat experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Asa Andersson, Magnus Isaksson, Judit Wefer, Anna Norling, Amilcar Flores-Morales, Fredrik Rorsman, Olle Kämpe, Robert A Harris, Anna Lobell

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Article in PloS one, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Asa AnderssonDepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Magnus Isaksson
Judit Wefer
Anna Norling
Amilcar Flores-Morales
Fredrik Rorsman
Olle Kämpe
Robert A Harris
Anna Lobell
Uppsala University · SEKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe have previously shown that vaccination with DNA encoding the encephalitogenic peptide myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)(91-108) (pMOG) suppresses MOG(91-108)-induced rat Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model for human Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The suppressive effect of pMOG is dependent on inclusion of CpG DNA in the plasmid backbone and is associated with early induction of Interferon (IFN)-beta. PRINCIPAL

findingsIn this study we examined the mechanisms underlying pMOG-induced protection. We found that in the DNA vaccinated cohort proinflammatory Interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-21 responses were dramatically reduced compared to in the control group, but that the expression of Foxp3 and Tumor Growth Factor (TGF)-beta1, which are associated with regulatory T cells, was not enhanced. Moreover, genes associated with Type I IFNs were upregulated. To delineate the role of IFN-beta in the protective mechanism we employed short interfering RNA (siRNA) to IFN-beta in the DNA vaccine. SiRNA to IFN-beta completely abrogated the protective effects of the vaccine, demonstrating that a local early elaboration of IFN-beta is important for EAE protection. IL-17 responses comparable to those in control rats developed in rats injected with the IFN-beta-silencing DNA vaccine.

conclusionsWe herein demonstrate that DNA vaccination protects from proinflammatory Th17 cell responses during induction of EAE. The mechanism involves IFN-beta as IL-17 responses are rescued by silencing of IFN-beta during DNA vaccination.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalFemaleImmunosuppressive AgentsInterferon-betaInterleukin-17Interleukin-21InterleukinsMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinMyelin ProteinsRatsRats, Inbred LewRNA, Small InterferingT-Lymphocytes, Helper-InducerImmunosuppressive AgentsInterferon-betaInterleukin-17Interleukin-21InterleukinsMOG protein, humanMog protein, ratMyelin-Associated GlycoproteinMyelin-Oligodendrocyte GlycoproteinMyelin ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingVaccines, DNA

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PMID18997868
PMCPMC2577303
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