Aggravated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in IL-15 knockout mice
Gomez-Nicola, Diego, Spagnolo, Alessandra, Guaza, Carmen and Nieto-Sampedro, Manuel (2010) Aggravated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in IL-15 knockout mice. Experimental Neurology, 222, (2), 235-242. (doi:10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.12.034). (PMID:20070942).
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Description/Abstract
IL-15 initially identified as a T proliferating cytokine has several structural and biological similarities with IL-2 and has been associated with a number of autoimmune diseases. Because of the scarcity of information available on the role of IL-15 in MS pathogenesis, we have investigated how the absence of IL-15 affected the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, a mouse model of MS. Following immunization of IL-15(-/-) and C57BL/6 mice with MOG(35-55), we observed a more severe neurological impairment in the IL-15 knockout mice than in the wild-type group. The enhanced disease severity in IL-15(-/-) mice was associated with greater demyelination in the spinal cord, increased immune cell infiltration and inflammation. These events may be related to the higher CD4/CD8 ratio and the almost absent NK cell activity, congenital immune features of IL-15KO mice. Moreover, we found that the fractalkine receptor CX3CR1 was overexpressed in the spinal cord of IL-15(-/-) mice, mainly localized on infiltrating CD8(+) T cells. How these findings are contributing to the aggravated EAE development in IL-15 KO mice remain unclear and need to be further investigated.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0014-4886 (print) 1090-2430 (electronic) |
| Keywords: | CD4, CD8, CX3CR1, multiple sclerosis, cytokines, demyelination |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences > Biological Sciences > Biomedicine |
| Item ID: | 333258 |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2012 16:58 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 16:58 |
| Contributors: | Gomez-Nicola, Diego (Author) Spagnolo, Alessandra (Author) Guaza, Carmen (Author) Nieto-Sampedro, Manuel (Author) |
| Date: | April 2010 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/333258 |
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