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Analysis of effector pathways in arthritis

Kutty Selva, Nandakumar LU (2006)
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial, polygenic autoimmune disease. For effective treatment and control of RA, understanding of disease pathways and identification of genes involved are essential. Animal models are efficient tools to identify such pathogenic mechanisms and genes underlying the disease process. In the present study, collagen antibody induced arthritis (CAIA), a mouse model for RA, was established and characterized. Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) binding to collagen type II (CII) epitopes, J1 and C1I, were used to induce an acute disease in naïve mice. Injection of lipopolysaccharide from E.coli enhanced the incidence and severity of the antibody initiated disease. Subsequently, an improved CAIA was developed... (More)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial, polygenic autoimmune disease. For effective treatment and control of RA, understanding of disease pathways and identification of genes involved are essential. Animal models are efficient tools to identify such pathogenic mechanisms and genes underlying the disease process. In the present study, collagen antibody induced arthritis (CAIA), a mouse model for RA, was established and characterized. Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) binding to collagen type II (CII) epitopes, J1 and C1I, were used to induce an acute disease in naïve mice. Injection of lipopolysaccharide from E.coli enhanced the incidence and severity of the antibody initiated disease. Subsequently, an improved CAIA was developed using four mAbs binding to J1, C1I, D3 and U1 epitopes. Interestingly, we found that a single anti-CII mAb is sufficient to induce the disease. CAIA is age, sex, FcgR, complement, IL-1, IL-4 and TNF-a but not B and T cells dependent. Majority of the infiltrating cells in the inflamed joints were neutrophils and macrophages. We also found that CII but not ova specific T cells prolonged the disease course, estrogen treatment ameliorated CAIA and epitope specificity of the mAb is critical for its arthritogenicity. CAIA shares many characteristics of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), since antibodies play an important role in the inflammatory phase of CIA. Using both CIA and CAIA, we identified the biological significance of the genetic contamination present in the MHC (major histocompatibility) congenic mouse strains in the Cia8 locus on chromosome 10. Significantly, in a backcross experiment using BALB/c and B10.Q mice, we found that heterozygous interactions with the MHC but not the MHC per se could facilitate chronic inflammation. Thus, some of the effector pathways and the gene regions involved in arthritis pathogenesis were identified for future studies. The developed animal model, CAIA, can be used for not only studying inflammatory processes in arthritis and screening drug candidates controlling joint inflammatory phase but also as a model for studying common mechanisms involved in many antibody mediated diseases. (Less)
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  • Professor Heyman, Birgitta, Institute for Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Immunologi, transplantation, Genetik, cytogenetics, Arthritis, mice, monoclonal antibody, collagen type II, Histology, histochemistry, cytochemistry, Histologi, tissue culture, cytokemi, histokemi, Genetics, vävnadskultur, serologi, cytogenetik, Immunology, serology
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198 pages
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Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University
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Rune Grubb lecture hall, Biomedical Center, Lund University, Lund.
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2006-01-27 09:00:00
ISBN
91-85481-30-0
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English
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yes
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K.S. Nandakumar, L. Svensson and R. Holmdahl. 2003. Collagen type II specific monoclonal antibody induced arthritis (CAIA) in mice. Description of the disease and the influence of age, sex, and genes. American Journal of Pathology, pp 1827-37.
K.S. Nandakumar, J. Bäcklund, M. Vestberg and R. Holmdahl. 2004. Collagen type II specific antibodies induce arthritis in the absence of T or B cells but the arthritis progression is enhanced by CII reactive T cells. Arthritis Research & Therapy, pp R544-50..
K.S. Nandakumar, M. Andren, P. Martinsson, E. Bajtner, E. Hellstrom, R. Holmdahl and S. Kleinau. 2003. Induction of arthritis by single monoclonal IgG anti-collagen type II antibodies and enhancement of arthritis in mice lacking inhibitory FcgRIIB. European Journal of Immunology, pp 2269-77.
M.A. Hietala, K.S. Nandakumar, L. Persson, S. Fahlén, R. Holmdahl and M. Pekna. 2004. Complement activation by both alternative and classical pathways is critical for the effector phase of arthritis. European Journal of Immunology, pp 1208-16.
K.S. Nandakumar, E. Bajtner, L. Hill, B. Böhm, M.J. Rowley, H. Burkhardt and R. Holmdahl. 2005. A conserved triple helical epitope on type II collagen is involved in arthritis development. (manuscript)
K.S. Nandakumar and R. Holmdahl. 2005. Efficient induction of collagen antibody induced arthritis (CAIA) using four antibodies specific for the major epitopes recognized in both collagen induced arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Immunological Methods, pp 126-136.
K.S. Nandakumar and R. Holmdahl. 2005. Arthritis induced with cartilage-specific antibodies is IL-4 dependent. (manuscript)
K.S. Nandakumar and R. Holmdahl. 2005. A genetic contamination in MHC congenic mouse strains reveals a locus on chromosome 10 which determine autoimmunity and arthritis susceptibility. European Journal of Immunology, pp 1275-82.
K.S. Nandakumar, A.K.B. Lindqvist and R. Holmdahl. 2005. Heterozygous interactions with the major histocompatibility region and fine specificity of the B cell responses to type II collagen during chronic arthritis in mice. (manuscript)
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Department of Experimental Medical Science (013210000), Medical Inflammation Research (013212019)
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  abstract     = {{Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multifactorial, polygenic autoimmune disease. For effective treatment and control of RA, understanding of disease pathways and identification of genes involved are essential. Animal models are efficient tools to identify such pathogenic mechanisms and genes underlying the disease process. In the present study, collagen antibody induced arthritis (CAIA), a mouse model for RA, was established and characterized. Two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) binding to collagen type II (CII) epitopes, J1 and C1I, were used to induce an acute disease in naïve mice. Injection of lipopolysaccharide from E.coli enhanced the incidence and severity of the antibody initiated disease. Subsequently, an improved CAIA was developed using four mAbs binding to J1, C1I, D3 and U1 epitopes. Interestingly, we found that a single anti-CII mAb is sufficient to induce the disease. CAIA is age, sex, FcgR, complement, IL-1, IL-4 and TNF-a but not B and T cells dependent. Majority of the infiltrating cells in the inflamed joints were neutrophils and macrophages. We also found that CII but not ova specific T cells prolonged the disease course, estrogen treatment ameliorated CAIA and epitope specificity of the mAb is critical for its arthritogenicity. CAIA shares many characteristics of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), since antibodies play an important role in the inflammatory phase of CIA. Using both CIA and CAIA, we identified the biological significance of the genetic contamination present in the MHC (major histocompatibility) congenic mouse strains in the Cia8 locus on chromosome 10. Significantly, in a backcross experiment using BALB/c and B10.Q mice, we found that heterozygous interactions with the MHC but not the MHC per se could facilitate chronic inflammation. Thus, some of the effector pathways and the gene regions involved in arthritis pathogenesis were identified for future studies. The developed animal model, CAIA, can be used for not only studying inflammatory processes in arthritis and screening drug candidates controlling joint inflammatory phase but also as a model for studying common mechanisms involved in many antibody mediated diseases.}},
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  keywords     = {{Immunologi; transplantation; Genetik; cytogenetics; Arthritis; mice; monoclonal antibody; collagen type II; Histology; histochemistry; cytochemistry; Histologi; tissue culture; cytokemi; histokemi; Genetics; vävnadskultur; serologi; cytogenetik; Immunology; serology}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Medical Inflammation Research, Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  title        = {{Analysis of effector pathways in arthritis}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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