Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (42): 6763-6768.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.42.008

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Correlation analysis of pathogenesis of optic neuritis with helper T cell subsets in a mouse experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis model

Yao Han-yun1, Wen Fang2, Dong Xin-yu3   

  1. 1Department of Neurology, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
    2Department of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430000, Hubei Province, China
    3Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430000, Hubei Province, China
  • Revised:2014-09-18 Online:2014-10-08 Published:2014-10-08
  • Contact: Yao Han-yun, Department of Neurology, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Yao Han-yun, Master, Physician, Department of Neurology, Wuhan No.1 Hospital, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: More and more evidence have shown that autoimmune-induced inflammatory demyelinating mostly leads to optic neuritis that is quite an early manifestation of multiple sclerosis, but whether the pathogenesis of optic neuritis in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) mice is correlated with helper T cell subsets has rarely been reported.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the correlation between pathogenesis of optic neuritis of mouse EAE model with helper T cell subsets.
METHODS: The mice were injected intraperitoneally Bordetella pertussis to establish EAE models. Then, the animal models were subjected to immunization for 11, 15, 19 days, respectively. Mice undergoing intraperitoneal injection of normal saline served as controls (adjuvant group).
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the adjuvant group, the protein expression of interleukin 4 in the optic nerve decreased in the 19-day immunization group (P < 0.05); the protein expression of interleukin 17 in the optic nerve increased in the 11- and 15-day immunization groups (P < 0.05); the protein expression of interferon γ in the optic nerve increased in the 15- and 19-day immunization groups (P < 0.05); the protein expression of Foxp3 in the optic nerve decreased in the 11-, 15- and 19-day immunization groups (P < 0.05). Real-time PCR results showed that compared with the adjuvant group, the mRNA expression of interferon γ and Foxp3 in the optic nerve decreased (P < 0.05), while mRNA expression of RORt increased in the 11-, 15- and 19-day immunization groups; the mRNA expression of interleukin 4, interleukin 17, T-beat increased in the 15- and 19-day immunization groups (P < 0.05); the mRNA expression of GATA3 reduced in the 19-day immunization group (P < 0.05). These results reveal that Foxp3 expression and helper T cell reduction have important influences on the development of optic neuritis in EAE mouse models, interleukin 17 may mediates inflammatory injury in the early stage, while interferon-γ makes inflammatory injury worse in the peak incidence of the disease.



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Key words: tissue engineering, T-lymphocytes, autoimmunity, T-lymphocyte subsets

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