Prevention of collagen-induced arthritis by gene delivery of soluble p75 tumour necrosis factor receptor (original) (raw)

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Collagen type II-induced arthritis (CIA) in DBA/1 mice can be passively transferred to SCID mice with spleen B- and T-lymphocytes. In the present study, we show that infection ex vivo of splenocytes from arthritic DBA/1 mice with a retroviral vector, containing cDNA for the soluble form of human p75 receptor of tumour necrosis factor (TNF-R) before transfer, prevents the development of arthritis, bone erosion and joint inflammation in the SCID recipients. Assessment of IgG subclass levels and studies of synovial histology suggest that down-regulating the effector functions of T helper-type 1 (Th1) cells may, at least in part, explain the inhibition of arthritis in the SCID recipients. In contrast, the transfer of splenocytes infected with mouse TNF-α gene construct resulted in exacerbated arthritis and enhancement of IgG2a antibody levels. Intriguingly, infection of splenocytes from arthritic DBA/1 mice with a construct for mouse IL-10 had no modulating effect on the transfer of arthritis. The data suggest that manipulation of the immune system with cytokines, or cytokine inhibitors using gene transfer protocols can be an effective approach to ameliorate arthritis.

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  1. Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith, London, UK
    RA Mageed, G Adams & Y Chernajovsky
  2. Department of Histopathology, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith, London, UK
    D Woodrow
  3. Fundación Campomar, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
    OL Podhajcer

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Mageed, R., Adams, G., Woodrow, D. et al. Prevention of collagen-induced arthritis by gene delivery of soluble p75 tumour necrosis factor receptor.Gene Ther 5, 1584–1592 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.gt.3300785

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