Activation of invariant NKT cells by alphaGalCer administration protects mice from MOG35-55-induced EAE: critical roles for administration route and IFN-gamma - PubMed (original) (raw)

Activation of invariant NKT cells by alphaGalCer administration protects mice from MOG35-55-induced EAE: critical roles for administration route and IFN-gamma

Roberto Furlan et al. Eur J Immunol. 2003 Jul.

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Abstract

Invariant NKT (inv. NKT) cells co-express an invariant alpha beta T cell receptor and the NK receptor NK1.1 and, upon CD1d-restricted recognition of the glycosphingolipid antigen alpha-galactosyl ceramide (alphaGalCer), secrete large amounts of regulatory cytokines. We investigated whether alphaGalCer-dependent activation of inv. NKT cells protects from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system mimicking multiple sclerosis, induced in C57BL/6 mice by the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) encephalitogenic peptide aa 35-55. alphaGalCer was administered at the time of immunization s.c., mixed with complete Freund's adjuvant and MOG35-55 peptide, or administered i.p., diluted in PBS. EAE onset was delayed and disease severity was decreased only when alphaGalCer was s.c. administered. The protective effect of s.c. administration of alphaGalCer was associated with a markedly enhanced IFN-gamma production by liver-confined inv. NKT cells which, in turn, suppressed Th1-cytokine production and fostered secretion of IL-10 from MOG35-55-specific T cells. In vivo neutralization of IFN-gamma, but notIL-4, reversed the protective effect induced by s.c. administration of alphaGalCer, further confirming the critical regulatory role exerted by IFN-gamma-producing inv. NKT cells. Our results indicate that alphaGalCer, properly administered, may elicit an inv. NKT-cell-mediated suppressive effect on the effector function of encephalitogenic T cells; this effect is able to ameliorate autoimmunedemyelination.

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Activation of invariant NKT cells by alphaGalCer administration protects mice from MOG35-55-induced EAE: critical roles for administration route and IFN-gamma - PubMed (original) (raw)