Tolerance Induction in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis Using Non-myeloablative Hematopoietic Gene Therapy With Autoantigen

Herena Eixarch, Carmen Espejo, Alba Gomez, Maria Jose Mansilla, Mireia Castillo, Alexander Mildner, Francisco Vidal, Ramon Gimeno, Marco Prinz, Xavier Montalban, Jordi Barquinero

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Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) constitutes a paradigm of antigen (Ag)-specific T cell driven autoimmune diseases. In this study, we transferred bone marrow cells (BMCs) expressing an autoantigen (autoAg), the peptide 40-55 of the myelin oligodendrocytic glycoprotein (MOG 40-55), to induce preventive and therapeutic immune tolerance in a murine EAE model. Transfer of BMC expressing MOG 40-55 (liMOG-BMC) into partially myeloablated mice resulted in molecular chimerism and in robust protection from the experimental disease. In addition, in mice with established EAE, transfer of transduced BMC with or without partial myeloablation reduced the clinical and histopathological severity of the disease. In these experiments, improvement was observed even in the absence of engraftment of the transduced hematopoietic cells, probably rejected due to the previous immunization with the autoAg. Splenocytes from mice transplanted with liMOG-BMC produced significantly higher amounts of interleukin (IL)-5 and IL-10 upon autoAg challenge than those of control animals, suggesting the participation of regulatory cells. Altogether, these results suggest that different tolerogenic mechanisms may be mediating the preventive and the therapeutic effects. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that a cell therapy using BMC expressing an autoAg can induce Ag-specific tolerance and ameliorate established EAE even in a nonmyeloablative setting.
Idioma originalEnglish
Pàgines (de-a)897-905
Nombre de pàgines9
RevistaMolecular Therapy
Volum17
Número5
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - de maig 2009

Keywords

  • Central-nervous-system
  • Regulatory t-cells
  • Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
  • Express self-antigen
  • Dendritic cells
  • Bone-marrow
  • In-vivo
  • Multiple-sclerosis
  • Stem-cells
  • Transplantation tolerance

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