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This study was conducted to determine whether a monoclonal antibody (MAb) specific for rat interleukin 2 receptors (IL 2R) inhibits the activation of effector T cells that adoptively transfer experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). MAb OX 39 appears to be specific for IL 2R because it binds to concanavalin A-activated, but not resting, rat lymphocytes and inhibits mitogen- and IL 2-induced proliferation of rat spleen cells. Moreover, this MAb inhibits the in vitro activation of effector cells of EAE by myelin basic protein when added to immune donor spleen cell at the start of 72-hr culture or after 24 hr, but not when added after 48 hr of culture. Other studies employed MAb W3/25, which reacts with the rat helper T cell subset and appears to define the rat homolog of the human CD4 marker present on T4-positive cells. MAb W3/25 also blocks in vitro activation of EAE effector cells, and this blocking effect can be abrogated by adding rat T cell growth factor or partially purified IL 2 to the donor spleen cell cultures. T cell growth factor alone is incapable of activating EAE effector cells. These findings are discussed with respect to the role of lymphokines in the generation of autoreactive T cells.
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PMID:Autoimmune effector cells. IX. Inhibition of adoptive transfer of autoimmune encephalomyelitis with a monoclonal antibody specific for interleukin 2 receptors. 310 73

Relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), an autoimmune disorder resembling multiple sclerosis, has been produced by inoculating SJL/J mice with spinal cord or myelin basic protein in appropriate adjuvants. To determine whether initially sensitized lymphocytes or the persistence of antigen depots in the animal were responsible for the relapsing episodes of inflammatory demyelination, adoptive transfer studies were undertaken utilizing lymphocytes from relapsing EAE-immunized donors transferred directly or after in vitro culture. In direct-transfer studies donor lymphocytes produced clinical and pathological signs of relapsing EAE in 3 of 7 recipients of lymph node lymphocytes and 1 of 5 recipients of splenic lymphocytes. In vitro culture of lymphocytes in myelin basic protein or T cell growth factor prior to transfer increased both the incidence of disease and the number of animals having relapses, and allowed transfer with fewer lymphocytes. Because all animals had delayed onset of disease, this study demonstrates that the ability to develop relapsing inflammatory demyelination is transferable with lymphocytes and does not require the presence of antigen.
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PMID:Adoptive transfer of murine relapsing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. 397 1

We have previously shown that following oral administration of myelin basic protein (MBP), regulatory T cells are generated from gut-associated lymphoid tissue and that these cells suppress experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). These regulatory T cells produce transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) with various amounts of IL-4 and IL-10 and these TGF-beta-secreting T cells have been termed Th3 cells. T cells in lymphoid organs drained by mucosal sites secrete IL-4 as a primary T cell growth factor. In the present study, we examined the role of IL-4 on oral tolerance and in the generation of TGF-beta secreting cells. Treatment of (PLJ x SJL)F1 mice with intraperitoneal (i. p.) IL-4 and low-dose oral MBP (0.5 mg) given three times reduced the severity of EAE, whereas i.p. injection of IL-4 alone or oral MBP alone given in these suboptimal doses, showed no protection. Spleen cells from protected mice produced increased amounts of TGF-beta and reduced IFN-gamma upon stimulation with MBP in vitro. Mucosal MBP-specific IgA production was significantly increased in IL-4 plus MBP fed animals. Moreover, oral administration of IL-4 (1 microg per feeding) also enhanced the suppression of EAE by oral MBP and this protective effect was reversed by administration of anti-TGF-beta antibody in vivo. Reverse transcription-PCR showed enhanced suppression of IFN-gamma in Peyer's patch in animals fed MBP and IL-4 versus those fed MBP alone. We then investigated the role of IL-4 in the generation of TGF-beta-secreting cells using MBP Ac1-11 TCR transgenic animals. Cells were cultured with IL-2, IL-4, or IFN-gamma in the presence of MBP and limiting dilution analysis for cytokine-secreting cells performed. We found that IL-4, but not IL-2 or IFN-gamma, generated TGF-beta-secreting T cells from naive splenic T cells and that these cells provided help for IgA production. These findings demonstrate that IL-4 is a differentiation factor for TGF-beta-secreting Th3 cells and oral IL-4 has a synergistic effect on low-dose oral tolerance that is associated with increased TGF-beta secretion.
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PMID:IL-4 is a differentiation factor for transforming growth factor-beta secreting Th3 cells and oral administration of IL-4 enhances oral tolerance in experimental allergic encephalomyelitis. 975 65

Dysregulation of interleukin-2 (IL-2), the prototypical T cell growth factor and immunoregulatory cytokine, may modify self-tolerance and predisposition to autoimmunity. The available literature suggested that IL-2 could be hypothesized to either propagate or inhibit the development autoimmune demyelinating disorders of the central nervous system such as multiple sclerosis. Thus, the present study sought to test these competing hypotheses by examining whether disrupting one or both IL-2 gene alleles would render mice more or less vulnerable to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein was used to induce EAE in C57BL/6-IL-2(-/-) knockout, C57BL/6-IL-2(+/-) heterozygote and C57BL/6-IL-2(+/+) wild-type mice. All of the wild-type and heterozygote mice developed signs of EAE compared with only 23% of the IL-2 knockout mice. Histopathological examination of lumbar spinal cord sections confirmed that subpial perivascular inflammatory infiltrates found in wild-type and heterozygote mice were absent in the unaffected IL-2 knockout mice. These data demonstrate that vulnerability to EAE is markedly reduced in C57BL/6 mice lacking IL-2, and suggest that this cytokine may play a critical role in autoimmune processes of the central nervous system.
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PMID:Interleukin-2 gene deletion produces a robust reduction in susceptibility to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57BL/6 mice. 1078 9

Interleukin 7 (IL-7), originally described as a B cell growth factor, has recently been found to play a critical role in T and B lymphocyte development and function. This study evaluated the effects of IL-7 on myelin specific T cells. IL-7 strongly enhanced proliferation of proteolipid protein (PLP) 139-151 specific T cells in association with elevated secretion of the T cell growth factor IL-2. Co-stimulation with IL-7 preferentially increased the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines secreted by PLP 139-151 specific T cells and adoptive transfer of these cells into naive recipients induced a profound enhancement of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model for the human disease multiple sclerosis. These results suggest that IL-7 may be a critical co-stimulatory factor that enhances the extrathymic expansion of inflammatory T cells and may play an important role in the pathogenesis of a number of inflammatory autoimmune disorders.
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PMID:Interleukin 7 is a potent co-stimulator of myelin specific T cells that enhances the adoptive transfer of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. 1080 12