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We specify the clinical features of a spontaneous experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) model, in which foreign hen-egg lysozyme (HEL) is expressed in the retina, controlled by the promoter for interphotoreceptor retinol binding protein (IRBP). We previously reported 100% P21 (post-partum day) IRBP:HEL single transgenic (sTg) mice, when crossed to transgenic T cell receptor mice (3A9) generating the double transgenic (dTg) genotype, develop EAU despite profound lymphopenia (thymic HEL-specific T cell deletion). In this work, we characterized the immune component of this model and found conventional dTg CD4+ T cells were less anergic than those from 3A9 controls. Furthermore, prior  in vitro  HEL-activation of 3A9 anergic T cells (T an ) rendered them uveitogenic upon adoptive transfer (Tx) to sTg mice, while antigen-experienced (AgX, dTg), but not naïve (3A9) T cells halted disease in P21 dTg mice. Flow cytometric analysis of the AgX cells elucidated the underlying pathology: FoxP3+CD25 hi CD4+ T regulatory cells (T reg ) comprised ∼18%, while FR4+CD73+FoxP3-CD25 lo/– CD4+ T an  comprised ∼1.2% of total cells. Further T reg -enrichment (∼80%) of the AgX population indicated FoxP3+CD25 hi CD4+ T reg  played a key role in EAU-suppression while FoxP3-CD25 lo/– CD4+ T cells did not. Here we present the novel concept of dual immunological tolerance where spontaneous EAU is due to escape from anergy with consequent failure of T reg  induction and subsequent imbalance in the [T reg :T effector ] cell ratio. The reduced numbers of T an , normally sustaining T reg  to prevent autoimmunity, are the trigger for disease, while immune homeostasis can be restored by supplementation with AgX, but not naïve, antigen-specific T reg .

Treatment With FoxP3+ Antigen-Experienced T Regulatory Cells Arrests Progressive Retinal Damage in a Spontaneous Model of Uveitis