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Anergy induction in encephalitogenic T cells by brain microvessel endothelial cells is inhibited by interleukin‐1
Author(s) -
Bourdoulous Sandrine,
Béraud Evelyne,
Page Christine Le,
Zamora Alfredo J.,
Ferry Arnaud,
Bernard Dominique,
Strosberg A. Donny,
Couraud PierreOlivier
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
european journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.272
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1521-4141
pISSN - 0014-2980
DOI - 10.1002/eji.1830250507
Subject(s) - biology , cytotoxic t cell , immunology , myelin basic protein , endothelial stem cell , t cell , cd8 , experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis , myelin , immune system , central nervous system , in vitro , endocrinology , biochemistry
Abstract Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) which can be induced, in susceptible strains like Lewis rats, by transfer of activated myelin basic protein (MBP)‐specific CD4 + T lymphocytes. The role of cerebral endothelium in the onset of EAE, with regard to adhesion, activation and infiltration in the CNS of encephalitogenic T lymphocytes, is not fully understood. When pretreated by interferon‐γ, the immortalized Lewis rat brain microvessel endothelial (RBE4) cells expressed major histocompatibility complex class II molecules and stimulated MBP‐specific proliferation and cytolytic activity of the syngeneic encephalitogenic T cell line, designated PAS. However, RBE4‐stimulated PAS lymphocytes subsequently entered an unresponsive state, known as anergy. When inoculated in syngeneic animals, anergic PAS cells, although still cytotoxic, failed to induce EAE, and no cell infiltration was detectable within CNS. The addition of interleukin‐1β (IL‐1β) during MBP presentation by RBE4 cells prevented T cell anergy induction, and maintained T cell encephalitogenicity, although PAS cells stimulated in these conditions caused delayed and attenuated clinical signs of EAE, with only discrete inflammatory lesions in the CNS, compared with EAE induced by PAS cells fully activated by thymic cells. Altogether, our results indicate that MBP presentation by brain microvessel endothelial cells to encephalitogenic T cells induces T cell anergy and loss of pathogenicity. In addition, IL‐1β co‐stimulation of T cells prevents anergy induction in vitro and at least partially maintains encephalitogenicity in vivo .