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Experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis initiated by non‐phagocytic destruction of inner segments of photoreceptor cells by Mac‐1 + mononuclear cells
Author(s) -
MiuraTakeda Sayako,
TashiroYamaji Junko,
Oku Hidehiro,
Takahashi Takeshi,
Shimizu Tetsunosuke,
Sugiyama Tetsuya,
Ikeda Tsunehiko,
Kubota Takahiro,
Yoshida Ryotaro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2008.00077.x
Subject(s) - percoll , biology , differential centrifugation , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , retina , microbiology and biotechnology , in vitro , retinal , biochemistry , neuroscience
EAU in mice is a model of human posterior uveitis. EAU is a Th1‐dependent disease that has been assumed to target the neural retina and related tissues; however, in situ effector cells and the target have not yet been clearly demonstrated. In the present study, we induced EAU in B10R mice by immunizing them with human interphotoreceptor retinoid‐binding protein peptide 161–180. Histological examinations revealed that EAU occurred approximately 11 days after the immunization and reached a peak on day 14. Retinae from normal or EAU mice were treated with proteases to obtain mono‐dispersed cells. The mono‐dispersed cells thus obtained were separated into three to four fractions by discontinuous Percoll density‐gradient (e.g. PBS/40/60) centrifugation. In normal mice, 94% of the total cells were recovered in two fractions (i.e. PBS/40 and pellet); and these fractions mainly contained inner and outer segments and cell bodies of photoreceptor cells and RPE cells, respectively. In EAU mice, additional cells (i.e. inflammatory cells) were obtained at the 40/60 interface. Electron microscopic examination showed that tissue damage during EAU was initiated by non‐phagocytic destruction of inner segments by Mac‐1 + mononuclear cells on day 11, followed by phagocytic activity of macrophages against outer segments and RPE cells on day 14. In vitro culturing of normal retinal cells with EAU infiltrates suggested the involvement of TNF‐α and NO in the tissue damage. These results indicate that EAU was initiated by non‐phagocytic destruction of inner segments of photoreceptor cells by Mac‐1 + mononuclear cells.