Balance of Th1/Th2 Cytokines Associated with the Preventive Effect of Incomplete Freund's Adjuvant on the Development of Adjuvant Arthritis in LEW Rats

• Published in: Journal of autoimmunity Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 289 - 295
• Main Authors: Hossain, Aslam, Zheng, Cong Long, Kukita, Akiko, Kohashi, Osamu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: AA, cytokine, IFA, rats, Th1/Th2; Animals; Arthritis, Experimental - immunology; Arthritis, Experimental - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; Cytokines - biosynthesis; Cytokines - immunology; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Experimental and animal immunopathology. Animal models; Female; Freund's Adjuvant - administration & dosage; Freund's Adjuvant - immunology; g-Interferon; Gene Expression Regulation - immunology; Immunopathology; Inflammatory joint diseases; Lipids; Male; Medical sciences; Rats; Rats, Inbred Lew; RNA, Messenger - biosynthesis; Th1 Cells - immunology; Th1 Cells - metabolism; Th2 Cells - immunology; Th2 Cells - metabolism; AA, cytokine, IFA, rats, Th1/Th2; Immunopathology; Animal model; Immune response; Rat; Pathogenesis; Rodentia; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Cytokine; Th1 lymphocyte; Autoimmune disease; Inflammatory joint disease; Arthritis; Immune regulation; Cell subpopulation; Prevention; Vertebrata; Chronic; Mammalia; Incomplete Freund's adjuvant; Freund's adjuvant; Animal; Rheumatoid arthritis; Th2 lymphocyte; Lymphocyte
• ISSN: 0896-8411; 1095-9157
• DOI: 10.1006/jaut.2001.0552

Complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) could induce adjuvant arthritis (AA) in LEW rats and incomplete Freund's adjuvant (IFA) could induce oil induced arthritis (OIA) in DA but not in LEW rats. Lymph node cells (LNCs) from these AA and OIA rats showed increased mRNA expression of IFN-γ, IL-2 and TNF-α but not IL-4. LNCs from IFA immunized LEW rats showed increased expression of IL-4, reduced expression of IFN-γ and TNF-α and no IL-2, in contrast to IFA immunized DA rats. The pretreatment of IFA before CFA challenge could completely prevent AA in LEW rats and their LNCs showed increased expression of IL-4 and IFN-γ but not IL-2 and TNF-α. In F1 (LEW×DA) rats, IFA could not induce OIA but the pretreatment of IFA before CFA challenge could induce very mild AA with 80% incidence, LNCs showing an elevated expression of all the above cytokines. These findings suggest that increased Th1 cytokine expression is associated with disease development and that increased IL-4 expression or the balance of Th2 over Th1 cytokine expression plays an important regulatory role in disease development.