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J Clin Invest ; 106(3): 361-71, 2000 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10930439

ABSTRACT

Depending on the method of immunization, a single administration of CFA may result in the development of a local inflammatory process or chronic polyadjuvant-induced arthritis (AA). We administered naked DNA vaccines encoding MIP-1 alpha, MCP-1, MIP-1 beta, and RANTES to Lewis rats and confirmed that each of these vaccines induced immunological memory to the corresponding gene product. Upon induction of disease, this memory effectively inhibited the development of the autoimmune condition. Self-specific Ab's developed in DNA-vaccinated animals were neutralizing in vitro and could adoptively transfer the beneficial effect of each vaccine. Repeated administration of the constructs encoding MCP-1, MIP-1 alpha, or RANTES inhibited the development and progression of AA, even when each vaccine was administered only after the onset of disease. This suggests a highly effective way by which the immune system could be re-educated to generate protective immunity against its own harmful activities.


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Arthritis, Experimental/therapy , Chemokines, CC/genetics , Immune Tolerance/genetics , Vaccines, DNA/pharmacology , Animals , Arthritis, Experimental/immunology , Arthritis, Experimental/prevention & control , Autoantibodies/biosynthesis , Autoimmunity , Chemokine CCL2/genetics , Chemokine CCL4 , Chemokine CCL5/genetics , Female , Immunization , Immunologic Memory , Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/genetics , Neutralization Tests , Rats , Rats, Inbred Lew , Self Tolerance/genetics
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J Immunol ; 161(8): 3870-9, 1998 Oct 15.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9780152

ABSTRACT

DNA vaccination represents a novel means of expressing Ag in vivo for the generation of both humoral and cellular immune responses. The current study uses this technology to elicit protective immunity against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that serves as an experimental model for multiple sclerosis. RT-PCR verified by Southern blotting and sequencing of PCR products of four different C-C chemokines, macrophage-inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha), monocyte-chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), MIP-1beta, and RANTES, were performed on brain samples from EAE rats to evaluate mRNA transcription at different stages of disease. Each PCR product was then used as a construct for naked DNA vaccination. The subsequent in vivo immune response to MIP-1alpha or MCP-1 DNA vaccines prevented EAE, even if disease was induced 2 mo after administration of naked DNA vaccines. In contrast, administration of the MIP-1beta naked DNA significantly aggravated the disease. Generation of in vivo immune response to RANTES naked DNA had no notable effect on EAE. MIP-1alpha, MCP-1, and MIP-1beta mRNA transcription in EAE brains peaked at the onset of disease and declined during its remission, whereas RANTES transcription increased in EAE brains only following recovery. Immunization of CFA without the encephalitogenic epitope did not elicit the anti-C-C chemokine regulatory response in DNA-vaccinated rats. Thus, modulation of EAE with C-C chemokine DNA vaccines is dependent on targeting chemokines that are highly transcribed at the site of inflammation at the onset of disease.


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Chemokines, CC/immunology , Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/prevention & control , Vaccination , Vaccines, DNA/immunology , Amino Acid Sequence , Animals , Chemokines, CC/genetics , DNA/administration & dosage , DNA/immunology , Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/immunology , Female , Molecular Sequence Data , RNA, Messenger/immunology , Rats , Rats, Inbred Lew , Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
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