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J Immunol ; 206(5): 1058-1066, 2021 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33504620

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IL-38 is an IL-1 family receptor antagonist that restricts IL-17-driven inflammation by limiting cytokine production from macrophages and T cells. In the current study, we aimed to explore its role in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice, which is, among others, driven by IL-17. Unexpectedly, IL-38-deficient mice showed strongly reduced clinical scores and histological markers of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. This was accompanied by reduced inflammatory cell infiltrates, including macrophages and T cells, as well as reduced expression of inflammatory markers in the spinal cord. IL-38 was highly expressed by infiltrating macrophages in the spinal cord, and in vitro activated IL-38-deficient bone marrow-derived macrophages showed reduced expression of inflammatory markers, accompanied by altered cellular metabolism. These data suggest an alternative cell-intrinsic role of IL-38 to promote inflammation in the CNS.


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Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/metabolismo , Inflamação/metabolismo , Interleucina-1/metabolismo , Animais , Biomarcadores/metabolismo , Sistema Nervoso Central/imunologia , Sistema Nervoso Central/metabolismo , Encefalomielite Autoimune Experimental/imunologia , Feminino , Inflamação/imunologia , Interleucina-1/imunologia , Macrófagos/imunologia , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Medula Espinal/imunologia , Medula Espinal/metabolismo , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Linfócitos T/metabolismo
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J Dermatol Sci ; 2018 Apr 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29706245

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BACKGROUND: Myeloperoxidase is used as a marker and diagnostic tool for inflammatory processes. Hypochlorous acid produced by myeloperoxidase oxidizes luminol to produce light. By injecting luminol into experimental animals, inflammatory processes can be tracked in real-time by bioluminescence imaging (BLI). OBJECTIVE: We aimed to establish BLI as a standardized assessment measure in three mouse models of dermal inflammation. METHODS: Oxazolone-induced delayed-type-hypersensitivity (DTH) (acute), a model for dermatitis, imiquimod (IMQ) (sub-chronic) model for psoriasis and the (chronic) bleomycin model for scleroderma were used. In the first two models, dexamethasone and clobetasol, respectively, were used as reference compounds. In all cases, classical readouts such as dermal swelling, severity scores and histological analyses were compared with in- vivo bioluminescence. RESULTS: In DTH, bioluminescence peaked earlier than ear swelling, reflecting early cell infiltration. Dexamethasone blocked both ear swelling and bioluminescence. In the IMQ model, bioluminescence closely reflected the psoriasis scores and histology and revealed a relapse-remitting course of the disease. Clobetasol partially decreased the disease severity. After stopping IMQ and clobetasol treatment, BLI adopted a rhythmic pattern during resolution. Bleomycin induced an increase in bioluminescence and in collagen thickness. BLI revealed a time-course of the effects of bleomycin that was not reflected by histology alone. CONCLUSION: For drug discovery and translational purposes, it is important that disease processes be tracked in vivo and possibly over a long period. We conclude that BLI is a valuable and reliable method for in-vivo measurement of dermal inflammation and potentially for inflammation resolution.

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