PMID- 26893156 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161005 LR - 20181113 IS - 1742-2094 (Electronic) IS - 1742-2094 (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2016 Feb 18 TI - Protection from experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by polyclonal IgG requires adjuvant-induced inflammation. PG - 42 LID - 10.1186/s12974-016-0506-x [doi] LID - 42 AB - BACKGROUND: Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) proved to be an efficient anti-inflammatory treatment for a growing number of neuroinflammatory diseases and protects against the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a widely used animal model for multiple sclerosis (MS). METHODS: The clinical efficacy of IVIG and IVIG-derived F(ab')2 fragments, generated using the streptococcal cysteine proteinase Ide-S, was evaluated in EAE induced by active immunization and by adoptive transfer of myelin-specific T cells. Frequency, phenotype, and functional characteristics of T cell subsets and myeloid cells were determined by flow cytometry. Antibody binding to microbial antigen and cytokine production by innate immune cells was assessed by ELISA. RESULTS: We report that the protective effect of IVIG is lost in the adoptive transfer model of EAE and requires prophylactic administration during disease induction. IVIG-derived Fc fragments are not required for protection against EAE, since administration of F(ab')2 fragments fully recapitulated the clinical efficacy of IVIG. F(ab')2-treated mice showed a substantial decrease in splenic effector T cell expansion and cytokine production (GM-CSF, IFN-gamma, IL-17A) 9 days after immunization. Inhibition of effector T cell responses was not associated with an increase in total numbers of Tregs but with decreased activation of innate myeloid cells such as neutrophils, monocytes, and dendritic cells. Therapeutically effective IVIG-derived F(ab')2 fragments inhibited adjuvant-induced innate immune cell activation as determined by IL-12/23 p40 production and recognized mycobacterial antigens contained in Freund's complete adjuvant which is required for induction of active EAE. CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that F(ab')2-mediated neutralization of adjuvant contributes to the therapeutic efficacy of anti-inflammatory IgG. These findings might partly explain the discrepancy of IVIG efficacy in EAE and MS. FAU - Quast, Isaak AU - Quast I AD - Institute of Experimental Immunology, Laboratory of Neuroinflammation, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. isaak.quast@uzh.ch. FAU - Keller, Christian W AU - Keller CW AD - Institute of Experimental Immunology, Laboratory of Neuroinflammation, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. keller@immunology.uzh.ch. FAU - Weber, Patrick AU - Weber P AD - Institute of Experimental Immunology, Laboratory of Neuroinflammation, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. weber@immunology.uzh.ch. FAU - Schneider, Christoph AU - Schneider C AD - Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. christoph.schneider@pki.unibe.ch. FAU - von Gunten, Stephan AU - von Gunten S AD - Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. stephan.vongunten@pki.unibe.ch. FAU - Lunemann, Jan D AU - Lunemann JD AD - Institute of Experimental Immunology, Laboratory of Neuroinflammation, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. jan.luenemann@uzh.ch. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160218 PL - England TA - J Neuroinflammation JT - Journal of neuroinflammation JID - 101222974 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulins, Intravenous) RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (35-55)) RN - 9007-81-2 (Freund's Adjuvant) SB - IM MH - Adoptive Transfer MH - Animals MH - Antigen Presentation MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/chemically induced/*drug therapy/genetics MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Freund's Adjuvant/toxicity MH - Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/*therapeutic use MH - Immunologic Factors/*therapeutic use MH - Leukocytes/metabolism/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein/toxicity MH - Peptide Fragments/toxicity MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics MH - Spleen/pathology MH - Time Factors PMC - PMC4758141 EDAT- 2016/02/20 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/07 06:00 PMCR- 2016/02/18 CRDT- 2016/02/20 06:00 PHST- 2015/11/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/02/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/02/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12974-016-0506-x [pii] AID - 506 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12974-016-0506-x [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Neuroinflammation. 2016 Feb 18;13:42. doi: 10.1186/s12974-016-0506-x.