A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Chronic Active Arthritis Driven by Macrophages Without Involvement of T Cells A Novel Experimental Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Authors: Hagert C, Sareila O, Kelkka T, Nandakumar KS, Collin M, Xu BZ, Guerard S, Backlund J, Jalkanen S, Holmdahl R
Publisher: WILEY
Publication year: 2018
Journal: Arthritis and Rheumatology
Journal name in source: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY
Journal acronym: ARTHRITIS RHEUMATOL
Volume: 70
Issue: 8
First page : 1343
Last page: 1353
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 2326-5191
eISSN: 2326-5205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40482(external)
Abstract
Objective. To develop a new chronic rheumatoid arthritis model that is driven by the innate immune system.Methods. Injection of a cocktail of 4 monoclonal antibodies against type II collagen, followed on days 5 and 60 by intraperitoneal injections of mannan (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae), was used to induce development of chronic arthritis in B10.Q mice. The role of the innate immune system as compared to the adaptive immune system in this arthritis model was investigated using genetically modified mouse strains.Results. A new model of chronic relapsing arthritis was characterized in B10.Q mice, in which a persistently active, chronic disease was found. This relapsing disease was driven by macrophages lacking the ability to mount a reactive oxygen species response against pathogens, and was associated with the classical/alternative pathway, but not the lectin pathway, of complement activation. The disease was independent of Fc gamma receptor type III, and also independent of the activity of adaptive immune cells (B and T cells), indicating that the innate immune system, involving complement activation, could be the sole driver of chronicity.Conclusion. Chronic active arthritis can be driven innately by macrophages without the involvement of T and B cells in the adaptive immune system.
Objective. To develop a new chronic rheumatoid arthritis model that is driven by the innate immune system.Methods. Injection of a cocktail of 4 monoclonal antibodies against type II collagen, followed on days 5 and 60 by intraperitoneal injections of mannan (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae), was used to induce development of chronic arthritis in B10.Q mice. The role of the innate immune system as compared to the adaptive immune system in this arthritis model was investigated using genetically modified mouse strains.Results. A new model of chronic relapsing arthritis was characterized in B10.Q mice, in which a persistently active, chronic disease was found. This relapsing disease was driven by macrophages lacking the ability to mount a reactive oxygen species response against pathogens, and was associated with the classical/alternative pathway, but not the lectin pathway, of complement activation. The disease was independent of Fc gamma receptor type III, and also independent of the activity of adaptive immune cells (B and T cells), indicating that the innate immune system, involving complement activation, could be the sole driver of chronicity.Conclusion. Chronic active arthritis can be driven innately by macrophages without the involvement of T and B cells in the adaptive immune system.