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Article: Erythropoietin: A potent inducer of peripheral immuno/inflammatory modulation in autoimmune EAE

TitleErythropoietin: A potent inducer of peripheral immuno/inflammatory modulation in autoimmune EAE
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Issue Date2008
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
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PLoS One, 2008, v. 3 n. 4 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Beneficial effects of short-term erythropoietin (EPO) theraphy have been demonstrated in several animal models of acute neurologic injury, including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE)-the animal model of multiple sclerosis. We have found that EPO treatment substantially reduces the acute clinical paralysis seen EAE mice and this improvements is accompanied by a large reduction in the mononuclear cell infiltration and downregulation of glial MHC class II expression within the inflamed CNS. Other reports have recently indicated that peripherally generated anti-inflammatory CD4 +Foxp3 3 regulatory T cells (Tregs) and the IL17-producing CD4+ T helper cell (Th17) subpopulations play key antagonistic roles in EAE pathogenesis. However, no information regardind the effects of EPO theraphy on the behavior of the general mononuclear-lymphocyte population, Tregs or Th17 cells in EAE has emerged. Methods and Findings: We first determined in vivo that EPO theraphy markedly suppressed MOG specific T cell proliferation and sharply reduced the number of reactive dendritic cells (CD11c positive) in EAE lumph modes during both inductive and later symptomatic phases of MOG 35-55 induced EAE. We then determined the effect in vivo of EPO on numbers of peripheral Treg cells and Th17 cells. We found that EPO treatment modulated immune balance in both the periphery and the inflamed spinal cord by promoting a large expansion in Treg cells, inhibiting Th17 polarization and abrogating proliferation of the antigen presenting dendritic cell population. Finally we utilized tissue culture assays to show that exposure to EPO in vitro similarly downregulated MOG-specific T cell proliferation and also greatly suppressed T cell production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Conclusions: Taken together, our findings reveal an important new locus whereby EPO induces substantial long-term tissue protection in the host through signalling to several critical subsets of immune cells that reside in the peripheral lymphatic system.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/168306
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dc.contributor.authorYuan, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorMaeda, Yen_US
dc.contributor.authorLi, Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorLu, Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorCook, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-08T03:17:18Z-
dc.date.available2012-10-08T03:17:18Z-
dc.date.issued2008en_US
dc.identifier.citationPLoS One, 2008, v. 3 n. 4en_US
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/168306-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Beneficial effects of short-term erythropoietin (EPO) theraphy have been demonstrated in several animal models of acute neurologic injury, including experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis(EAE)-the animal model of multiple sclerosis. We have found that EPO treatment substantially reduces the acute clinical paralysis seen EAE mice and this improvements is accompanied by a large reduction in the mononuclear cell infiltration and downregulation of glial MHC class II expression within the inflamed CNS. Other reports have recently indicated that peripherally generated anti-inflammatory CD4 +Foxp3 3 regulatory T cells (Tregs) and the IL17-producing CD4+ T helper cell (Th17) subpopulations play key antagonistic roles in EAE pathogenesis. However, no information regardind the effects of EPO theraphy on the behavior of the general mononuclear-lymphocyte population, Tregs or Th17 cells in EAE has emerged. Methods and Findings: We first determined in vivo that EPO theraphy markedly suppressed MOG specific T cell proliferation and sharply reduced the number of reactive dendritic cells (CD11c positive) in EAE lumph modes during both inductive and later symptomatic phases of MOG 35-55 induced EAE. We then determined the effect in vivo of EPO on numbers of peripheral Treg cells and Th17 cells. We found that EPO treatment modulated immune balance in both the periphery and the inflamed spinal cord by promoting a large expansion in Treg cells, inhibiting Th17 polarization and abrogating proliferation of the antigen presenting dendritic cell population. Finally we utilized tissue culture assays to show that exposure to EPO in vitro similarly downregulated MOG-specific T cell proliferation and also greatly suppressed T cell production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. Conclusions: Taken together, our findings reveal an important new locus whereby EPO induces substantial long-term tissue protection in the host through signalling to several critical subsets of immune cells that reside in the peripheral lymphatic system.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.actionen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS ONEen_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleErythropoietin: A potent inducer of peripheral immuno/inflammatory modulation in autoimmune EAEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailLu, W:luwei@hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0001924en_US
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dc.identifier.volume3en_US
dc.identifier.issue4en_US
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Statesen_US
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