Abstract
Recombinant (r) human IL-2 was administered in vivo to improve homing and engraftment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients’ peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. Human rIL-2 treatment resulted in augmented human Ig production and induced IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) of human origin in SCID-RA chimeras. The increment of human serum IgG in SCID-RA chimeras after IL-2 treatment ranged between 15 and 43% and for IgM between 50 and 98% during 2-8 weeks postengraftment. Human IgM-RF was detectable after 1 to 2 weeks after engraftment and persisted over a period of 10-13 weeks. No RF was produced in SCID mice engrafted with PBMC from healthy individuals with or without exogenous rIL-2 administration. Thus, human rIL-2 expanded autoreactive clones involved in the production of RF in the SCIDRA chimeras. The present study provides a novel approach to establish an in vivo SCID-RA model to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the production of RF and development of a RA-like lesion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 271-282 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1995 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine
- Immunology