IngentaConnect Gold causes genetically determined autoimmune and immunostimulato...

Authors: Havarinasab, S.¹; Johansson, U.²; Pollard, K. M.³; Hultman, P.

Source: Clinical & Experimental Immunology, Volume 150, Number 1, October 2007 , pp. 179-188(10)

Abstract:

Summary

Natrium aurothiomaleate (GSTM) is a useful disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug, but causes a variety of immune-mediated adverse effects in many patients. A murine model was used to study further the interaction of GSTM with the immune system, including induction of systemic autoimmunity. Mice were given weekly intramuscular injections of GSTM and controls equimolar amounts of sodium thiomaleate. The effects of gold on lymphocyte subpopulations were determined by flow cytometry. Humoral autoimmunity was measured by indirect immunofluorescence and immunoblotting, and deposition of immunoglobulin and C3 used to assess immunopathology. Gold, in the form of GSTM, stimulated the murine immune system causing strain-dependent lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity, including a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-restricted autoantibody response against the nucleolar protein fibrillarin. GSTM did not cause glomerular or vessel wall IgG deposits. However, it did elicit a strong B cell-stimulating effect, including both T helper 1 (Th1)- and Th2-dependent isotypes. All these effects on the immune system were dependent on the MHC genotype, emphasizing the clinical observations of a strong genetic linkage for the major adverse immune reactions seen with GSTM treatment.

Keywords: ANoA; autoimmunity; mice; natriumaurothiomaleate

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03469.x

Affiliations: 1: Molecular and Immunological Pathology and 2: Experimental Pathology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, and 3: Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

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Gold causes genetically determined autoimmune and immunostimulatory responses in mice