Combined effects of IL-12 and IL-18 on the induction of collagen-induced arthritis

Leung, Bernard P., McInnes, Iain B., Esfandiari, Ehsan, Wei, Xiao-Qing ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-8503 and Liew, Foo Y. 2000. Combined effects of IL-12 and IL-18 on the induction of collagen-induced arthritis. The Journal of Immunology 164 (12) , pp. 6495-6502.

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Abstract

IL-18 expression has recently been detected in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial membrane. We investigated the mechanisms by which IL-18-induced collagen-induced arthritis in DBA/1 mice primed intradermally with type II bovine collagen in IFA and boosted i.p. 21 days later with CII in saline. Mice were injected i.p. with rIL-12, rIL-18, or both (100 ng) during days 21 to 4 and again on days 20–24. Control mice received PBS. Mice treated with IL-12 or IL-18 alone developed significantly higher incidence and more severe disease compared with controls. These were elevated further by combination treatment with IL-12 and IL-18. The cytokine treatments led to markedly enhanced synovial hyperplasia, cellular infiltration, and cartilage erosion compared with controls. Cytokine-treated mice produced significantly more IFN-g, TNF-a, and IL-6 than the controls. Interestingly, IL-18- treated mice produced more TNF-a and IL-6, but less IFN-g, compared with mice treated with IL-12. Furthermore, splenic macrophages from DBA/1 mice cultured in vitro with IL-18, but not IL-12, produced substantial amounts of TNF-a. Mice treated with IL-18 or IL-18 plus IL-12 produced markedly more IgG1 and IgG2a anti-collagen Ab compared with controls, whereas IL-12 treatment only led to an enhanced IgG2a response. Together these results demonstrate that IL-18 can promote collagen-induced inflammatory arthritis through mechanisms that may be distinct from those induced by IL-12.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology
Publisher:	American Association of Immunologists
ISSN:	0022-1767
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 09:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/35670

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