Arthritogenicity of collagen type II is increased by chlorination
Open Access
- 16 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical and Experimental Immunology
- Vol. 145 (2), 339-345
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2249.2006.03129.x
Abstract
Summary: During inflammation, activated neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages produce and release myeloperoxidase (MPO). MPO converts hydrogen peroxide to hypochlorous acid, a highly reactive and oxidizing agent. Proteins subjected to hypochlorous acid become chlorinated. We analysed how chlorination of the cartilage antigen collagen type II (CII) affects its immunogenic and arthritogenic properties by studying immune responses to chlorinated CII in comparison to immune responses to CII and by studying the development of arthritis in rats immunized with CII–Cl. CII–Cl immunization of LEW.1AV1 rats caused a 100% incidence of arthritis with a mean maximum score of 9·2 (maximal score possible 16). The same dose of non-chlorinated CII did not induce arthritis at all. Rats immunized with CII–Cl developed high anti-CII–Cl IgG titres and also developed IgG antibodies recognizing the non-chlorinated form of CII. Analysis of cytokine mRNA expression in lymph nodes 10 days after immunzation revealed an increased expression of interferon (IFN)-γ mRNA and interleukin (IL)-1β mRNA in CII–Cl-immunized rats compared to CII-immunized rats. Thus, chlorination of CII increased its immunogenicity as well as its arthritogenicity. As neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages are abundant cells in arthritic joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, chlorination might be a mechanism by which immunoreactivity to CII is induced and by which chronic joint inflammation is supported.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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