Long-term reversal of established autoimmunity upon transient blockade of the LFA-1/intercellular adhesion molecule-1 pathway

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
Lydia Bertry-CoussotPatricia Lemarchand

Abstract

Transgenic models and administration of mAbs directed against the LFA-1/intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) pathway have shown that these costimulatory molecules play a key role in generating effector cells mediating inflammatory responses. In this report, durable remission of recent diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice was induced by transient expression of an immunoadhesin gene encoding the soluble form of ICAM-1 (sICAM-1/Ig). A single i.v. injection of an adenovirus vector encoding the immunoadhesin gene led to 70% diabetes remission as opposed to 0% in mice injected with a control adenovirus vector. Despite the rapid decline of sICAM-1/Ig serum levels, diabetes remission remained stable in 50% of NOD mice for >6 mo. sICAM-1/Ig expression also led to long-term protection against diabetes in prediabetic NOD mice. sICAM-1/Ig in vitro induced an agonistic effect of T cell activation in a TCR-transgenic model, increasing T cell proliferation and IL-2 secretion. Importantly, protected mice were not immunosuppressed because they rejected skin allografts normally and developed immunity against the adenovirus vector. Rather, sICAM-1/Ig induced active tolerance, as assessed by the persistence of diabetogenic T cells in pro...Continue Reading

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