The effect of minocycline in rat models of inflammatory arthritis: correlation of arthritis suppression with enhanced T cell calcium flux

Cellular Immunology
K L SewellD E Trentham

Abstract

Adjuvant and collagen arthritis in the rat are widely accepted T-cell-dependent counterparts of rheumatoid arthritis and were used to examine the antiinflammatory properties of minocycline. Administration of oral minocycline, a semisynthetic tetracycline, significantly decreased (P < 0.01) the incidence of arthritis in both models. In vivo exposure to minocycline also significantly increased the percentage of splenocytes exhibiting a rise in free intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) following concanavalin A stimulation (P < 0.05 in adjuvant and P < 0.01 in collagen). This enhancement was mitogen dose-dependent and supported exclusively by extracellular Ca2+. Resting [Ca2+]i levels were unaffected by minocycline and predominantly the CD4+ subset was involved. No changes were observed in weight, IgG antibodies to collagen, synoviocyte release of collagenase and prostaglandin E2, acute inflammation in an air-pouch system, or cell surface expression of activation markers (interleukin-2 and transferrin receptors) by splenocytes or lymph node cells. As a controlled [Ca2+]i rise is a critical event in normal T cell activation, minocycline's antiarthritic profile in vivo may relate to perturbed Ca2+ influx during T cell activa...Continue Reading

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