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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 155, Issue 10 5029-5037, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists
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H Schulze-Koops, PE Lipsky, AF Kavanaugh and LS Davis
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Dallas, TX 75235, USA.
The current studies examined whether cytokine patterns indicative of an imbalance in Th1 and Th2 cells could be identified in PBMC of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To investigate this possibility, a reproducible PCR technique to assess cytokine mRNA levels in PBMC was employed that minimized in vitro manipulation of the cells. Seven of 14 RA patients had increased mRNA levels for IL-2, 5/14 for IFN-gamma, 3/14 for IL-4, and 4/14 for the IL-2R alpha-chain, compared with normal donors. Whereas 4 patients had elevated mRNA for IL-2 and IFN-gamma, indicative of an increase in activated Th1 or Th0 cells, 1 of 14 patients expressed low levels of IL-2 and IFN-gamma and high levels of IL-4 mRNA. Seven RA patients were treated with a mAb to ICAM-1 (CD54). To determine whether changes in cytokine mRNA levels might be associated with and/or account for the anti-inflammatory effect of anti- ICAM-1 mAb therapy, changes in cytokine mRNA levels were assessed and correlated with clinical improvement. Anti-ICAM-1 mAb administration was followed by a prompt and transient increase of IFN-gamma mRNA. Elevation of IFN-gamma mRNA expression throughout the treatment period reflected a temporary increase in the number of circulating CD3+CD4+ T cells, suggestive of altered circulatory patterns of activated Th1-like cells and was related to clinical efficacy. The results indicate that elevated cytokine mRNA levels characteristic for Th1 cells can be detected in the PBMC in active RA and, furthermore, that anti-ICAM-1 mAb may be beneficial in RA by altering the recruitment of activated Th1-like cells into the synovium. This assumption further strengthens the hypothesis of a significant contribution of Th1-like cells to the pathogenesis of RA.
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