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Induction of Type 1 Immune Pathology in the Brain Following Immunization Without Central Nervous System Autoantigen in Transgenic Mice With Astrocyte-Targeted Expression of IL-12¹

Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037 Department of Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037

IL-12, a cytokine produced by microglia, may regulate cellular immunity at a localized level in the CNS. To investigate this further, we examined the consequences of peripheral immune stimulation without specific autoantigen in wild-type or transgenic (termed GF-IL12) mice with astrocyte production of the bioactive IL-12 p75 heterodimer. Active immunization with CFA and pertussis toxin, a procedure known to stimulate a robust type 1-biased immune response, produced CNS immune pathology from which GF-IL12 but not wild-type mice developed signs of clinical disease consisting of loss of activity, piloerection, mild tremor, and motor change. All immunized mice had some degree of mononuclear cell infiltration into the brain; however, the severity of this was markedly increased in GF-IL12 mice where leukocytes accumulated in perivascular and parenchymal locations. Accumulating cells consisted of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells and macrophage/microglia. Moreover, expression of cytokines (IFN- and TNF), chemokines (IFN-inducible protein-10 and RANTES), the immune accessory molecules, MHC class II, B7.2, ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, and NO synthase-2 was induced in the CNS of the GF-IL12 mice. Therefore, peripheral immunization of GF-IL12 but not wild-type mice can provoke active type 1 immunity in the brain—a process that does not require CNS-specific immunizing autoantigen. These findings indicate that the cytokine milieu of a tissue can dramatically influence the development of intrinsic immune responses and associated pathology.

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