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Departments of
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Internal Medicine and
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, and
Veterans Affairs Research Service, Columbia, MO 65212
When granulomatous experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (G-EAT) was induced in CBA/J or DBA/1 mice, thyroid lesions resolved in less severe (3+) G-EAT in wild-type mice or severe (5+) G-EAT in IFN-
-/- mice, but progressed to fibrosis in 5+ G-EAT in wild-type mice. To define the mechanisms leading to these distinct outcomes, the expression of inflammatory and apoptotic molecules and infiltrating cells was evaluated using immunohistochemistry, RT-PCR, and confocal microscopy. The ratio of CD4+/CD8+ T cells in thyroid infiltrates was one factor that predicted G-EAT outcome. CD4+ T cells outnumbered CD8+ T cells when lesions progressed to fibrosis, while CD8+ T cells outnumbered CD4+ T cells in thyroids that resolved. Fas, Fas ligand, FLIP, TNF-
, inducible NO synthase, TGF-
, and IFN- were highly expressed by infiltrating cells when G-EAT progressed to fibrosis. The expression of active caspase-3 was low, possibly contributing to the persistence of CD4+ T cells in fibrosis. In contrast, FLIP was mainly expressed by thyrocytes in resolving G-EAT, the expression of active caspase-3 was high, and resolution correlated with apoptosis of infiltrating cells. There was also relatively less expression of TGF-, IFN-, TNF-, and inducible NO synthase and higher expression of IL-10 in resolving G-EAT than in G-EAT that progressed to fibrosis. These differences were particularly striking when comparing IFN--/- vs wild-type mice. These results suggest that several opposing biological mechanisms contribute to the outcome of an ongoing autoimmune response. These include differential expression of pro- and antiapoptotic molecules, cytokines, and the ratio of CD4+ vs CD8+ T cells.
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