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Departments of
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Internal Medicine and
Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Both the type I (IFN-
) and type II (IFN-
) IFNs have been heavily implicated in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus. To test the relative roles of these systems, congenic lupus-prone MRL/CD95lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice lacking the type I IFN receptor (IFN-RI), type II IFN receptor (IFN-RII), or both, were derived. As expected, deficiency for IFN-RII protected MRL/lpr mice from the development of significant autoimmune-associated lymphadenopathy, autoantibodies, and renal disease. However, deficiency for the IFN-RI surprisingly worsened lymphoproliferation, autoantibody production, and end organ disease; animals doubly deficient for IFN-RI and IFN-RII developed an autoimmune phenotype intermediate between wild-type and IFN-RII-deficient animals, all correlating with an ability of type I IFN to suppress MRL B cell activation. Thus, type I IFNs protect against both the humoral and end organ autoimmune syndrome of MRL/lpr mice, independent of IFN-. These findings warrant caution in the use of type I IFN antagonists in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and suggest further investigation into the interplay between the types I and II IFNs during the ontogeny of pathogenic autoantibodies.
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