BACKGROUND & AIMS: Most experimental models for inflammatory bowel disease in mice are associated with production of interferon (IFN)-gamma and other proinflammatory cytokines. We hypothesized that T-helper 2 (Th2)-type cells could also contribute to the colitis and cause inflammation different than that mediated by Th1-type cells. METHODS: Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis in C57BL/6 background mice genetically deficient in interleukin (IL)-12 p40 (IL-12(-/-)), IFN-gamma (IFN-gamma(-/-)), or IL-4 (IL-4(-/-)) was examined in comparison with control mice (C57BL/6(+/+)). RESULTS: C57BL/6(+/+), IFN-gamma(-/-), and IL-12(-/-) mice developed patterns of colitis characterized by distortion of crypts, loss of goblet cells, and mononuclear cell infiltration with fibrosis of the mucosal layer. IL-4(-/-) mice had greater mortality than other groups because of penetrating ulcers; however, survivors developed milder lesions that were limited to focal acute ulceration. Colonic CD4(+) T cells from normal, IFN-gamma(-/-), or IL-12(-/- )mice produced both IL-4 and IL-5. CONCLUSIONS: In TNBS colitis, Th1-like cytokine responses induce fatal, acute, transmural, and focal types of lesions, whereas Th2-like cytokine responses play a significant role in the diffuse atrophic changes in crypts and the mucosal layer that occur in the late stages of this disease.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Most experimental models for inflammatory bowel disease in mice are associated with production of interferon (IFN)-gamma and other proinflammatory cytokines. We hypothesized that T-helper 2 (Th2)-type cells could also contribute to the colitis and cause inflammation different than that mediated by Th1-type cells. METHODS:Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced colitis in C57BL/6 background mice genetically deficient in interleukin (IL)-12 p40 (IL-12(-/-)), IFN-gamma (IFN-gamma(-/-)), or IL-4 (IL-4(-/-)) was examined in comparison with control mice (C57BL/6(+/+)). RESULTS: C57BL/6(+/+), IFN-gamma(-/-), and IL-12(-/-) mice developed patterns of colitis characterized by distortion of crypts, loss of goblet cells, and mononuclear cell infiltration with fibrosis of the mucosal layer. IL-4(-/-) mice had greater mortality than other groups because of penetrating ulcers; however, survivors developed milder lesions that were limited to focal acute ulceration. Colonic CD4(+) T cells from normal, IFN-gamma(-/-), or IL-12(-/- )mice produced both IL-4 and IL-5. CONCLUSIONS: In TNBS colitis, Th1-like cytokine responses induce fatal, acute, transmural, and focal types of lesions, whereas Th2-like cytokine responses play a significant role in the diffuse atrophic changes in crypts and the mucosal layer that occur in the late stages of this disease.
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