M D Morse1, K L Clark1, M Cascalho2, J M Kahlenberg3. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2. Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA mkahlenb@med.umich.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Caspase-1 is required for nephritis and robust autoantibody development in the pristane model of murine lupus. The objective of this study was to evaluate the immune response and to study the splenic B and T cell populations in wild-type (WT) and caspase-1-/- mice following pristane injection in order to develop an understanding of why absence of caspase-1 is protective in pristane-induced lupus. METHODS: Immunization responses to NP-Ficoll and NP-ovalbumin were assessed in WT and caspase-1-/- mice. In vitro IgM and IgG responses to R848 were measured by ELISA. Serum IgM anti-dsDNA and IL-1β were also measured by ELISA. B and T cell populations 2 weeks and 6 months following pristane injection were measured by flow cytometry in WT and caspase-1-/- mice. RESULTS: Caspase-1-/- mice generate equivalent IgG responses to NP-Ficoll and NP-ova antigens when compared to wild-type mice. Additionally, they secrete IgM and IgG in response to TLR7 activation. Pristane injected WT and caspase-1-/- mice generate robust IgM anti-dsDNA responses. Caspase-1-/- mice have a significant reduction in marginal zone B cell populations compared to WT 6 months after pristane exposure whereas T cell responses are intact in these mice. CONCLUSIONS: Caspase-1-/- mice have intact immune responses but do not develop an expanded marginal zone B cell population in response to pristane-induced lupus. This may be one explanation for reduced IgG autoantibody production in these mice.
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