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Studies on the encephalitogenic effects of purified preparations of human and bovine oligodendrocytes.

Abstract：

:Bulk-isolated human and bovine oligodendroglia, practically free from myelin, have been used in attempts to elicit an autoimmune response which has been compared with acute experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). For these experiments, a total of 20 Hartley guinea pigs, 33 Lewis rats and 16 rabbits have been studied. Animals were inoculated with a range of doses of purified preparations of both human and bovine oligodendroglial cells in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) and compared with others challenged with whole white matter in CFA. The latter animals all developed clinical and histological signs of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE) 2-3 weeks post-inoculation. In general, oligodendroglial cells were encephalitogenically less potent than white matter. Guinea pigs were the most susceptible to inoculations of oligodendroglia. In several given human oligodendroglia 14 days earlier, a paraparesis indistinguishable from conventional EAE was seen. Animals receiving bovine cells showed no clinical signs. Histologically, the CNS of afflicted guinea pigs displayed severe inflammation but, in contrast to conventional EAE in the same species, demyelination was rare in the small group of animals tested. After sensitization with oligodendroglia, rats displayed no clinical disease. Histologically, some given human cells had positive evidence of disease while bovine cells in others gave a mild response. Rabbits showed no clinical and very little histological disease. Although more extensive studies are needed to confirm the findings, from the animals studied it appears that (1) variation in response to inocula containing oligodendroglia exists among the species tested, (2) that human oligodendroglia are more potent immunologically than bovine cells, (3) that CNS lesions produced by these cells in guinea pigs, lack a strong demyelinative component and (4) a specific antigen might exist in oligodendrocytes which is distinct from myelin basic protein. The possible reasons underlying our findings are discussed.

journal_name

Brain Res

journal_title

Brain research

authors

Raine CS,Wiśniewski HM,Iqbal K,Grundkeiqbal I,Norton WT

doi

10.1016/0006-8993(77)90906-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-01-21 00:00:00

pages

269-86

issue

eissn

0006-8993

issn

1872-6240

pii

0006-8993(77)90906-4

journal_volume

120

pub_type

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Studies on the encephalitogenic effects of purified preparations of human and bovine oligodendrocytes.