Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
10-2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Source Publication
Pathogens and Disease
Source ISSN
2049-632X
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/ftw077
Abstract
Interleukin-17 (IL-17) has been shown to participate in the development of Lyme arthritis in experimental mice. For example, neutralization of IL-17 with antibodies inhibits induction of arthritis in Borrelia-primed and -infected C57BL/6 wild-type mice. We hypothesized that mice lacking IL-17 would fail to develop Borrelia-induced arthritis. IL-17-deficient and wild-type C57BL/6 mice were primed with heat-inactivated Borrelia and then infected with viable spirochetes 3 weeks later. No swelling or major histopathological changes of the hind paws were detected in IL-17-deficient or wild-type mice that were primed with Borrelia or infected with viable spirochetes. By contrast, IL-17-deficient and wild-type mice that were primed and subsequently infected with heterologous Borrelia developed severe swelling and histopathological changes of the hind paws. In addition, Borrelia-primed and -infected IL-17-deficient mice exhibited elevated gamma-interferon (IFN-γ) levels in sera and increased frequencies of IFN-γ-expressing lymphocytes in popliteal lymph nodes compared to Borrelia-primed and -infected wild-type mice. These results demonstrate that IL-17 is not required for development of severe pathology in response to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, but may contribute to disease through an interaction with IFN-γ.
Recommended Citation
Kuo, Joseph; Warner, Thomas F.; Munson, Erik; Nardelli, Dean T.; and Schell, Ronald F., "Arthritis Is Developed in Borrelia-Primed And -Infected Mice Deficient of Interleukin-17" (2016). Clinical Lab Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 21.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/clinical_lab_fac/21
Comments
Accepted version. Pathogens and Disease, Vol. 74, No. 7 (October 2016). DOI. © 2016 Oxford University Press. Used with permission.