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Infection and Immunity, June 2001, p. 3737-3743, Vol. 69, No. 6
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3737-3743.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Gamma Interferon Is Not Required for Arthritis Resistance in the Murine Lyme Disease Model

Lisa Glickstein,* Meg Edelstein,dagger and Jay Zengjun DongDagger

Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, New England Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Received 3 January 2001/Returned for modification 1 March 2001/Accepted 26 March 2001

Lyme arthritis is the most common complication following infection of human individuals with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. In mice, B. burgdorferi infection leads to arthritis of the tibiotarsal joints. Arthritis severity in mice is under host genetic control, as BALB/c mice developed mild arthritis but C3H/He mice developed severe disease following B. burgdorferi infection. To study the role of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma ) in arthritogenesis, targeted mutant mice lacking the IFN-gamma receptor (IFN-gamma R) were infected by inoculation with B. burgdorferi. IFN-gamma R-/- and parental 129/SvEv mice developed mild arthritis of similar severity, as determined both by weekly tibiotarsal joint measurements and histopathology at 2 and 5 weeks postinfection. Both strains of mice had the same spirochetal burden in the joints, suggesting that the IFN-gamma R-/- mice were not impaired in controlling spirochetal expansion in vivo. The wild-type mice mounted a Th1 response, with a predominance of CD4+ IFN-gamma + T cells observed by flow cytometry. In contrast, the IFN-gamma R-/- mice mounted a Th2 response, with a predominance of CD4+ IL-4+ T cells. As expected given their cytokine profile, the IFN-gamma R-/- mice produced fewer CD8+ IFN-gamma + and MAC-1+ IL-12+ cells and less immunoglobulin G2a (IgG2a) than their wild-type counterparts. These results strongly suggest that IFN-gamma is not required for arthritis resistance or as part of an effective immune response against B. burgdorferi.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: New England Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Box 406, 750 Washington St., Boston, MA 02111. Phone: (617) 636-8527. Fax: (617) 636-4252. E-mail: lglickstein{at}lifespan.org.

dagger Present address: Mediplex Rehabilitation Hospital, New Bedford, MA 02745.

Dagger Present address: BD PharMingen, San Diego, CA 92121.

Infection and Immunity, June 2001, p. 3737-3743, Vol. 69, No. 6
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.6.3737-3743.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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