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Simvastatin ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by inhibiting Th1/Th17 response and cellular infiltration

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Aim

Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a CD4+-mediated autoimmune pathology of the central nervous system (CNS) that is used as a model for the study of the human neuroinflammatory disease, multiple sclerosis. During the development of EAE, auto-reactive Th1 and Th17 CD4+ T cells infiltrate the CNS promoting inflammatory cells recruitment, focal inflammation and tissue destruction. In this sense, statins, agents used to lower lipid levels, have recently shown to exert interesting immunomodulatory function. In fact, statins promote a bias towards a Th2 response, which ameliorates the clinical outcome of EAE. Additionally, simvastatin can inhibit Th17 differentiation. However, many other effects exerted on the immune system by statins have yet to be clarified, in particular during neuroinflammation. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of simvastatin on the development of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.

Methods

Mice were immunized with MOG35–55 and EAE severity was assessed daily and scored using a clinical scale. Cytokine secretion by mononuclear cells infiltrating the CNS was evaluated by flow cytometry.

Results

Simvastatin (5 mg/kg/day) improved clinical outcome, induced an increase in TGF-β mRNA expression and inhibited IL-6, IL-12p40, IL-12p70, RANTES and MIP-1β secretion (p < 0.05). This was accompanied by a significant decrease in CNS inflammatory mononuclear cell infiltration, with reduced frequencies of both Th1 and Th17 cells. Simvastatin inhibited the proliferation of T lymphocytes co-cultured with primary microglial cells.

Conclusions

Simvastatin treatment promotes EAE clinical amelioration by inhibiting T cell proliferation and CNS infiltration by pathogenic Th1 and Th17 cells.

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We thank Claudia da Silva Cunha and Paulo Albe for technical support. Financial Support: CNPq, Complex Fluids INCT and FAPESP (07/01771-0, 07/07139-3, 12/02270-2 and 2011/18703-2).

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    1. Neuroimmune Interactions Laboratory, Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil

      Daniel May de Oliveira & Jean Pierre Schatzmann Peron

    2. Department of Genetics and Evolutive Biology, Biosciences Institute, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil

      Merari de Fátima Ramires Ferrari

    3. Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Nephrology Division, Medicine Department, Federal University of São Paulo UNIFESP, São Paulo, SP, 04023-900, Brazil

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      Daniel May de Oliveira, Meire Ioshie Hiyane & Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara

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    de Oliveira, D.M., de Oliveira, E.M.L., Ferrari, M.d.R. et al. Simvastatin ameliorates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by inhibiting Th1/Th17 response and cellular infiltration. Inflammopharmacol 23, 343–354 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10787-015-0252-1

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