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Differential effects of FK506 and methotrexate on inflammatory cytokine levels in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis.

Katsue Magari, Susumu Miyata, Fusako Nishigaki, Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Seitaro Mutoh and Toshio Goto
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2003, 30 (10) 2193-2200;
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of prophylactic and therapeutic treatments with FK506 (tacrolimus), an immunosuppressive drug that specifically inhibits T cell activation, and methotrexate (MTX) on inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a, interleukin (IL)-1beta, and IL-6 levels in rat adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA). METHODS: AIA was induced in female Lewis rats. Arthritis was assessed by hindpaw swelling. TNF-a, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels in paw extracts were determined by ELISA. To assess the effects on cytokine levels, rats were treated prophylactically with FK506 (3 mg/kg) or MTX (0.1 mg/kg) from day 1 to day 17, and therapeutically with FK506 (5 mg/kg) or MTX (1 mg/kg) from day 15 to day 17 (3-day treatment) or day 15 to 20 (6-day treatment) by oral administration. RESULTS: TNF-a, IL-1beta, and IL-6 levels in paw tissue were found to significantly increase between day 15 and day 21 after adjuvant injection, when the arthritis was in a developed stage. Prophylactic treatment with FK506 and MTX suppressed arthritis and reduced the levels of those inflammatory cytokines. FK506 caused a marked reduction of TNF-a and IL-1beta levels in paw tissue even in short-term (3-day) therapeutic treatment. It reduced all levels of TNF-a, IL-1beta, and IL-6 in paws in 6-day therapeutic treatment. In contrast, therapeutic treatment with MTX affected neither TNF-a or IL-6 levels in paws. MTX reduced IL-1beta levels only in the 6-day treatment. CONCLUSION: FK506 is more effective than MTX in reducing elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines TNF-a, IL-1beta, and IL-6 in established stages of AIA. Our findings suggest that inhibition of T cell activation results in a rapid reduction of inflammatory cytokine levels even after the arthritis is established in AIA.

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Katsue Magari, Susumu Miyata, Fusako Nishigaki, Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Seitaro Mutoh, Toshio Goto
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