J. Exp. Med.
Volume 185, Number 6, March 17, 1997 1113-1122

An HLA-DR1 Transgene Confers Susceptibility to Collagen-induced Arthritis Elicited with Human Type II Collagen

By Edward F. Rosloniec,^§¶ David D. Brand,^§¶ Linda K. Myers, Karen B. Whittington,^¶ Marina Gumanovskaya,^§ Dennis M. Zaller,^* Andrea Woods,^* Daniel M. Altmann, John M. Stuart,^§¶ and Andrew H. Kang^§¶

From the ^* Department of Molecular Immunology, Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065;  Department of Transplantation Biology, Medical Research Council Clinical Sciences Centre, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 ONN, United Kingdom; the ^§ Department of Medicine, the  Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 38163; and the ^¶ Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38104

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that is strongly associated with the expression of several HLA-DR haplotypes, including DR1 (DRB1*0101). Although the antigen that initiates RA remains elusive, it has been shown that many patients have autoimmunity directed to type II collagen (CII). To test the hypothesis that HLA-DR1 is capable of mediating an immune response to CII, we have generated transgenic mice expressing chimeric (human/ mouse) HLA-DR1. When the DR1 transgenic mice were immunized with human CII (hCII), they developed a severe autoimmune arthritis, evidenced by severe swelling and erythema of the limbs and marked inflammation and erosion of articular joints. The development of the autoimmune arthritis was accompanied by strong DR1-restricted T and B cell responses to hCII. The T cell response was focused on a dominant determinant contained within CII(259-273) from which an eight amino acid core was defined. The B cell response was characterized by high titers of antibody specific for hCII, and a high degree of cross-reactivity with murine type II collagen. These data demonstrate that HLA-DR1 is capable of presenting peptides derived from hCII, and suggest that this DR1 transgenic model will be useful in the development of DR1-specific therapies for RA.

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