Measles virus-derived peptide/food antigen adducts facilitate the establishment of antigen specific oral tolerance

J Physiol Pharmacol. 2013 Feb;64(1):95-102.

Abstract

Allergy is a skewed T helper (Th)2 polarization response in the body; its treatment is not satisfactory currently. Oral tolerance dysfunction plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of allergy. The present study aims to restore the breached intestinal tolerance with an artificial adduct of a measles virus C protein-derived small peptide (MVCP) and a model antigen, ovalbumin (MOA), and to observe the effect of MOA on inhibition of intestinal allergy in a mouse model. The MOA was formed by the MVCP and ovalbumin. The effect of MOA on regulation of the properties of dendritic cells (DC) and CD4(+) T cells was observed with a cell culture model and a mouse model of the gut Th2 pattern inflammation. After treatment with MOA, mouse intestinal DCs showed high levels of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity and expressed transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta; the frequency of Treg in the intestine was also significantly increased. The treatment with MOA efficiently suppressed the antigen-specific Th2 pattern inflammation in the intestine. Administration with the MOA can induce the development of antigen-specific oral tolerance and inhibit the antigen-specific allergic reaction in the intestine. The adduct of MOA has the therapeutic potential for the allergen related immune inflammation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / immunology
  • Allergens / immunology*
  • Animals
  • Antigens / immunology*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Dendritic Cells / immunology
  • Food Hypersensitivity / immunology*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / virology*
  • Immune Tolerance
  • Inflammation / immunology
  • Intestines / immunology
  • Measles virus / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Ovalbumin / immunology
  • Peptides / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / immunology
  • Th2 Cells / immunology
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / immunology
  • Viral Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Allergens
  • Antigens
  • Peptides
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Viral Proteins
  • Ovalbumin
  • Aldehyde Dehydrogenase