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- Title
Anti-inflammatory activity of IVIG mediated through the inhibitory Fc receptor.
- Authors
Samuelsson, A; Towers, T L; Ravetch, J V
- Abstract
The molecular basis for the anti-inflammatory property of intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG) was investigated in a murine model of immune thrombocytopenia. Administration of clinically protective doses of intact antibody or monomeric Fc fragments to wild-type or Fcgamma receptor-humanized mice prevented platelet consumption triggered by a pathogenic autoantibody. The inhibitory Fc receptor, FcgammaRIIB, was required for protection, because disruption either by genetic deletion or with a blocking monoclonal antibody reversed the therapeutic effect of IVIG. Protection was associated with the ability of IVIG administration to induce surface expression of FcgammaRIIB on splenic macrophages. Modulation of inhibitory signaling is thus a potent therapeutic strategy for attenuating autoantibody-triggered inflammatory diseases.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2001, Vol 291, Issue 5503, p484
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.291.5503.484