Avaliação da cinética da neurite óptica em modelo animal de encefalomielite autoimune experimental induzido por duas diferentes concentrações de glicoproteína dos oligodendrócitos da mielina

Abstract

The model of Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) is the most used model in the study of optic neuritis. This study aims to evaluate the kinetics of optic neuritis in the EAE animal model induced by two different concentrations of Oligodendrocytes Myelin Glycoprotein (MOG). For induction of EAE were used female mice of the C57BL/6 lineage, divided into two groups, one group induced with 100 μg of MOG35-55 and a second group induced with 300 μg of MOG35-55. The animals were evaluated daily by analysis of clinical score between zero and 58 days after immunization. On days 7, 10, 14, 21 or 58 post-immunization, the animals were euthanized. The optic nerves were dissected from the back of the eyeball to the optic chiasm; subsequently the morphological and immunohistochemical aspects of the optic nerves were evaluated. The histopathological changes observed in one or in both optic nerves consisted of inflammatory cell infiltrate. Optic neuritis had different levels of severity in the two groups. The chemokine CCL5 was evaluated on day 10 post-immunization, the first day when the inflammatory infiltrate was detected. The results suggest that two different concentrations of MOG35-55 used in the induction of EAE animal model induce two different forms of optic neuritis evolution.