Abstract
Prophylactic treatment (p.o.) of rats with adjuvant-induced arthritis (AA) with two retinoid-like 2,4,6,8-nonatetraenoic acids (NTA), Ro 23-6457 and Ro 23-2895, significantly reduced hind paw swelling between days 10-23 and the level of plasma fibrinogen (MED approximately 25 mumoles/kg). When given therapeutically (75 mumoles/kg between day 21 and 28) either NTA arrested the progression of the disease (MED, 25-75 mumoles/kg). Unseparated and adherent cell (AC) depleted spleen cells from rats with AA (day 12-15) responded poorly to the T cell mitogen, Con A (2.5 micrograms/ml) and the B cell mitogen, LPS (10 micrograms/ml). The responses were partially restored (approximately 30% of normal responses) in AC-depleted (but not unseparated) spleen cells from Ro 23-6457 treated rats (75 and 250 mumoles/kg/day). These data demonstrate an immunomodulatory effect of Ro 23-6457 in the adjuvant rat which may contribute to its anti-inflammatory activity in AA.
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