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Brehm MA, Kenney LL, Wiles MV, Low BE, Tisch RM, Burzenski L, Mueller C, Greiner DL, Shultz LD. Lack of acute xenogeneic graft- versus-host disease, but retention of T-cell function following engraftment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in NSG mice deficient in MHC class I and II expression. FASEB J 2019; 33:3137-3151. [PMID: 30383447 PMCID: PMC6404556 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201800636r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Immunodeficient mice engrafted with human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) support preclinical studies of human pathogens, allograft rejection, and human T-cell function. However, a major limitation of PBMC engraftment is development of acute xenogeneic graft- versus-host disease (GVHD) due to human T-cell recognition of murine major histocompatibility complex (MHC). To address this, we created 2 NOD- scid IL-2 receptor subunit γ ( IL2rg) null (NSG) strains that lack murine MHC class I and II [NSG-β-2-microglobulin ( B2M) null ( IA IE)null and NSG -( Kb Db) null ( IAnull)]. We observed rapid human IgG clearance in NSG- B2Mnull ( IA IE) null mice whereas clearance in NSG -( Kb Db) null ( IAnull) mice and NSG mice was comparable. Injection of human PBMCs into both strains enabled long-term engraftment of human CD4+ and CD8+ T cells without acute GVHD. Engrafted human T-cell function was documented by rejection of human islet allografts. Administration of human IL-2 to NSG -( Kb Db) null ( IAnull) mice via adeno-associated virus vector increased human CD45+ cell engraftment, including an increase in human regulatory T cells. However, high IL-2 levels also induced the development of GVHD. These data document that NSG mice deficient in murine MHC support studies of human immunity in the absence of acute GVHD and enable evaluation of human antibody therapeutics targeting human T cells.-Brehm, M. A., Kenney, L. L., Wiles, M. V., Low, B. E., Tisch, R. M., Burzenski, L., Mueller, C., Greiner, D. L., Shultz, L. D. Lack of acute xenogeneic graft- versus-host disease, but retention of T-cell function following engraftment of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in NSG mice deficient in MHC class I and II expression.
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- Michael A. Brehm
- Diabetes Center of Excellence University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Diabetes Center of Excellence University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; and
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- Department of Pediatrics and Horae Gene Therapy Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Diabetes Center of Excellence University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Miura Y, Ota S, Peterlin M, McDevitt G, Kanazawa S. A Subpopulation of Synovial Fibroblasts Leads to Osteochondrogenesis in a Mouse Model of Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatoid Arthritis. JBMR Plus 2019; 3:e10132. [PMID: 31346564 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Revised: 11/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Specific major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II genes result in a high susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with co-stimulatory molecules working together with MHC class II during the progression of the disease. To elucidate the involvement of the B7.1 co-stimulatory molecule in RA, we analyzed the phenotype of B7.1 transgenic (named D1BC) mice and the sequential differentiation of synovial fibroblasts (SFs) by studying the expression of chondrogenic and osteogenic lineage markers together with lineage tracing experiment using B7.1 transgene in vivo. The B7.1 transgene was driven by a collagen type II (CII) promoter and enhancer in the D1BC mouse. A low-dose of bovine CII (bCII) was used to induce chronic articular inflammation with interstitial pneumonitis. Joint damage was analyzed by histopathological examination and computed tomography. B7.1 was expressed in articular cartilage and SFs of D1BC mice. Chronic inflammatory arthritis in the bCII-D1BC mouse shared common features with those found in patients with RA, such as pannus formation, bone destruction, osteoporosis, and joint ankylosis. A subpopulation of SFs (Runx2 +, Sox9 +, Col10a1 +, Osx+, and CX-) in the pannus was classified as osteochondrogenic lineage rather than mesenchymal stromal lineage. These cells underwent differentiation into osteogenic lineage via hypertrophic chondrocytes at the end of the chronic phase. The ectopic expression of B7.1 in chondrocytes and SFs leads to an increased susceptibility to chronic inflammatory arthritis and subsequent new bone formation, reminiscent of ankylosis. The regulation of cartilage remodeling in pannus tissue is an important consideration in the treatment of RA.
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- Yoko Miura
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Aichi Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Shizuoka Medical Center National Hospital Organization Suntou-gun Shizuoka Japan
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- Departments of Medicine Microbiology and Immunology University of California San Francisco, San Francisco CA USA
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- Department of Microbiology and immunology Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford CA USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya Aichi Japan
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Tong Z, Liu W, Yan H, Dong C. Interleukin-17A deficiency ameliorates streptozotocin-induced diabetes. Immunology 2015. [PMID: 26211676 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a cytokine with critical functions in multiple autoimmune diseases. However, its roles in type I diabetes and the underlying mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated. In the current study, we investigated the impact of IL-17 deficiency on streptozotocin (STZ) -induced diabetes. Il-17(-/-) mice exhibited attenuated hyperglycaemia and insulitis after STZ treatment compared with control mice. The Il-17(-/-) mice had fewer CD8(+) cells infiltrating the pancreas than wild-type controls after STZ injection. Wild-type mice showed increased percentage and number of splenic CD8(+) cells and decreased Gr1(+) CD11b(+) myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) after STZ treatment, but Il-17(-/-) mice maintained the percentages and numbers of splenic CD8(+) cells and MDSC, suggesting that IL-17 is implicated in STZ-induced cellular immune responses in the spleen. We further purified the MDSC from spleens of STZ-treated mice. Il-17(-/-) MDSC showed increased ability to suppress CD8(+) cell proliferation in vitro compared with wild-type MDSC. Transfer of MDSC to diabetic mice showed that MDSC from Il-17(-/-) mice could ameliorate hyperglycaemia. Moreover, recipients with MDSC from Il-17(-/-) mice had a decreased percentage of CD8(+) cell in the spleen compared with recipients with MDSC from wild-type mice. These data suggest that IL-17 is required in splenic MDSC function after STZ delivery. In summary, our study has revealed a pathogenic role of IL-17 in an STZ-induced diabetes model with important implications for our understanding of IL-17 function in autoimmune diseases.
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- Zan Tong
- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuha, China
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- School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuha, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital of Hubei Province, Wuha, China
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- School of Medicines, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Leiter EH, Schile A. Genetic and Pharmacologic Models for Type 1 Diabetes. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN MOUSE BIOLOGY 2013; 3:9-19. [PMID: 24592352 PMCID: PMC3936677 DOI: 10.1002/9780470942390.mo120154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by a partial or total insufficiency of insulin. The premiere animal model of autoimmune T cell-mediated T1D is the NOD mouse. A dominant negative mutation in the mouse insulin 2 gene (Ins2Akita ) produces a severe insulin deficiency syndrome without autoimmune involvement, as do a variety of transgenes overexpressed in beta cells. Pharmacologically-induced T1D (without autoimmunity) elicted by alloxan or streptozotocin at high doses can generate hyperglycemia in almost any strain of mouse by direct toxicity. Multiple low doses of streptozotocin combine direct beta cell toxicity with local inflammation to elicit T1D in a male sex-specific fashion. A summary of protocols relevant to the management of these different mouse models will be covered in this overview.
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- Edward H. Leiter
- The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, Tel: 207-288-6370, FAX: 207-288-6077
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- The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, Tel: 207-288-6370, FAX: 207-288-6077
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Pechhold K, Zhu X, Harrison VS, Lee J, Chakrabarty S, Koczwara K, Gavrilova O, Harlan DM. Dynamic changes in pancreatic endocrine cell abundance, distribution, and function in antigen-induced and spontaneous autoimmune diabetes. Diabetes 2009; 58:1175-84. [PMID: 19228810 PMCID: PMC2671059 DOI: 10.2337/db08-0616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Insulin deficiency in type 1 diabetes and in rodent autoimmune diabetes models is caused by beta-cell-specific killing by autoreactive T-cells. Less is known about beta-cell numbers and phenotype remaining at diabetes onset and the fate of other pancreatic endocrine cellular constituents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We applied multicolor flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and immunohistochemistry, supported by quantitative RT-PCR, to simultaneously track pancreatic endocrine cell frequencies and phenotypes during a T-cell-mediated beta-cell-destructive process using two independent autoimmune diabetes models, an inducible autoantigen-specific model and the spontaneously diabetic NOD mouse. RESULTS The proportion of pancreatic insulin-positive beta-cells to glucagon-positive alpha-cells was about 4:1 in nondiabetic mice. Islets isolated from newly diabetic mice exhibited the expected severe beta-cell depletion accompanied by phenotypic beta-cell changes (i.e., hypertrophy and degranulation), but they also revealed a substantial loss of alpha-cells, which was further confirmed by quantitative immunohistochemisty. While maintaining normal randomly timed serum glucagon levels, newly diabetic mice displayed an impaired glucagon secretory response to non-insulin-induced hypoglycemia. CONCLUSIONS Systematically applying multicolor flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry to track declining beta-cell numbers in recently diabetic mice revealed an altered endocrine cell composition that is consistent with a prominent and unexpected islet alpha-cell loss. These alterations were observed in induced and spontaneous autoimmune diabetes models, became apparent at diabetes onset, and differed markedly within islets compared with sub-islet-sized endocrine cell clusters and among pancreatic lobes. We propose that these changes are adaptive in nature, possibly fueled by worsening glycemia and regenerative processes.
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- Klaus Pechhold
- Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Pechhold K, Koczwara K, Zhu X, Harrison VS, Walker G, Lee J, Harlan DM. Blood glucose levels regulate pancreatic beta-cell proliferation during experimentally-induced and spontaneous autoimmune diabetes in mice. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4827. [PMID: 19287497 PMCID: PMC2654100 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Type 1 diabetes mellitus is caused by immune-mediated destruction of pancreatic β-cells leading to insulin deficiency, impaired intermediary metabolism, and elevated blood glucose concentrations. While at autoimmune diabetes onset a limited number of β-cells persist, the cells' regenerative potential and its regulation have remained largely unexplored. Using two mouse autoimmune diabetes models, this study examined the proliferation of pancreatic islet ß-cells and other endocrine and non-endocrine subsets, and the factors regulating that proliferation. Methodology and Principal Findings We adapted multi-parameter flow cytometry techniques (including DNA-content measurements and 5′-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine [BrdU] incorporation) to study pancreatic islet single cell suspensions. These studies demonstrate that β-cell proliferation rapidly increases at diabetes onset, and that this proliferation is closely correlated with the diabetic animals' elevated blood glucose levels. For instance, we show that when normoglycemia is restored by exogenous insulin or islet transplantation, the β-cell proliferation rate returns towards low levels found in control animals, yet surges when hyperglycemia recurs. In contrast, other-than-ß endocrine islet cells did not exhibit the same glucose-dependent proliferative responses. Rather, disease-associated alterations of BrdU-incorporation rates of δ-cells (minor decrease), and non-endocrine islet cells (slight increase) were not affected by blood glucose levels, or were inversely related to glycemia control after diabetes onset (α-cells). Conclusion We conclude that murine β-cells' ability to proliferate in response to metabolic need (i.e. rising blood glucose concentrations) is remarkably well preserved during severe, chronic β-cell autoimmunity. These data suggest that timely control of the destructive immune response after disease manifestation could allow spontaneous regeneration of sufficient β-cell mass to restore normal glucose homeostasis.
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- Klaus Pechhold
- Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Maric M, Barjaktarevic I, Bogunovic B, Stojakovic M, Maric C, Vukmanovic S. Cutting Edge: Developmental Up-Regulation of IFN-γ-Inducible Lysosomal Thiol Reductase Expression Leads to Reduced T Cell Sensitivity and Less Severe Autoimmunity. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 182:746-50. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.182.2.746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mabley JG, Pacher P, Murthy KGK, Williams W, Southan GJ, Salzman AL, Szabo C. The novel inosine analogue, INO-2002, protects against diabetes development in multiple low-dose streptozotocin and non-obese diabetic mouse models of type I diabetes. J Endocrinol 2008; 198:581-9. [PMID: 18562629 PMCID: PMC2669843 DOI: 10.1677/joe-07-0511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Endogenous purines including inosine have been shown to exert immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory effects in a variety of disease models. The dosage of inosine required for protection is very high because of the rapid metabolism of inosine in vivo. The aim of this study was to determine whether a metabolic-resistant purine analogue, INO-2002, exerts anti-inflammatory effects in two animal models of type I diabetes. Type I diabetes was induced chemically with streptozotocin or genetically using the non-obese diabetic (NOD) female mouse model. Mice were treated with INO-2002 or inosine as required at 30, 100, or 200 mg/kg per day, while blood glucose and diabetes incidence were monitored. The effect of INO-2002 on the pancreatic cytokine profile was also determined. INO-2002 reduced both the hyperglycaemia and incidence of diabetes in both streptozotocin-induced and spontaneous diabetes in NOD mice. INO-2002 proved to be more effective in protecting against diabetes than the naturally occurring purine, inosine, when administered at the same dose. INO-2002 treatment decreased pancreatic levels of interleukin (IL)-12 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha, while increasing levels of IL-4 and IL-10. INO-2002 also reduced pancreatic levels of the chemokine MIP-1 alpha. The inosine analogue, INO-2002, was protected more effectively than the naturally occurring purine, inosine, against development of diabetes in two separate animal models. INO-2002 exerts protective effects by changing the pancreatic cytokine expression from a destructive Th1 to a protective Th2 profile. The use of analogues of inosine such as INO-2002 should be considered as a potential preventative therapy in individuals susceptible to developing type I diabetes.
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- Jon G Mabley
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ, UK.
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Rajagopalan G, Mangalam AK, Sen MM, Kudva YC, David CS. Distinct local immunogenic stimuli dictate differential requirements for CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets in the pathogenesis of spontaneous autoimmune diabetes. Autoimmunity 2008; 40:489-96. [PMID: 17966038 DOI: 10.1080/08916930701649836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The strong MHC class II association in human as well as murine Type 1 diabetes (T1D) suggests a central role for CD4+T cells in the disease pathogenesis. Nonetheless, CD8+T cells also play a role in the pathogenic process. We describe how CD4+ or CD8+T cells can contribute differentially to the pathogenesis of T1D using the HLA-DQ8 transgenic mouse models. HLA-DQ8 transgenic mice expressing the costimulatory molecule, B7.1 (RIP.B7.1), or the proinflammatory cytokine, TNF-alpha (RIP.TNF) or both (RIP.B7.RIP.TNF) under the control of rat insulin promoter (RIP) were used. Our observations indicate that in the RIP-B7 model, CD4+T cells were absolutely required for diabetes to occur. However, when CD8+ T cells were also present, the incidence of diabetes increased. On the other hand, in the RIP-TNF model, CD8+T cells were absolutely required for diabetes to occur. Interestingly, when CD4+T cells were also present, the incidence of diabetes decreased. In the RIP-B7.RIP-TNF double transgenic mouse model, either CD4+ or CD8+T cells were sufficient to precipitate diabetes in 100% of the animals. Thus, the relative roles of CD4+ or CD8+T cells in the pathogenesis of T1D are possibly determined by the local inflammatory stimuli.
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Casellas A, Salavert A, Agudo J, Ayuso E, Jimenez V, Moya M, Muñoz S, Franckhauser S, Bosch F. Expression of IGF-I in pancreatic islets prevents lymphocytic infiltration and protects mice from type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2006; 55:3246-55. [PMID: 17130467 DOI: 10.2337/db06-0328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Type 1 diabetic patients are diagnosed when beta-cell destruction is almost complete. Reversal of type 1 diabetes will require beta-cell regeneration from islet cell precursors and prevention of recurring autoimmunity. IGF-I expression in beta-cells of streptozotocin (STZ)-treated transgenic mice regenerates the endocrine pancreas by increasing beta-cell replication and neogenesis. Here, we examined whether IGF-I also protects islets from autoimmune destruction. Expression of interferon (IFN)-beta in beta-cells of transgenic mice led to islet beta(2)-microglobulin and Fas hyperexpression and increased lymphocytic infiltration. Pancreatic islets showed high insulitis, and these mice developed overt diabetes when treated with very-low doses of STZ, which did not affect control mice. IGF-I expression in IFN-beta-expressing beta-cells of double-transgenic mice reduced beta(2)-microglobulin, blocked Fas expression, and counteracted islet infiltration. This was parallel to a decrease in beta-cell death by apoptosis in islets of STZ-treated IGF-I+IFN-beta-expressing mice. These mice were normoglycemic, normoinsulinemic, and showed normal glucose tolerance. They also presented similar pancreatic insulin content and beta-cell mass to healthy mice. Thus, local expression of IGF-I prevented islet infiltration and beta-cell death in mice with increased susceptibility to diabetes. These results indicate that pancreatic expression of IGF-I may regenerate and protect beta-cell mass in type 1 diabetes.
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- Alba Casellas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center of Animal Biotechnology and Gene Therapy, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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DiPaolo RJ, Unanue ER. The level of peptide-MHC complex determines the susceptibility to autoimmune diabetes: studies in HEL transgenic mice. Eur J Immunol 2001; 31:3453-9. [PMID: 11745364 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200112)31:12<3453::aid-immu3453>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We report a mouse model for the spontaneous development of autoimmune diabetes: the 3A9 T cell receptor (TCR) transgenic mouse, which contains T cells that recognize the 52 - 61 family of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) peptides in the context of MHC class II I-A(k) molecules, was bred to the ILK3 mouse, that expresses HEL protein via the rat insulin promoter (RIP). Despite partial tolerance of 3A9 T cells in ILK3 mice, spontaneous diabetes developed in 64 % of 3A9xILK3 mice by 20 weeks of age. We provide evidence that APC from peri-pancreatic nodes have a large content of peptide-MHC complex and stimulate 3A9 T cells. We also report that cross presentation of HEL from beta cells to APC is 26-fold more efficient than presentation of soluble HEL. We previously reported on a biochemical margin of safety, based on the observation that activation of naive 3A9 T cells required 100-fold more peptide-MHC complexes than required for deletion of 3A9 thymocytes. We speculate that the high local density of autologous peptide-MHC complexes can be a determining factor that leads to the activation of autoreactive CD4 T cells and, consequently, to the development of autoimmunity.
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- R J DiPaolo
- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Center for Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Pechhold K, Patterson NB, Blum C, Fleischacker CL, Boehm BO, Harlan DM. Low dose streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rat insulin promoter-mCD80-transgenic mice is T cell autoantigen-specific and CD28 dependent. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 166:2531-9. [PMID: 11160314 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.4.2531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although transgenic mice expressing murine B7-1 (mCD80) on their pancreatic beta cells under the rat insulin-1 promoter (RIP-mCD80(+) mice) rarely develop spontaneous beta cell destruction and diabetes, we have previously reported the transgene-dependent induction of profound insulitis and lethal diabetes following multiple low dose injections of the beta cell toxin streptozotocin (MLDS) in RIP-mCD80(+) mice. Here, we have further characterized this MLDS-induced diabetes model using the RIP-mCD80(+) mice and now demonstrate that disease is critically dependent on T cell signaling via CD28. Thus, although naive RIP-mCD80(+) and nontransgenic littermates have comparable gross beta cell mass, and immediately following MLDS induction the mice display similar degrees of insulitis and decrements in the beta cell mass, only transgenic mice continued to destroy their beta cells and develop insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Strikingly, MLDS-induced diabetes was completely prevented in CD28-deficient mice (RIP-mCD80(+)CD28(-/-)) due to abrogation of leukocytes infiltrating their pancreatic islets. We further characterized MLDS-induced diabetes in the RIP-mCD80(+) mice by demonstrating that the MLDS-induced lymphocytic islet infiltrate contained a substantial frequency of autoantigen-specific, IFN-gamma-secreting, CD8(+) T cells. We conclude that MLDS-induced beta cell destruction and subsequent insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in RIP-mCD80(+) mice is T cell-mediated as it involves both Ag-specific recognition of self-target molecules in the inflamed pancreatic islet (signal 1) and is CD28 costimulation dependent (signal 2).
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- K Pechhold
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-Navy Transplantation and Autoimmunity Branch, Bethesda, MD 20889, USA
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Kondo S, Iwata I, Anzai K, Akashi T, Wakana S, Ohkubo K, Katsuta H, Ono J, Watanabe T, Niho Y, Nagafuchi S. Suppression of insulitis and diabetes in B cell-deficient mice treated with streptozocin: B cells are essential for the TCR clonotype spreading of islet-infiltrating T cells. Int Immunol 2000; 12:1075-83. [PMID: 10882419 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/12.7.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In order to clarify the role of B cells in the development of insulitis and diabetes, B cell-deficient (B(-)) mice treated with streptozocin (STZ) were studied. The extent of insulitis and the cumulative incidence of diabetes were significantly suppressed in B(-) mice (P < 0.0001), indicating that B cells are crucial for the progression of insulitis and diabetes. Accumulation of both CD4(+) T cells and B cells was observed in islets of B(+) mice, while CD4(+) T cells but not B cells were found in B(-) mice. A few CD8(+) T cells and macrophages were detectable in both types of mice. The immunohistochemical study did not reveal any change in the subpopulations of infiltrating lymphocytes except for the absence of B cells in the B(-) mice. TCR V(beta) gene repertoire usage of islet-infiltrating T cells was restricted to some extent in the B(+) or B(-) mice, but there was no significant difference between the B(+) and B(-) mice, suggesting that the initial islet-reactive T cell response can occur in the absence of B cells. In contrast, TCR clonotype spreading of islet-infiltrating T cells was significantly suppressed in B(-) mice compared with B(+) mice (P < 0.0001). These data suggest that initial priming of T cells is not impaired and TCR V(beta) repertoire usage is not limited by the lack of B cells, while B cells are important essentially for the spreading of islet-infiltrating clonal T cells in autoimmune diabetic mice induced with STZ.
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- S Kondo
- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Zhou YP, Pena JC, Roe MW, Mittal A, Levisetti M, Baldwin AC, Pugh W, Ostrega D, Ahmed N, Bindokas VP, Philipson LH, Hanahan D, Thompson CB, Polonsky KS. Overexpression of Bcl-x(L) in beta-cells prevents cell death but impairs mitochondrial signal for insulin secretion. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2000; 278:E340-51. [PMID: 10662719 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.2.e340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To study effects of Bcl-x(L) in the pancreatic beta-cell, two transgenic lines were produced using different forms of the rat insulin promoter. Bcl-x(L) expression in beta-cells was increased 2- to 3-fold in founder (Fd) 1 and over 10-fold in Fd 2 compared with littermate controls. After exposure to thapsigargin (10 microM for 48 h), losses of cell viability in islets of Fd 1 and Fd 2 Bcl-x(L) transgenic mice were significantly lower than in islets of wild-type mice. Unexpectedly, severe glucose intolerance was observed in Fd 2 but not Fd 1 Bcl-x(L) mice. Pancreatic insulin content and islet morphology were not different from control in either transgenic line. However, Fd 2 Bcl-x(L) islets had impaired insulin secretory and intracellular free Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) responses to glucose and KCl. Furthermore, insulin and [Ca(2+)](i) responses to pyruvate methyl ester (PME) were similarly reduced as glucose in Fd 2 Bcl-x(L) islets. Consistent with a mitochondrial defect, glucose oxidation, but not glycolysis, was significantly lower in Fd 2 Bcl-x(L) islets than in wild-type islets. Glucose-, PME-, and alpha-ketoisocaproate-induced hyperpolarization of mitochondrial membrane potential, NAD(P)H, and ATP production were also significantly reduced in Fd 2 Bcl-x(L) islets. Thus, although Bcl-x(L) promotes beta-cell survival, high levels of expression of Bcl-x(L) result in reduced glucose-induced insulin secretion and hyperglycemia due to a defect in mitochondrial nutrient metabolism and signaling for insulin secretion.
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- Y P Zhou
- Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Herrera PL, Harlan DM, Vassalli P. A mouse CD8 T cell-mediated acute autoimmune diabetes independent of the perforin and Fas cytotoxic pathways: possible role of membrane TNF. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:279-84. [PMID: 10618409 PMCID: PMC26654 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.1.279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Double transgenic mice [rat insulin promoter (RIP)-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and RIP-CD80] whose pancreatic beta cells release TNF and bear CD80 all develop an acute early (6 wk) and lethal diabetes mediated by CD8 T cells. The first ultrastructural changes observed in beta cells, so far unreported, are focal lesions of endoplasmic reticulum swelling at the points of contact with islet-infiltrating lymphoblasts, followed by cytoplasmic, but not nuclear, apoptosis. Such double transgenic mice were made defective in either the perforin, Fas, or TNF pathways. Remarkably, diabetes was found to be totally independent of perforin and Fas. Mice lacking TNF receptor (TNFR) II had no or late diabetes, but only a minority had severe insulitis. Mice lacking the TNF-lymphotoxin (LTalpha) locus (whose sole source of TNF are the beta cells) all had insulitis comparable to that of nondefective mice, but no diabetes or a retarded and milder form, with lesions suggesting different mechanisms of injury. Because both TNFR II and TNF-LTalpha mutations have complex effects on the immune system, these data do not formally incriminate membrane TNF as the major T cell mediator of this acute autoimmune diabetes; nevertheless, in the absence of involvement of the perforin or Fas cytotoxic pathways, membrane TNF appears to be the likeliest candidate.
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- P L Herrera
- Department of Morphology, University of Geneva Medical School, 1 rue Michel-Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Ibrahimi A, Bonen A, Blinn WD, Hajri T, Li X, Zhong K, Cameron R, Abumrad NA. Muscle-specific overexpression of FAT/CD36 enhances fatty acid oxidation by contracting muscle, reduces plasma triglycerides and fatty acids, and increases plasma glucose and insulin. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:26761-6. [PMID: 10480880 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.38.26761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Increasing evidence has implicated the membrane protein CD36 (FAT) in binding and transport of long chain fatty acids (FA). To determine the physiological role of CD36, we examined effects of its overexpression in muscle, a tissue that depends on FA for its energy needs and is responsible for clearing a major fraction of circulating FA. Mice with CD36 overexpression in muscle were generated using the promoter of the muscle creatine kinase gene (MCK). Transgenic (MCK-CD36) mice had a slightly lower body weight than control litter mates. This reflected a leaner body mass with less overall adipose tissue, as evidenced by magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Soleus muscles from transgenic animals exhibited a greatly enhanced ability to oxidize fatty acids in response to stimulation/contraction. This increased oxidative ability was not associated with significant alterations in histological appearance of muscle fibers. Transgenic mice had lower blood levels of triglycerides and fatty acids and a reduced triglyceride content of very low density lipoproteins. Blood cholesterol levels were slightly lower, but no significant decrease in the cholesterol content of major lipoprotein fractions was measured. Blood glucose was significantly increased, while insulin levels were similar in the fed state and higher in the fasted state. However, glucose tolerance curves, determined at 20 weeks of age, were similar in control and transgenic mice. In summary, the study documented, in vivo, the role of CD36 to facilitate cellular FA uptake. It also illustrated importance of the uptake process in muscle to overall FA metabolism and glucose utilization.
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- A Ibrahimi
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8661, USA
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Allison J, Stephens LA, Kay TW, Kurts C, Heath WR, Miller JF, Krummel MF. The threshold for autoimmune T cell killing is influenced by B7-1. Eur J Immunol 1998; 28:949-60. [PMID: 9541590 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199803)28:03<949::aid-immu949>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The concept that naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells require co-stimulatory signals for activation and proliferation is well documented. Less clear is the need for co-stimulation during the effector phase of the T cell response. Here we examined the influence of B7-1 (CD80) during the effector phase of an autoimmune response to pancreatic islets using transgenic mouse lines which expressed B7-1 in either all or only some of their beta cells ("confluent" or "patchy" RIP-B7-1 mice). Transgenic expression of B7-1 in normal mouse islets that co-expressed the pro-inflammatory cytokine, IL-2, resulted in early spontaneous autoimmunity. Islets with IL-2 and "confluent" B7-1 expression were destroyed whereas islets with IL-2 and "patchy" B7-1 expression showed selective killing of the B7-1+ beta cells. Islet-reactive T cells, circulating in the RIP-B7-1/IL-2 mice, rejected syngeneic islet grafts, but only if these expressed B7-1. Introduction of the B7-1 transgene into the nonobese diabetic (NOD) genetic background likewise resulted in early spontaneous autoimmunity, but splenocytes from the diabetic animals could only transfer diabetes to NOD scid recipients that expressed B7-1 on their beta cells. In both these transgenic models, therefore, islet destruction required continuous B7-1 expression by target beta cells. Thus, although the normal repertoire contains T cells with potential islet reactivity, these T cells remain harmless because parenchymal cells like the beta cell cannot normally express B7-1. Our results also have implications for tumor immunotherapy in that the ability of T cells to kill poorly immunogenic targets may be dependent upon B7-1 expression by the target cell itself.
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- J Allison
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
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The initiation and progression of autoimmune diseases, such as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), are complex processes that depend on autoantigen exposure, genetic susceptibility, and secondary events that promote autoaggression. T-cell costimulation, largely mediated by CD28/B7 interactions, is a major regulatory pathway in the activation and differentiation of T-cells that cause IDDM in murine models. In this article, we summarize our results in two models of IDDM: the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse and diabetes induced with multiple low doses of streptozotocin (MDSDM). In both of these models, blockade of CD28/B7 costimulation regulates the development of disease. The effects of blockade vary with the intensity of cognate signal delivered to the T-cells, the timing of the costimulatory signal, and perhaps even the CD28 ligand expressed on antigen-presenting cells (APCs). Our results suggest that targeting CD28/B7 signals is a feasible approach for treatment and prevention of recurrence of autoimmune diabetes. However, the dynamic nature of these interactions highlights the importance of a clear understanding of their role in regulation of the disease.
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- K G Herold
- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA
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Herold KC, Baumann E, Vezys V, Buckingham F. Expression and immune response to islet antigens following treatment with low doses of streptozotocin in H-2d mice. J Autoimmun 1997; 10:17-25. [PMID: 9080296 DOI: 10.1006/jaut.1996.0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is likely to be due to the immunologic destruction of the islets of Langerhans. However, the relative importance of expression of a unique set of islet antigens or of differences in immune responses to those antigens in determining susceptibility to auto-immune diabetes is unknown. To a large extent, the reason for this uncertainty is the difficulty in directly identifying islet antigens expressed in vivo. We have studied the relationship between islet antigen expression, immune responsiveness to islet antigens, and the development of diabetes in diabetes induced by multiple low-doses of streptozotocin (STZ) in mice of the H-2d haplotype. We identified the expression of relevant islet antigens by testing the ability of STZ treated islets to induce tolerance to diabetes in C57BL/KsJ mice after intrathymic transplantation. C57BL/KsJ but not BALB/cByJ mice developed hyperglycaemia and insulitis following STZ treatment. Interferon-gamma transcription was detected in intrapancreatic lymphocytes from C57BL/KsJ mice but at lower levels in cell from BALB/cByJ. IL-4 levels were higher in BALB/cByJ than C57BL/KsJ. Intrathymic STZ-treated islets from syngeneic mice induced tolerance to diabetes in C57BL/KsJ mice following transient depletion of mature peripheral T cells, but islets from resistant BALB/cByJ mice did not induce tolerance to disease in C57BL/KsJ mice even though they did cause tolerance to the alloantigens. (C57BL/KsJ x BALB/cByJ)F1 mice developed hyperglycaemia like the susceptible parent following STZ treatment, and islets from these mice induced tolerance to MDSDM when treated with STZ and transplanted intrathymically into C57BL/KsJ. We conclude the expression of islet antigens and the intrapancreatic responses to STZ treated islets differs between mice that are susceptible and resistant to multi-dose streptozotocin induced diabetes mellitus.
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- K C Herold
- Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA
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Eizirik DL, Spencer P, Kisby GE. Potential role of environmental genotoxic agents in diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:1585-91. [PMID: 8687473 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02433-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Epidemiological data suggest that environmental genotoxins are risk factors for some forms of diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. The present commentary focuses on mechanisms involved in genotoxin-induced pancreatic beta-cell and neuronal damage. These two cell types seem to share a similar vulnerability to different forms of DNA damage, and the long-term consequences of repeated genotoxic insults to post-mitotic neurons or slowly proliferating beta-cells remain to be clarified. One intriguing possibility is that genotoxins could act as "slow" toxins in these cells, triggering a cascade of cellular events, which culminates in progressive cell dysfunction and loss. Indeed, exposure to mutagenic nitroso agents such as streptozotocin and cycasin induces long-lasting damage to both beta -cells and neurons. These data on cycasin, a toxin obtained from the cycad plant (Cycas spp.), are of special interest, since this agent may be implicated in both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinson dementia complex and diabetes mellitus in the western Pacific area. Future studies are required to sort out the interactions between different genotoxic agents, viral infections, and cellular repair mechanisms on cellular survival and function. Moreover, further epidemiological studies are needed to clarify the role of N-nitrosoureas in diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases in populations with different genetic backgrounds. Answers to these questions may provide useful information on the pathogenesis of these devastating diseases, and open the possibility for their primary prevention.
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- D L Eizirik
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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