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?? T cells are essential effectors of type 1 diabetes in the nonobese diabetic mouse model.

ABSTRACT: ?? T cells, a lineage of innate-like lymphocytes, are distinguished from conventional ?? T cells in their Ag recognition, cell activation requirements, and effector functions. ?? T cells have been implicated in the pathology of several human autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and their corresponding mouse models, but their specific roles in these diseases have not been elucidated. We report that ?? TCR(+) cells, including both the CD27(-)CD44(hi) and CD27(+)CD44(lo) subsets, infiltrate islets of prediabetic NOD mice. Moreover, NOD CD27(-)CD44(hi) and CD27(+)CD44(lo) ?? T cells were preprogrammed to secrete IL-17, or IFN-? upon activation. Adoptive transfer of type 1 diabetes (T1D) to T and B lymphocyte-deficient NOD recipients was greatly potentiated when ?? T cells, and specifically the CD27(-) ?? T cell subset, were included compared with transfer of ?? T cells alone. Ab-mediated blockade of IL-17 prevented T1D transfer in this setting. Moreover, introgression of genetic Tcrd deficiency onto the NOD background provided robust T1D protection, supporting a nonredundant, pathogenic role of ?? T cells in this model. The potent contributions of CD27(-) ?? T cells and IL-17 to islet inflammation and diabetes reported in this study suggest that these mechanisms may also underlie human T1D.

SUBMITTER: Markle JG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3836168 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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γδ T cells are essential effectors of type 1 diabetes in the nonobese diabetic mouse model.

Markle Janet G M JG Mortin-Toth Steve S Wong Andrea S L AS Geng Liping L Hayday Adrian A Danska Jayne S JS

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20130426 11

γδ T cells, a lineage of innate-like lymphocytes, are distinguished from conventional αβ T cells in their Ag recognition, cell activation requirements, and effector functions. γδ T cells have been implicated in the pathology of several human autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and their corresponding mouse models, but their specific roles in these diseases have not been elucidated. We report that γδ TCR(+) cells, including both the CD27(-)CD44(hi) and CD27(+)CD44(lo) subsets, infiltrate islets ...[more]

PMID: 23626013

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Project description:Background: Epigenetic alteration of the genome has been shown to provide palliative effects in mouse models of certain human autoimmune disorders. We have investigated whether chromatin remodeling could provide protection against autoimmune diabetes in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. Treatment of female mice during the transition from prediabetic to diabetic stage (18-24 weeks of age) with the well-characterized histone deacetylase inhibitor, Trichostatin A (TSA) effectively reduced the incidence of diabetes and abrogated the ability of splenocytes to adoptively transfer the disease into immunodeficient NOD.scid mice. Protection against diabetes was accompanied by histone hyperacetylation in pancreas and spleen, increased frequency of CD4+ CD62L+ cells in the spleen, reduction in cellular infiltration of islets, restoration of normoglycemia and glucose-induced insulin release by beta cells. In vitro activation of splenic T lymphocytes derived from protected mice resulted in enhanced expression of IFN-gamma mRNA and protein without altering the expression of Il4, Il17, Il18, Inos, and Tnfa genes nor the secretion of IL-2, IL-4, IL-17 and TNF-alpha proteins. Consistently, expression of the transcription factor involved in Ifng transcription, Tbet/Tbx21 but not Gata3 and Rorgt, respectively required for the transcription of Il4 and Il17, was upregulated in activated splenocytes of protected mice. These data indicate that abrogation of autoimmune diabetes is associated with the selective upregulation of certain inducible genes in T lymphocytes. Microarray analysis was performed to determine the changes in global gene expression underlying abrogation of autoimmune diabetes by TSA-mediated epigenetic modulation and identified a distinct group of genes down-regulated during this process. Female NOD mice were treated subcutaneously with TSA (500 µg/Kg body weight) during the transition from prediabetic to diabetic stage (18-24 weeks of age), at weekly intervals. Since we sought to determine the modulation of global gene expression associated with long-term protection against diabetes, TSA treated mice were killed between 32 and 36 weeks of age and total RNA was extracted from uninduced splenocytes. RNA was also extracted from splenocytes of untreated mice that became diabetic and those that did not develop diabetes till 36 weeks of age. Blood glucose levels were determined weekly to monitor the glycemic condition in untreated and TSA-treated mice. To minimize the variability in gene expression among individual mice, RNA was extracted from splenocytes of 3 to 5 mice per group and pooled. Each sample was hybridized to microchips in duplicate. Female NOD mice were treated with Trichostatin A (500 µg/Kg body weight) between 18-24 weeks of age or left untreated.

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