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Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion.

ABSTRACT: T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing ? cells in the pancreas causes type 1 diabetes (T1D). CD4 T cell responses play a central role in ? cell destruction, but the identity of the epitopes recognized by pathogenic CD4 T cells remains unknown. We found that diabetes-inducing CD4 T cell clones isolated from nonobese diabetic mice recognize epitopes formed by covalent cross-linking of proinsulin peptides to other peptides present in ? cell secretory granules. These hybrid insulin peptides (HIPs) are antigenic for CD4 T cells and can be detected by mass spectrometry in ? cells. CD4 T cells from the residual pancreatic islets of two organ donors who had T1D also recognize HIPs. Autoreactive T cells targeting hybrid peptides may explain how immune tolerance is broken in T1D.

SUBMITTER: Delong T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4884646 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion.

Delong Thomas T Wiles Timothy A TA Baker Rocky L RL Bradley Brenda B Barbour Gene G Reisdorph Richard R Armstrong Michael M Powell Roger L RL Reisdorph Nichole N Kumar Nitesh N Elso Colleen M CM DeNicola Megan M Bottino Rita R Powers Alvin C AC Harlan David M DM Kent Sally C SC Mannering Stuart I SI Haskins Kathryn K

Science (New York, N.Y.) 20160201 6274

T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing β cells in the pancreas causes type 1 diabetes (T1D). CD4 T cell responses play a central role in β cell destruction, but the identity of the epitopes recognized by pathogenic CD4 T cells remains unknown. We found that diabetes-inducing CD4 T cell clones isolated from nonobese diabetic mice recognize epitopes formed by covalent cross-linking of proinsulin peptides to other peptides present in β cell secretory granules. These hybrid insulin peptide ...[more]

PMID: 26912858

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Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion.

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Pathogenic CD4 T cells in type 1 diabetes recognize epitopes formed by peptide fusion.

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