Prevention of autoimmune insulitis in nonobese diabetic mice by expression of major histocompatibility complex class I Ld molecules.
AUTOR(ES)
Miyazaki, T
RESUMO
Nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice spontaneously develop a T-cell-mediated autoimmune disease that is similar in many respects to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in humans. NOD mice were shown to express major histocompatibility complex class I Kd and Db antigens. To examine the possible involvement of major histocompatibility complex class I molecules in the development of autoimmune insulitis, we attempted to express a different type of class I molecule in NOD mice by crossing C57BL/6 mice transgenic for the class I Ld gene with NOD mice. The backcross progeny expressed the Ld antigen on the peripheral blood lymphocytes at a level comparable with that of the BALB/c mice. The cell surface expression of endogenous class I and class II antigens on the peripheral blood lymphocytes was not affected. Analysis of these mice revealed that the expression of the class I Ld antigen significantly reduced the incidence of insulitis at 20 weeks of age. In situ hybridization of a biotinylated probe on mouse chromosomes showed that the Ld transgene was located in the E area of chromosome 6 with which no genetic linkage to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus was demonstrated. These results suggest that the NOD-type class I molecules are involved in the development of insulitis in NOD mice.
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