Gad65is recognized by t-cells, but not by antibodies from nod-mice
作者:
BiegS.,
SeisslerJ.,
HerbergL.,
NorthemannW.,
ScherbaumW. A.,
期刊:
Autoimmunity
(Taylor Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 3
页码: 189-194
ISSN:0891-6934
年代: 1994
DOI:10.3109/08916939409010653
出版商: Taylor&Francis
关键词: Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus;non obese diabetic (NOD) mouse;autoimmunity;T-cells;glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Since the 64kDa-protein glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) is one of the major autoantigens in T-cell mediated Type 1 diabetes, its relevance as a T-cell antigen needs to be clarified. After isolation of splenic T-cells from non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, a useful model for human Type 1 diabetes, we found that these T-cells proliferate spontaneously when incubated with human GAD65, but only marginally after incubation with GAD67, both recombinated in the baculovirus system. No effect was observed with non-diabetic NOD mice or with T-cells from H-2 identical NON-NOD-H-2g7control mice. It has been published previously that NOD mice develop autoantibodies against a 64kDa protein detected with mouse beta cells. In immunoprecipitation experiments with sera from the same NOD mice and33S-methionine-labelled GAD, no autoantibody binding could be detected. We conclude firstly that GAD65is an important T-cell antigen which is relevant early in the development of Type 1 diabetes and secondly that there is an antigenic epitope in the human GAD65molecule recognized by NOD T-cells, but not by NOD autoantibodies precipitating conformational epitopes. Our results therefore provide further evidence that GAD65is a T-cell antigen in NOD mice, being possibly also involved in very early processes leading to the development of human Type 1 diabetes.
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