RGD Reference Report - B7-2 (CD86) controls the priming of autoreactive CD4 T cell response against pancreatic islets. - Rat Genome Database

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B7-2 (CD86) controls the priming of autoreactive CD4 T cell response against pancreatic islets.

Authors: Yadav, D  Judkowski, V  Flodstrom-Tullberg, M  Sterling, L  Redmond, WL  Sherman, L  Sarvetnick, N 
Citation: Yadav D, etal., J Immunol. 2004 Sep 15;173(6):3631-9.
RGD ID: 2313917
Pubmed: PMID:15356107   (View Abstract at PubMed)

The B7-1/2-CD28 system provides the critical signal for the generation of an efficient T cell response. We investigated the role played by B7-2 in influencing pathogenic autoimmunity from islet-reactive CD4 T cells in B7-2 knockout (KO) NOD mice which are protected from type 1 diabetes. B7-2 deficiency caused a profound diminishment in the generation of spontaneously activated CD4 T cells and islet-specific CD4 T cell expansion. B7-2 does not impact the effector phase of the autoimmune response as adoptive transfer of islet Ag-specific BDC2.5 splenocytes stimulated in vitro could easily induce disease in B7-2KO mice. CD4 T cells showed some hallmarks of hyporesponsiveness because TCR/CD28-mediated stimulation led to defective activation and failure to induce disease in NODscid recipients. Furthermore, CD4 T cells exhibited enhanced death in the absence of B7-2. Interestingly, we found that B7-2 is required to achieve normal levels of CD4+CD25+CD62L+ T regulatory cells because a significant reduction of these T regulatory cells was observed in the thymus but not in the peripheral compartments of B7-2KO mice. In addition, our adoptive transfer experiments did not reveal either pathogenic or regulatory potential associated with the B7-2KO splenocytes. Finally, we found that the lack of B7-2 did not induce a compensatory increase in the B7-1 signal on APC in the PLN compartment. Taken together these results clearly indicate that B7-2 plays a critical role in priming islet-reactive CD4 T cells, suggesting a simplified, two-cell model for the impact of this costimulatory molecule in autoimmunity against islets.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
type 1 diabetes mellitus  ISOCd86 (Mus musculus)2313917; 2313917 RGD 
type 1 diabetes mellitus  IMP 2313917 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Cd86  (CD86 molecule)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Cd86  (CD86 antigen)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
CD86  (CD86 molecule)


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