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Induction of anti-whole GAD65 reactivity in vivo results in disease suppression in type 1 diabetes.

Authors: Kanazawa, Y  Shimada, A  Oikawa, Y  Okubo, Y  Tada, A  Imai, T  Miyazaki, J  Itoh, H 
Citation: Kanazawa Y, etal., J Autoimmun. 2009 Mar;32(2):104-9. Epub 2009 Feb 1.
RGD ID: 2313292
Pubmed: PMID:19188044   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.jaut.2009.01.001   (Journal Full-text)

Most type 1 diabetes mellitus is caused by autoimmune pancreatic beta-cell destruction. Several antigens such as insulin, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit related protein (IGRP) are considered to take part in the autoimmune destructive process. Because the role of GAD in the disease process of type 1 diabetes is still controversial, we investigated the disease phenotype upon in vivo induction of whole GAD65 reactivity using a GAD65 homo knockout NOD splenocytes to NOD-scid transfer system. Splenocytes from 8 to 10-week-old female GAD65 homo knockout (=KOT splenocytes) or age-matched wild type (=WTT splenocytes) NOD mice were transferred into female NOD-scid recipients. As compared to recipients of WTT splenocytes, the onset of diabetes in recipients of KOT splenocytes was significantly delayed (p<0.001). Moreover, TGF-beta expression was enhanced in the pancreas from recipients of KOT splenocytes. Splenocytes from recipients of KOT splenocytes produced IL-10 (/IFN-gamma) upon GAD65 stimulation, whereas those from recipients of WTT splenocytes did not. Based upon these results, we propose that anti-whole GAD65-reactive T cells have the ability to regulate the development of type 1 diabetes.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
type 1 diabetes mellitus  ISOGad2 (Mus musculus)2313292; 2313292 RGD 
type 1 diabetes mellitus  IMP 2313292 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Gad2  (glutamate decarboxylase 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Gad2  (glutamic acid decarboxylase 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
GAD2  (glutamate decarboxylase 2)


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