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Yama S, Nishioka W, Hirokami Y, Setoguchi R, Takeyama N, Saeki K, Matsumoto Y, Hayashi T, Doi K, Onodera T. Effects of Tacrolimus (FK506) on Encephalomyocarditic Virus-Induced Diabetes in Mice. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 48:7-13. [PMID: 14734853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03482.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The effects of tacrolimus on insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) induced by the D-variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (D-EMCV) have been investigated. Male BALB/c mice were treated with tacrolimus before viral inoculation, and then were inoculated with 10 plaque forming units (PFU) of DEMCV. The mice continued to be treated with tacrolimus until the animals were sacrificed. D-EMCV-infected mice, which were treated with saline as controls, showed abnormal glucose tolerance test (GTT) values, whereas all infected mice with tacrolimus pretreatment were normal on 7 days-post inoculation (DPI). Histological observations revealed that non-treated tacrolimus D-EMCV-infected mice and which developed diabetes showed severe insulitis in their islets of Langerhans. On the other hand, D-EMCV-infected mice treated with tacrolimus were normal. In D-EMCV-infected mice, viruses in the pancreata were detected at the same level regardless of treatment with tacrolimus or saline. Expressions of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma mRNA in spleens of tacrolimus-treated D-EMCV-infected mice were lower than that of non-treated tacrolimus DEMCV-infected mice on 7 DPI. The results suggest that tacrolimus suppresses expressions of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma mRNAs to prevent the onset of D-EMCV-induced IDDM.
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- Sachiko Yama
- Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Khadra A, Pietropaolo M, Nepom GT, Sherman A. Investigating the role of T-cell avidity and killing efficacy in relation to type 1 diabetes prediction. PLoS One 2011; 6:e14796. [PMID: 21573001 PMCID: PMC3091860 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 03/05/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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During the progression of the clinical onset of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), high-risk individuals exhibit multiple islet autoantibodies and high-avidity T cells which progressively destroy beta cells causing overt T1D. In particular, novel autoantibodies, such as those against IA-2 epitopes (aa1-577), had a predictive rate of 100% in a 10-year follow up (rapid progressors), unlike conventional autoantibodies that required 15 years of follow up for a 74% predictive rate (slow progressors). The discrepancy between these two groups is thought to be associated with T-cell avidity, including CD8 and/or CD4 T cells. For this purpose, we build a series of mathematical models incorporating first one clone then multiple clones of islet-specific and pathogenic CD8 and/or CD4 T cells, together with B lymphocytes, to investigate the interaction of T-cell avidity with autoantibodies in predicting disease onset. These models are instrumental in examining several experimental observations associated with T-cell avidity, including the phenomenon of avidity maturation (increased average T-cell avidity over time), based on intra- and cross-clonal competition between T cells in high-risk human subjects. The model shows that the level and persistence of autoantibodies depends not only on the avidity of T cells, but also on the killing efficacy of these cells. Quantification and modeling of autoreactive T-cell avidities can thus determine the level of risk associated with each type of autoantibodies and the timing of T1D disease onset in individuals that have been tested positive for these autoantibodies. Such studies may lead to early diagnosis of the disease in high-risk individuals and thus potentially serve as a means of staging patients for clinical trials of preventive or interventional therapies far before disease onset.
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- Anmar Khadra
- Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Immunogenetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Samuelsson U, Oikarinen S, Hyöty H, Ludvigsson J. Low zinc in drinking water is associated with the risk of type 1 diabetes in children. Pediatr Diabetes 2011; 12:156-64. [PMID: 20920146 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2010.00678.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM To explore if drinking water may influence the development of type 1 diabetes in children, either via enterovirus spread via drinking water or quality of drinking water related to acidity or concentration of certain minerals. METHODS One hundred and forty-two families with a child with diabetes and who lived either in seven municipalities with a high annual diabetes incidence during 1977-2001 and in six municipalities with the lowest incidence during those 25 yr were asked to participate. Three hundred and seventy-three families in these communities were used as controls. The families filled a 200-mL plastic bottle with their tap drinking water and returned it by mail. The water samples were analyzed for pH, zinc, iron, nitrate, nitrite, nitrate-nitrogen and nitrite-nitrogen, and occurrence of enterovirus RNA. RESULTS Enterovirus RNA was not found in the tap water samples. The concentration of zinc, nitrate, and nitrate-nitrogen was lower in the municipalities with high incidence of type 1 diabetes. The water samples from families with a child with diabetes had lower concentration of zinc than water samples from control families. CONCLUSION Low zinc in drinking water is associated with the risk of developing type 1 diabetes during childhood. Enterovirus does not seem to be spread via drinking water in a country with modern water works.
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- Ulf Samuelsson
- Division of Paediatrics, Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
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Jaïdane H, Sauter P, Sane F, Goffard A, Gharbi J, Hober D. Enteroviruses and type 1 diabetes: towards a better understanding of the relationship. Rev Med Virol 2010; 20:265-80. [PMID: 20629044 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Environmental factors, especially viruses, are involved in the initiation or the acceleration of type 1 diabetes (T1D) pathogenesis. Epidemiological data strongly suggest that enteroviruses, such as coxsackievirus B4 (CV-B4), can be associated with T1D. It has been demonstrated that enterovirus infections were significantly more prevalent in at risk individuals, such as siblings of diabetic patients, when they developed anti-beta-cell autoantibodies or T1D, and in recently diagnosed diabetic patients, compared with control subjects. The isolation of CV-B4 from the pancreas of diabetic patients strengthened the hypothesis of a relationship between the virus and the disease. Studies performed in vitro and in vivo in animal models helped to discover mechanisms of the infection of pancreas and other tissues, potentially able to play a role in the pathogenesis of T1D. Interestingly, it cannot be excluded that enteroviruses behave as half-devil half-angel since experimental studies suggest that, in certain conditions, these agents would be able to protect individuals against the disease. All of the plausible mechanisms by which enterovirus may be related to T1D will be reviewed here.
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- Hela Jaïdane
- Laboratoire de Virologie/EA3610 Pathogenèse Virale du Diabète de Type 1, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Lille Nord de France, CHRU Lille, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie et Parc Eurasanté, Lille Cedex, France
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Enteroviruses are believed to contribute to the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). In this Review, the interplay between infection with enteroviruses, the immune system and host genes is discussed. Data from retrospective and prospective epidemiological studies strongly suggest the involvement of enteroviruses, such as coxsackievirus B, in the development of T1DM. Enteroviral RNA and/or proteins can be detected in tissues of patients with T1DM. Isolation of coxsackievirus B4 from the pancreas of patients with T1DM or the presence of enteroviral components in their islets strengthens the hypothesis of a relationship between the virus and the disease. Enteroviruses can play a part in the early phase of T1DM through the infection of beta cells and the activation of innate immunity and inflammation. In contrast with its antiviral role, virus-induced interferon alpha can be deleterious, acting as an initiator of the autoimmunity directed against beta cells. Enteroviruses, through persistent and/or successive infections, can interact with the adaptive immune system. Host genes, such as IFIH1, that influence susceptibility to T1DM are associated with antiviral activities. An increased activity of the IFIH1 protein may promote the development of T1DM. An improved knowledge of the pathogenic mechanisms of enterovirus infections should help to uncover preventive strategies for T1DM.
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- Didier Hober
- Laboratoire de Virologie/EA3610 "Pathogenèse Virale du Diabète de Type 1", Faculté de Médecine, Université Lille 2, CHRU Lille, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie et Institut Hippocrate Parc Eurasanté, Boulevard du Prof J Leclercq, 59037 Lille Cedex, France
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Jaïdane H, Hober D. Role of coxsackievirus B4 in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. DIABETES & METABOLISM 2008; 34:537-48. [PMID: 18951821 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2008.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2008] [Revised: 05/23/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Environmental factors, especially viruses, are thought to play an important role in the initiation or acceleration of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). Data from retrospective and prospective epidemiological studies strongly suggest that enteroviruses, such as coxsackievirus B4 (CV-B4), may be associated with the development of T1D. It has also been shown that enterovirus infections are significantly more prevalent in at-risk individuals such as the siblings of diabetic patients, when they develop anti-beta-cell autoantibodies or T1D, and in recently diagnosed diabetic patients, compared with control subjects. The isolation of CV-B4 from the pancreas of diabetic patients supports the hypothesis of a relationship between the virus and the disease. Furthermore, studies performed in vitro and in vivo in animal models have increased our knowledge of the role of CV-B4 in T1D by helping to clarify the pathogenic mechanisms of the infection that can lead to beta-cell destruction, including direct virus-induced beta-cell lysis, molecular mimicry, 'bystander activation' and viral persistence. The role of enteroviruses as the sole agents in T1D, and a causal link between these agents and T1D, have not yet been established, although arguments that support such a role for these viruses in the pathogenesis of the disease cannot be ignored.
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- H Jaïdane
- Laboratoire de virologie/UPRES EA3610, faculté de médecine, université Lille-2, CHRU de Lille, centre de biologie pathologie et parc Eurasanté, 59037 Lille, France
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Delorme D, Miller SC. Dietary consumption of Echinacea by mice afflicted with autoimmune (type I) diabetes: effect of consuming the herb on hemopoietic and immune cell dynamics. Autoimmunity 2008; 38:453-61. [PMID: 16278152 DOI: 10.1080/08916930500221761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Epidemiological studies indicate that the incidence of Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, is rising rapidly. However, none of the current therapies produces life long remission, or can prevent the disease onset. The NOD (non-obese diabetic) mouse is currently regarded as an excellent animal model of human Type 1 diabetes. NKT cells are known to be fundamental in modulating the disease, yet they are numerically and functionally deficient in mammals bearing this disease. Indeed, the role of NK cells in inhibiting autoimmunity in general is well established. Immunoregulatory strategies are currently believed to be the way of the future with respect to modulating autoimmune diseases. Based on this hypothesis, and the fact that the herb, Echinacea, is a well demonstrated immunostimulant of NK cells in normal mice/humans, we aimed to investigate, in NOD mice, the effect of short term (days) and long term (months) daily dietary administration of Echinacea, on the absolute levels of NK cells, and five other classes of hemopoietic and immune cells, in the bone marrow and spleen. The results revealed that, in NOD mice, dietary Echinacea, resulted in a significant increase in the absolute numbers of NK cells, irrespective of feeding duration, in the spleen, and moreover, it actually stimulated NK cell production in their bone marrow birth site. We further found that there were transient, early (days), herb exposure-time-dependent, quantitative changes in several of the other hemopoietic and immune cells populations in both the bone marrow and spleen. We conclude that consumption of this herb by NOD mice, at least, has lead to no negative repercussions with respect to the hemopoietic and immune lineages, and secondly, the consistent, long-lasting immunostimulation only of NK cells, may lead to a possible new approach to the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.
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- Danielle Delorme
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Elshebani A, Olsson A, Westman J, Tuvemo T, Korsgren O, Frisk G. Effects on isolated human pancreatic islet cells after infection with strains of enterovirus isolated at clinical presentation of type 1 diabetes. Virus Res 2006; 124:193-203. [PMID: 17169456 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2006.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 11/08/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Enterovirus (EV) infections have been associated with the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes (T1D). They may cause beta-cell destruction either by cytolytic infection of the cells or indirectly by triggering the autoimmune response. Evidence for EV involvement have been presented in several studies, EV-IgM antibodies have been reported in T1D patients, EV-RNA has been found in the blood from T1D patients at onset, and EV have been isolated from newly diagnosed T1D. Our aim was to study infections with EV isolates from newly diagnosed T1D patients in human pancreatic islets in vitro. Two of them (T1 and T2) originated from a mother and her son diagnosed with T1D on the same day, the other two (A and E) were isolated from a pair of twins at the time of diagnosis of T1D in one of them. Isolated human pancreatic islets were infected and viral replication, viability and degree of cytolysis as well as insulin release in response to high glucose were measured. All four EV isolates replicated in the islet cells and virus particles and virus-induced vesicles were seen in the cytoplasm of the beta-cells. The isolates varied in their ability to induce cytolysis and to cause destruction of the islets and infection with two of the isolates (T1 and A) caused more pronounced destruction of the islets. Infection with the isolate from the healthy twin boy (E) was the least cytolytic. The ability to secrete insulin in response to high glucose was reduced in all infected islets as early as 3 days post infection, before any difference in viability was observed. To conclude, strains of EV isolated from T1D patients at clinical presentation of T1D revealed beta-cell tropism, and clearly affected the function of the beta-cell. In addition, the infection caused a clear increase in the number of dead cells.
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- Asma Elshebani
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, University Hospital, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Devendra D, Jasinski J, Melanitou E, Nakayama M, Li M, Hensley B, Paronen J, Moriyama H, Miao D, Eisenbarth GS, Liu E. Interferon-alpha as a mediator of polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid-induced type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2005; 54:2549-56. [PMID: 16123342 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.54.9.2549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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A number of studies and clinical case reports have implicated interferon (IFN)-alpha as a potential mediator of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis. Administration of polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (poly I:C), a mimic of viral double-stranded RNA, induces diabetes in C57BL/6 mice expressing the B7.1 costimulatory molecule in islets. We investigated the potential role of IFN-alpha in this disease model. The quantitative correlation between IFN-alpha levels and time to diabetes, diabetes prevention with anti-IFN-alpha antibody, and ability of IFN-alpha itself to induce diabetes are consistent with the hypothesis that poly I:C in this model acts by induction of IFN-alpha in a genetically susceptible host. Numerous recent studies highlight the importance of the innate immune system and toll receptors in determining adaptive immune responses, and we speculate that for type 1 diabetes, viral and other environmental factors may act through induction of IFNs.
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- Devasenan Devendra
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, 4200 East 9th Ave., Box B140, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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In humans, infections with the group B coxsackieviruses (CVBs) range from asymptomatic infections to chronic, debilitating diseases. The CVBs are associated with chronic inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, heart, and central nervous system. A major focus in CVB pathogenesis is to understand the mechanisms by which these viruses cause acute diseases that resolve or acute diseases that progress to chronic diseases. The present review explores CVB infections in the development of acute and chronic pancreatitis. Mouse models of CVB-induced pancreatitis share many features with the human diseases and are providing insight into the multi-faceted processes of pancreatic tissue repair and irreversible tissue destruction. The development and progression of CVB-induced pancreatic inflammatory disease is an extremely complex process, involving both viral and host factors. The review examines the roles of the virus and host in contributing to the disease process. Recent studies of global gene expression during CVB-induced pancreatitis have increased our understanding of host factors that influence the outcome of infection and have highlighted interrelationships among complex biological programs. As we unravel the complexity of the disease process, the information gained will lead to the design of therapeutics that not only prevent the progression of chronic inflammatory disease, but that also restore functionality of affected tissues and organs.
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- Sally Huber
- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Bington, Vermont, USA
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Devendra D, Eisenbarth GS. Interferon alpha--a potential link in the pathogenesis of viral-induced type 1 diabetes and autoimmunity. Clin Immunol 2004; 111:225-33. [PMID: 15183143 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2004.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2004] [Accepted: 01/20/2004] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The incidence of type 1 diabetes has been rapidly rising. Environmental factors such as viruses have been implicated as a possible agent accounting for this rise. Enteroviruses have recently been the focus in many research studies as a potential agent in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes. The mechanism of viral infection leading to beta cell destruction not only involves multiple pathways but also the cytokine-interferon alpha (IFN-alpha). Our hypothesis is that activation of toll receptors by double-stranded RNA or poly-IC (viral mimic) through induction of IFN-alpha may activate or accelerate immune-mediated beta cell destruction. Numerous clinical case reports have implicated that IFN-alpha therapy is associated with autoimmune diseases and that elevated serum IFN-alpha levels have been associated with type 1 diabetes. In multiple animal models, given specific genetic susceptibility, poly-IC can induce insulitis or diabetes. Therapeutic agents targeting IFN-alpha may potentially be beneficial in the prevention of type 1 diabetes and autoimmunity.
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- D Devendra
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Enterovirus infections have long been considered as one possible environmental trigger of type 1 diabetes. These viruses have been detected from diabetic patients more often than from control subjects and they can infect beta cells in cell culture and induce diabetes in animal models. Furthermore, a same kind of seasonality has been observed in both the onset of clinical diabetes and subclinical beta cell autoimmunity (appearance of autoantibodies) as in enterovirus infections. Recently, considerable new evidence has cumulated from prospective studies indicating the risk effect of enterovirus infections long before clinical diabetes was diagnosed. In addition, several studies have reported enterovirus genome sequences in diabetic patients more often than in control subjects. Currently, the evidence for the role of enteroviruses is stronger than for most other environmental agents, but still the final proof is lacking. The ongoing studies aim to prove the risk effect in different populations and to identify the underlying mechanisms. This research field is becoming more and more important because it could open up possibilities to prevent type 1 diabetes by an enterovirus vaccine.
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- Sisko Tauriainen
- JDRF Center for Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes in Finland, Department of Virology, University of Tampere, and University Hospital of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Yap IS, Giddings G, Pocock E, Chantler JK. Lack of islet neogenesis plays a key role in beta-cell depletion in mice infected with a diabetogenic variant of coxsackievirus B4. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:3051-3068. [PMID: 14573810 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19150-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Group B coxsackieviruses (CVBs) have a well-established association with type 1 diabetes but the mechanism of depletion of beta-cell mass following infection has not yet been defined. In this report we show that the major difference in pathogenesis between the E2 diabetogenic strain of CVB4 and the prototypic JVB strain in SJL mice is not in tropism for islet cells but in the degree of damage inflicted on the exocrine pancreas and the resulting capacity for regeneration of both acinar and islet tissue by the host. Both strains replicated to a high titre in acinar tissue up to day 3 post-infection (p.i.), while the islets of Langerhans were largely spared. However, the pancreas in the JVB-infected animals then regenerated and many small islets were seen throughout the tissue by day 10 p.i. In contrast, the acinar tissue in E2-infected mice became increasingly necrotic until all that remained by day 21 p.i. were large islets containing varying numbers of dead cells, caught up in strands of connective tissue. Surviving beta cells were found to synthesize little insulin, although islet amyloid polypeptide was detected and glucagon synthesis in alpha cells appeared normal or enhanced. Our results suggest that the key to CVB-E2-induced damage lies in the exocrine tissue and prevention of islet neogenesis rather than from direct effects on existing islets.
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- I S Yap
- The British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, #318, BCRICWH, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4H4
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- The British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, #318, BCRICWH, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4H4
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- The British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, #318, BCRICWH, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4H4
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- The British Columbia Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, #318, BCRICWH, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5Z 4H4
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Christen U, von Herrath MG. Cytokines and chemokines in virus-induced autoimmunity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2003; 520:203-20. [PMID: 12613580 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0171-8_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Urs Christen
- The Scripts Research Institute, Division of Virology, La Jolla, California, USA
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Sadeharju K, Hämäläinen AM, Knip M, Lönnrot M, Koskela P, Virtanen SM, Ilonen J, Akerblom HK, Hyöty H. Enterovirus infections as a risk factor for type I diabetes: virus analyses in a dietary intervention trial. Clin Exp Immunol 2003; 132:271-7. [PMID: 12699416 PMCID: PMC1808709 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02147.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/12/2003] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This study evaluated the possible role of enterovirus infections in the pathogenesis of type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes in a prospective dietary intervention trial. Children participated in the second pilot of the Trial to Reduce IDDM in Genetically at Risk (TRIGR) project. They were randomized into two groups receiving either a casein hydrolysed formula (Nutramigen) or a regular formula, whenever breast milk was not available over the first 6-8 months of life. Altogether 19 children who turned positive for autoantibodies associated with type I diabetes by 2 years of age and 84 matched control children were analysed for enterovirus antibodies and enterovirus RNA in serum. Enterovirus infections were common during the first 2 years of life and more frequent among boys than girls (P = 0.02). Autoantibody-positive children had more enterovirus infections than autoantibody-negative children before the appearance of autoantibodies (0.83 versus 0.29 infection per child, P = 0.01). The average levels of IgG antibodies to echovirus antigen were also higher in autoantibody-positive than in autoantibody-negative children (P = 0.0009). No difference was found in the frequency of enterovirus infections between children receiving the casein hydrolysed formula or regular formula. These results suggest that enterovirus infections are associated with the induction of beta-cell autoimmunity in young children with increased genetic susceptibility to type I diabetes.
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- K Sadeharju
- JDRF Center for Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes in Finland, Department of Virology, University of Tampere Medical School and Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Viskari HR, Roivainen M, Reunanen A, Pitkäniemi J, Sadeharju K, Koskela P, Hovi T, Leinikki P, Vilja P, Tuomilehto J, Hyöty H. Maternal first-trimester enterovirus infection and future risk of type 1 diabetes in the exposed fetus. Diabetes 2002; 51:2568-71. [PMID: 12145172 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.8.2568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Previous studies have suggested that enterovirus infections during pregnancy may increase the risk of type 1 diabetes in the offspring. Our aim was to evaluate the role of first trimester enterovirus infections in a larger cohort of pregnant women. Two series of pregnant women were analyzed as follows: 948 women (series 1) and 680 women (series 2) whose child developed clinical diabetes before the ages of 15 or 7 years, respectively. An equal number of control women with a nondiabetic child was selected. Acute enterovirus infections were diagnosed by measuring IgM class antibodies against coxsackievirus B5 (series 1) and a mixture of coxsackievirus B3, coxsackievirus A16, and echovirus 11 antigens (series 2). In series 2, all sera were also analyzed for IgG class antibodies against an enterovirus peptide antigen. In addition, 152 randomly selected case-control pairs and all IgM-positive mothers' sera were tested for enterovirus RNA (series 2). In series 1, 3.1% of case women had IgM antibodies against coxsackievirus B5 antigen compared with 4.1% of control women (NS). In series 2, 7.1% of case and 5.3% of control women had IgM against the mixture of enterovirus antigens (NS). IgG class enterovirus antibodies did not differ between the groups. Enterovirus RNA was found only in one case woman (0.3%) of the subgroup of samples and in 5.7% of 70 IgM-positive women. The results suggest that enterovirus infection during the first trimester of pregnancy is not associated with increased risk for type 1 diabetes in the child.
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- Hanna R Viskari
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International Center for the Prevention of type 1 diabetes in Finland and the Department of Virology, University of Tampere, Medical School, Tampere, Finland.
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Zhao HX, Moyeed RA, Stenhouse EA, Demaine AG, Millward BA. Space-time clustering of childhood Type 1 diabetes in Devon and Cornwall, England. Diabet Med 2002; 19:667-72. [PMID: 12147148 DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2002.00761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Several studies on space-time clustering have been reported in childhood diabetes, but the findings are conflicting. The present study was undertaken to examine whether such clustering could be detected at either birth or the time of diagnosis in the far South-west of England. METHODS A cohort of 518 children aged 0-15 years and diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes from 1975 to 1996 contained in the population-based Cornwall and Plymouth Children's Diabetes Register (CPCDR) were included in the analyses. The case ascertainment for this register is estimated to be 94.4% complete. Mantel's modification of Knox's method was employed. A method based on K-function was also used, for the first time, to investigate the space-time clustering of diabetes. RESULTS Significant space-time clustering at diagnosis was found by the Knox's test in the following combinations of critical cut-off thresholds: 25, 35 and 50 km and 90, 270 and 360 days (all P < 0.05), with the highest significance found at 35 km and 360 days (P = 0.0011). K-function analysis also confirmed the overall clustering (P = 0.013). CONCLUSIONS There is strong evidence of space-time clustering in the onset of childhood Type 1 diabetes in Devon and Cornwall, England. These results lend some support to the hypothesis that viral infections and some unknown localized environmental factors play a role in the development of childhood Type 1 diabetes.
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- H X Zhao
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Plymouth Postgraduate Medical School, ITTC, Tamar Science Park, Davy Road, Plymouth PL6 8BX, UK
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Hasegawa K, Hayashi T, Maeda K, Onodera T. Plasmid encoding interferon-gamma exacerbates reovirus type-2-induced diabetes in DBA/1 suckling mice. J Comp Pathol 2002; 127:203-7. [PMID: 12354532 DOI: 10.1053/jcpa.2002.0584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This study was designed to examine the effects of administration of a plasmid encoding interferon(IFN)-gamma on reovirus type-2(Reo-2)-induced autoimmune insulitis in suckling DBA/1 mice. Cumulative incidences of diabetes and insulitis at 17 days post-infection in the mice treated with IFN-gamma-encoding plasmid were higher than those in control mice treated with "empty" plasmid. These results suggested that the IFN-gamma-encoding plasmid promoted autoimmune insulitis in Reo-2-induced diabetes.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Animals, Suckling
- Blood Glucose/analysis
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/virology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/virology
- Female
- Interferon-gamma/genetics
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Islets of Langerhans/pathology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Orthoreovirus, Mammalian/genetics
- Orthoreovirus, Mammalian/pathogenicity
- Plasmids/administration & dosage
- Plasmids/genetics
- Reoviridae Infections/blood
- Reoviridae Infections/complications
- Reoviridae Infections/pathology
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- K Hasegawa
- Laboratories of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan
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Lauwers S, Vander Heyden Y, Rombaut B. Screening and optimisation of an ELISA method for the quantitative detection of enterovirus specific RT-PCR products by means of a two-level experimental design. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2002; 29:659-68. [PMID: 12093495 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(02)00101-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In a previous paper, optimal reaction conditions were determined for the RT-PCR part of a quantitative enterovirus specific RT-PCR ELISA method (J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 25 (2001) 131-142). In order to obtain a detection limit as low as possible, the ELISA part of the procedure was optimised as well. This was done by investigating the influence of seven factors at three levels in a multivariate approach. A reflected two-level screening design, derived from a Plackett-Burman design, was used. Optimal reaction conditions were established by calculation and by evaluation of the effects of the factors on the measured absorbance of the ELISA detection. Under these conditions, the linear range and detection limit of the test were determined and compared with the ELISA conditions before optimisation. The optimised RT-PCR ELISA will be used to study a possible longitudinal relationship between enteroviruses and the development of multiple sclerosis and juvenile diabetes.
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- S Lauwers
- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090, Brussels, Belgium
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Akerblom HK, Vaarala O, Hyöty H, Ilonen J, Knip M. Environmental factors in the etiology of type 1 diabetes. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 115:18-29. [PMID: 12116173 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes is considered to be an autoimmune disease in which T lymphocytes infiltrate the islets of pancreas and destroy the insulin producing beta cell population. Besides antigen specificity, the quality of immune reactivity against islet cell antigen(s) is an important determinant of the beta cell destruction. Much evidence indicates that the function of the gut immune system is central in the pathogenesis, as the regulation of the gut immune system may be aberrant in type 1 diabetes. The role of virus infections in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes has been supported by substantial new evidence suggesting that one virus group, enteroviruses, may trigger the beta-cell damaging process in a considerable proportion of patients. The latest evidence comes from studies indicating the presence of viral genome in diabetic patients and from prospective studies confirming epidemiological risk effect. If this association holds still true in ongoing large-scale studies, intervention trials should be considered to confirm causality. Of the dietary putative etiological factors, cow's milk proteins have received the main attention. Many studies indicate an association between early exposure to dietary cow's milk proteins and an increased risk of type 1 diabetes. The question will be answered by a large scale, prospective, randomized, international intervention trial. Another dietary factor in need of more studies is the deficiency of vitamin D. Among toxins, N-nitroso compounds are the main candidates. An interaction of genetic and environmental factors is important in evaluating the possible role of a certain environmental factor in the etiology of type 1 diabetes.
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Blair LA, Maggi LB, Scarim AL, Corbett JA. Role of interferon regulatory factor-1 in double-stranded RNA-induced iNOS expression by mouse islets. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:359-65. [PMID: 11694524 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109819200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Environmental factors, such as viral infection, have been implicated as potential triggering events leading to the initial destruction of pancreatic beta cells during the development of autoimmune diabetes. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), the active component of a viral infection that stimulates antiviral responses in infected cells, has been shown in combination with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) to stimulate inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and nitric oxide production and to inhibit beta cell function. Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1), the activation of which is induced by dsRNA, viral infection, and IFN-gamma, regulates the expression of many antiviral proteins, including PKR, type I IFN, and iNOS. In this study, we show that IRF-1 is not required for dsRNA + IFN-gamma-stimulated iNOS expression and nitric oxide production by mouse islets. In contrast to islets, dsRNA + IFN-gamma fails to induce iNOS expression or nitric oxide production by macrophages isolated from IRF-1(-/-) mice; however, dsRNA + IFN-gamma induces similar levels of IL-1 release by macrophages isolated from both IRF-1(-/-) and IRF-1(+/+) mice. Importantly, we show that dsRNA- or dsRNA + IFN-gamma-stimulated IRF-1 expression by mouse islets and peritoneal macrophages is independent of PKR. These results indicate that IRF-1 is required for dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression and nitric oxide production by mouse peritoneal macrophages but not by mouse islets. These findings suggest that dsRNA + IFN-gamma stimulates iNOS expression by two distinct PKR-independent mechanisms; one that is IRF-1-dependent in macrophages and another that is IRF-1-independent in islets.
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- Libby A Blair
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Heino L, Lönnrot M, Knip M, Kupila A, Erkkilä S, Toivonen A, Vähäsalo P, Ilonen J, Simell O, Hyöty H. No evidence of abnormal regulation of antibody response to coxsackievirus B4 antigen in prediabetic children. Clin Exp Immunol 2001; 126:432-6. [PMID: 11737058 PMCID: PMC1906220 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2001.01691.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Enterovirus infections are a potential environmental trigger of the autoimmune process leading to clinical type 1 diabetes. It has been suggested that the risk of virus-induced beta-cell damage might be connected with a defect in humoral immune responsiveness to enteroviruses. In the present study we assessed whether such a defect in IgG responsiveness to coxsackievirus B4 antigen existed in young children who developed diabetes-associated autoantibodies during prospective observation from birth until the age of 18 months. IgG levels and maturation of antibody avidity were analysed in 21 children with autoantibodies and 41 control children who had experienced an equal number of enterovirus infections and were additionally matched for age, sex and HLA-DQB1 risk alleles for type 1 diabetes but had not produced diabetes-associated autoantibodies. IgG levels to coxsackievirus B4 were high in cord serum reflecting the presence of maternal antibodies. Mean IgG levels gradually decreased but began to increase after the age of 6 months, showing no significant difference between autoantibody positive and control children. The avidity of antibodies was strong in cord serum and decreased gradually during the first year of life when maternal antibodies disappeared. The avidity indices, which varied considerably from child to child, did not differ between the autoantibody-positive and -negative subjects. In conclusion, our data suggest that children affected by a beta-cell damaging autoimmune process show normal responses to coxsackievirus B4 antigens.
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- L Heino
- JDRF-Centre for the Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes in Finland, Tampere, Finland
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Liu D, Darville M, Eizirik DL. Double-stranded ribonucleic acid (RNA) induces beta-cell Fas messenger RNA expression and increases cytokine-induced beta-cell apoptosis. Endocrinology 2001; 142:2593-9. [PMID: 11356709 DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.6.8188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoimmune disease caused by progressive destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta-cells. Both viral infections and the cytokines interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) have been suggested as potential mediators of beta-cell death in early T1DM. We presently investigated whether the viral replicative intermediate double stranded RNA [here used as synthetic polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (PIC)] modifies the effects of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma on gene expression and viability of rat pancreatic beta-cells. For this purpose, fluorescence-activated cell sorting-purified rat beta-cells were exposed for 6-16 h (study of gene expression by RT-PCR) or 6-9 days (study of viability by nuclear dyes) to PIC and/or IL-1beta and IFN-gamma. PIC increased the expression of Fas and Mn superoxide dismutase messenger RNAs by 5- to 10-fold. IL-1beta and a combination of PIC and IFN-gamma (but not PIC or IFN-gamma alone) induced expression of inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase (iNOS) and consequent NO production. Induction of iNOS expression by PIC and IFN-gamma requires nuclear factor-kappaB activation, as suggested by transfection experiments with iNOS promoter-luciferase reporter constructs into primary beta-cells. Combinations of IL-1beta plus IFN-gamma, PIC plus IFN-gamma, or PIC plus IL-1beta induced a 2- to 3-fold increase in the number of apoptotic beta-cells. Blocking of iNOS activity significantly decreased PIC- plus IL-1beta-induced, but not PIC- plus IFN-gamma-induced, apoptosis. In conclusion, PIC alone or in combination with cytokines modifies the expression of several genes in pancreatic beta-cells. Two of these genes, Fas and iNOS, may contribute to beta-cell death. The transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB is required for PIC-induced iNOS expression. PIC has an additive effect on cytokine-induced beta-cell death by both NO-dependent (in the case of IL-1beta) and NO-independent (in the case of IFN-gamma) mechanisms. These findings suggest that viral intermediates in synergism with local cytokine production may play an important role in beta-cell apoptosis in early T1DM.
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- D Liu
- Gene Expression Unit, Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Hayashi T, Morimoto M, Iwata H, Onodera T. Possible involvement of IL-12 in reovirus type-2-induced diabetes in newborn DBA/1 mice. Scand J Immunol 2001; 53:572-8. [PMID: 11422905 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This study extends our previous observations that the reovirus type-2(Reo-2) can induce autoimmune insulitis, which may be mediated by T-helper (Th) 1-dependent mechanisms, resulting in diabetes in newborn DBA/1 mice. In this study mRNA expression for Th1-related cytokines including Th1 and Th2 cytokines in splenic cells was examined by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in relation to the development of insulitis. Furthermore, the effect of monoclonal antibody (MoAb) against interleukin (IL)-12(p40) on the development of insulitis and the mRNA expression in the splenic cells was examined. The mRNA expression for IL-12(p40), IL-18, and interferon (IFN)-gamma, but not IL-5, increased in the spleen in parallel with the development of insulitis. The treatment with MoAb to IL-12(p40) reduced the insulitis with diabetes which was associated with a decrease in the mRNA expression for IL-12(p40), IL-18 and IFN-gamma, and an increase of IL-4 mRNA expression in the spleen. The present study suggested that Th1-dominant systemic immune responses, being responsible for the development of autoimmune insulitis, might be induced by IL-12-induced and IL-18-activated mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Cytokines/biosynthesis
- Cytokines/genetics
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/virology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/virology
- Female
- Insulin/blood
- Interleukin-12/genetics
- Interleukin-12/immunology
- Interleukin-12/physiology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Orthoreovirus
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Reoviridae Infections/immunology
- Reoviridae Infections/pathology
- Spleen/immunology
- Th1 Cells/immunology
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- T Hayashi
- Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Yamaguchi University, Yoshida, Yamaguchi 753-8515, Japan.
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Heitmeier MR, Arnush M, Scarim AL, Corbett JA. Pancreatic beta-cell damage mediated by beta-cell production of interleukin-1. A novel mechanism for virus-induced diabetes. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:11151-8. [PMID: 11108714 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009159200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Viral infection is one environmental factor that may initiate beta-cell damage during the development of autoimmune diabetes. Formed during viral replication, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) activates the antiviral response in infected cells. In combination, synthetic dsRNA (polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, poly(I-C)) and interferon (IFN)-gamma stimulate inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, inhibit insulin secretion, and induce islet degeneration. Interleukin-1 (IL-1) appears to mediate dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced islet damage in a nitric oxide-dependent manner, as the interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein prevents dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression, inhibition of insulin secretion, and islet degeneration. IL-1beta is synthesized as an inactive precursor protein that requires cleavage by the IL-1beta-converting enzyme (ICE) for activation. dsRNA and IFN-gamma stimulate IL-1beta expression and ICE activation in primary beta-cells, respectively. Selective ICE inhibition attenuates dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression by primary beta-cells. In addition, poly(I-C) + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression and nitric oxide production by human islets are prevented by interleukin-1 receptor antagonist protein, indicating that human islets respond to dsRNA and IFN-gamma in a manner similar to rat islets. These studies provide biochemical evidence for a novel mechanism by which viral infection may initiate beta-cell damage during the development of autoimmune diabetes. The viral replicative intermediate dsRNA stimulates beta-cell production of pro-IL-1beta, and following cleavage to its mature form by IFN-gamma-activated ICE, IL-1 then initiates beta-cell damage in a nitric oxide-dependent fashion.
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- M R Heitmeier
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Lauwers S, Vander Heyden Y, Rombaut B. Screening of an enterovirus specific RT-PCR ELISA method for the quantification of enterovirus genomes in human body fluids by means of a three-level experimental design. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2001; 25:131-42. [PMID: 11274867 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(00)00486-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In order to obtain a detection limit as low as possible for a quantitative enterovirus specific RT-PCR ELISA assay, optimal reaction conditions, which give rise to the highest response, need to be determined. This was done by investigating the influence of 13 factors, selected from RT and PCR, in a multivariate approach by means of a well-balanced three-level screening design, derived from a three-level Plackett--Burman design. Optimal reaction conditions could be determined by calculation and evaluation of the effects of the different factors on the response, i.e. the measured absorbance of the ELISA detection. The method will be used to study a possible longitudinal relationship between enteroviruses and the development of multiple sclerosis and juvenile diabetes.
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- S Lauwers
- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Blair LA, Heitmeier MR, Scarim AL, Maggi LB, Corbett JA. Double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase is not required for double-stranded RNA-induced nitric oxide synthase expression or nuclear factor-kappaB activation by islets. Diabetes 2001; 50:283-90. [PMID: 11272138 DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.2.283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Environmental factors, such as viral infection, have been implicated in the destruction of beta-cells during the development of autoimmune diabetes. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), produced during viral replication, is an active component of a viral infection that stimulates antiviral responses in infected cells. Previous studies have shown that treatment of rat islets with dsRNA in combination with gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) results in a nitric oxide-dependent inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. This study examines the role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and the dsRNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR) in dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and nitric oxide production by rat, mouse, and human islets. Treatment of rat and human islets with dsRNA in the form of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly IC) and IFN-gamma resulted in iNOS expression and nitric oxide production. Inhibitors of NF-kappaB activation-the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 and the antioxidant pyrrolidine-dithiocarbamate (PDTC)-prevented poly IC + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression and nitric oxide production. Incubation of rat islets for 3 h or human islets for 2 h with poly IC alone or poly IC + IFN-gamma resulted in NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and degradation of the NF-kappaB inhibitor protein, IkappaB, events that are prevented by MG-132. PKR has been shown to participate in dsRNA-induced NF-kappaB activation in a number of cell types, including mouse embryonic fibroblasts. However, poly IC stimulated NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and IkappaB degradation to similar levels in islets isolated from mice devoid of PKR (PKR-/-) and wild-type mice (PKR+/+). Furthermore, the genetic absence of PKR did not affect dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression, nitric oxide production, or the inhibitory actions of these agents on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. These results suggest that 1) NF-KB activation is required for dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced iNOS expression, 2) PKR is not required for either dsRNA-induced NF-kappaB activation or dsRNA + IFN-y-induced iNOS expression by islets, and 3) PKR is not required for dsRNA + IFN-gamma-induced inhibition of glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by islets.
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- L A Blair
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri 63104, USA
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Hirasawa K, Jun HS, Han HS, Zhang ML, Hollenberg MD, Yoon JW. Prevention of encephalomyocarditis virus-induced diabetes in mice by inhibition of the tyrosine kinase signalling pathway and subsequent suppression of nitric oxide production in macrophages. J Virol 1999; 73:8541-8. [PMID: 10482607 PMCID: PMC112874 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.10.8541-8548.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/1999] [Accepted: 06/16/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Macrophages comprise the major population of cells infiltrating pancreatic islets during the early stages of infection in DBA/2 mice by the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D virus). Inactivation of macrophages prior to viral infection almost completely prevents EMC-D virus-induced diabetes. This investigation was initiated to determine whether a tyrosine kinase signalling pathway might be involved in the activation of macrophages by EMC-D virus infection and whether tyrosine kinase inhibitors might, therefore, abrogate EMC-D virus-induced diabetes in vivo. When isolated macrophages were infected with EMC-D virus, inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA was expressed and nitric oxide was subsequently produced. Treatment of macrophages with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin AG126, but not tyrphostin AG556, prior to EMC-D virus infection blocked the production of nitric oxide. The infection of macrophages with EMC-D virus also resulted in the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) p42(MAPK/ERK2)/p44(MAPK/ERK1), p38(MAPK), and p46/p54(JNK). In accord with the greater potency of AG126 than of AG556 in blocking EMC-D virus-mediated macrophage activation, the incidence of diabetes in EMC-D virus-infected mice treated with AG126 (25%) was much lower than that in AG556-treated (75%) or vehicle-treated (88%) control mice. We conclude that EMC-D virus-induced activation of macrophages resulting in macrophage-mediated beta-cell destruction can be prevented by the inhibition of a tyrosine kinase signalling pathway involved in macrophage activation.
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- K Hirasawa
- Laboratory of Viral and Immunopathogenesis of Diabetes, Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Ou D, Jonsen LA, Metzger DL, Tingle AJ. CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell clones from congenital rubella syndrome patients with IDDM recognize overlapping GAD65 protein epitopes. Implications for HLA class I and II allelic linkage to disease susceptibility. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:652-64. [PMID: 10439311 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00037-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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To fully characterize human glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD)65 protein T-cell epitopes associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), CTL clones specific to GAD65 protein antigens were isolated from two congenital rubella syndrome (CRS)-associated IDDM patients. Overlapping nonamer T-cell epitopes recognized by both CD4+ or CD8+ CTL clones within peptides GAD65(252-266) and GAD65(274-286) were identified as sequences bounded by GAD65(255-266) with 6/9 overlapping residues, and GAD65(276-285) with 8/9 overlapping residues, respectively, using two panels of overlapping peptide analogs in cytotoxicity assays. HLA restrictive elements of the T-cell clones were also identified using a panel of B cell lines with different HLA phenotypes as targets in cytotoxicity assays. The antigenic GAD65 peptides elicited cytotoxic responses of peptide-specific CD4+ T-cell clones in the context of HLA DRB1*0404. The CD8+ T-cell clone specific to GAD65(255-263) was found to be restricted by HLA A3 and A11. Similarly, the CD8+ T-cell clone specific to GAD65(277-285) killed peptide-sensitized target cells expressing HLA B35 and B15. The observed HLA restriction of these overlapping epitopes implies that a tandem of [DRB1*0404-A11(3)] and/or a tandem of [DRB1*0404-B35(15)] might predispose CRS patients to development of IDDM.
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- D Ou
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Laron Z, Shamis I, Nitzan-Kaluski D, Ashkenazi I. Month of birth and subsequent development of type I diabetes (IDDM). J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 1999; 12:397-402. [PMID: 10821219 DOI: 10.1515/jpem.1999.12.3.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of this study was to find out whether there is a seasonal pattern in the month of birth of children with IDDM in Israel and whether this pattern, if present, differs from that of total live births. One thousand and ninety-five out of 1,188 children and adolescents (0-17 years) who developed IDDM in Israel between 1980-1993 and whose month of birth was known were included in the study. Separate analysis was made for Jews (n = 987) who have a high incidence (10-18/105) and Arabs (n = 108) with a low incidence (2.9/105) of IDDM. The pattern of total live birth distribution in Israel over a 20-year period served as control. A significantly different seasonal pattern was found in the two IDDM populations. Whereas the Jews had the lowest number of births in winter (January-March) and the highest in spring (April-June), the Arabs presented an inverse pattern in the first months of the year. The distribution of births of the children who developed IDDM was different from that observed in total live births in the Jewish population. The findings in the Jewish population in Israel (a high incidence group) support the hypothesis that IDDM is triggered in some children by viral infections transmitted by the mother during pregnancy or in the early postnatal period. In the Arab population (a low incidence group) a protective (immune and/or genetic) mechanism may exist.
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- Z Laron
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva
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Heitmeier MR, Scarim AL, Corbett JA. Double-stranded RNA inhibits beta-cell function and induces islet damage by stimulating beta-cell production of nitric oxide. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:12531-6. [PMID: 10212230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.18.12531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Viral infection has been implicated as a triggering event that may initiate beta-cell damage during the development of autoimmune diabetes. In this study, the effects of the viral replicative intermediate, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) (in the form of synthetic polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly IC)) on islet expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), production of nitric oxide, and islet function and viability were investigated. Treatment of rat islets with poly(IC) + interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) stimulates the time- and concentration-dependent expression of iNOS and production of nitrite by rat islets. iNOS expression and nitrite production by rat islets in response to poly(IC) + IFN-gamma correlate with an inhibition of insulin secretion and islet degeneration, effects that are prevented by the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine (AG). We have previously shown that poly(IC) + IFN-gamma activates resident macrophages, stimulating iNOS expression, nitric oxide production and interleukin-1 (IL-1) release. In addition, in response to tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) + lipopolysaccharide, activated resident macrophages mediate beta-cell damage via intraislet IL-1 release followed by IL-1-induced iNOS expression by beta-cells. The inhibitory and destructive effects of poly(IC) + IFN-gamma, however, do not appear to require resident macrophages. Treatment of macrophage-depleted rat islets for 40 h with poly(IC) + IFN-gamma results in the expression of iNOS, production of nitrite, and inhibition of insulin secretion. The destructive effects of dsRNA + IFN-gamma on islets appear to be mediated by a direct interaction with beta-cells. Poly IC + IFN-gamma stimulates iNOS expression and inhibits insulin secretion by primary beta-cells purified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting. In addition, AG prevents the inhibitory effects of poly(IC) + IFN-gamma on glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by beta-cells. These results indicate that dsRNA + IFN-gamma interacts directly with beta-cells stimulating iNOS expression and inhibiting insulin secretion in a nitric oxide-dependent manner. These findings provide biochemical evidence for a novel mechanism by which viral infection may directly mediate the initial destruction of beta-cells during the development of autoimmune diabetes.
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- M R Heitmeier
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Using three reference disease models--insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) as a prototype of T-cell mediated organ-specific autoimmune disease, myasthenia gravis (MG) as a prototype of autoantibody-mediated organ-specific autoimmune disease and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a prototype of non-organ-specific autoimmune disease--we have reached several conclusions: 1) All three diseases are associated with the presence of multiple autoantibodies and/or autoreactive T cells that recognize a large number of antigenic molecules. The apparent predominant role of certain antibodies in some diseases could relate to their functional properties such as acetylcholine receptor (AChR) blockade for anti-AChR autoantibodies in MG or anti-dsDNA in SLE. 2) Major target antigens are clustered in the target cell affected by organ-specific autoimmune diseases: beta cells in IDDM, striated-muscle cells in MG, or apoptotic cells in the case of SLE. 3) Antibodies and T cells recognize multiple epitopes in these molecules. 4) The most evident explanation for the observed clustering and diversity is autoantigen spreading. Spreading probably involves T cells secreting proinflammatory cytokines but also possibly antibodies as in the case of nucleosome autoantibodies in SLE. 5) The counterpart of antigen spreading is bystander suppression in which regulatory cytokines deviate the immune response towards a protective response. 6) The mechanisms underlying the initiation of the autoimmune response and antigen spreading are still undetermined. They could imply a direct abnormality of the target cell in the case of organ-specific autoimmune diseases (e.g. infection with a virus showing a selective tropism for the target cell in organ-specific autoimmune diseases, or loss of physiological regulation of major histocompatibility complex molecule expression) or could be consequence of a ubiquitous cell abnormality such as increased apoptosis in SLE. The respective roles of genetic and environmental factors in these triggering events remain to be determined.
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- J F Bach
- INSERM U 25, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France.
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Yoon JW, Jun HS, Santamaria P. Cellular and molecular mechanisms for the initiation and progression of beta cell destruction resulting from the collaboration between macrophages and T cells. Autoimmunity 1998; 27:109-22. [PMID: 9583742 DOI: 10.3109/08916939809008041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is caused by the progressive autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. Although the pathogenesis of autoimmune IDDM has been extensively studied, the precise mechanisms involved in the initiation and progression of beta cell destruction remain unclear. Animal models used in the study of IDDM, such as the BioBreeding (BB) rat and the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse, have greatly enhanced our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms involved in this disease. In these animals, macrophages and/or dendritic cells are the first cell types to infiltrate the pancreatic islets. Macrophages must be involved in the pathogenesis of IDDM early on, since inactivation of macrophages results in the near-complete prevention of insulitis and diabetes in both NOD mice and BB rats. The presentation of beta cell-specific autoantigens by macrophages and/or dendritic cells to CD4+ T helper cells, in association with MHC class II molecules, is considered the initial step in the development of autoimmune IDDM. The activated macrophages secrete IL-12, which stimulates Th1 type CD4+ T cells. The CD4+ T cells secrete IFN-gamma and IL-2. IFN-gamma activates other resting macrophages, which, in turn, release cytokines, such as IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and free radicals, which are toxic to beta cells. During this process, IL-2 and other cytokines induce the migration of CD8+ peripheral T cells to the inflamed islets, perhaps by inducing the expression of a specific homing receptor. The precytotoxic CD8+ T cells that bear beta cell-specific autoantigen receptors differentiate into cytotoxic effector T cells upon recognition of the beta cell-specific peptide bound to MHC class I molecules in the presence of beta cell-specific CD4+ T helper cells. The cytotoxic CD8+ T cells then effect beta cell damage by releasing perforin and granzyme, and by Fas-mediated apoptosis. In this way, macrophages, CD4+ T cells, and CD8+ T cells synergistically destroy beta cells, resulting in the onset of autoimmune IDDM.
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- J W Yoon
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Lauwers S, Bissay V, Rombaut B. Development of an enterovirus specific PCR method for the quantification of enterovirus genomes in blood of diabetes patients. CLINICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC VIROLOGY 1998; 9:135-9. [PMID: 9645995 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-0197(98)00012-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus or type 1 diabetes is a disease with a diverse aetiology. Epidemiological studies examining newly diagnosed, recent onset IDDM patients have suggested a role for viruses in the aetiology of IDDM (Yoon, 1995, Diabetes/Metabolism Reviews 11, 83-107). Important candidates are the enteroviruses, in particular coxsackieviruses B3 and B4. The latter can cause diabetes in animals (Clements et al., 1995, Lancet 346, 221-223). OBJECTIVES We have developed a quantitative PCR method for the detection of enterovirus genomes in biological samples. The quantitative PCR will be used to screen for enteroviruses in blood of diabetes patients and their relatives by testing a Blood Diabetes Register. STUDY DESIGN A substantial amount of data has been collected on enterovirus induced IDDM, our study is original in so far as it will be: (1) a quantitative study, not only the presence of viral genome sequences in blood will be determined, but also their concentrations (viral load); and (2) a longitudinal study, samples are and will be collected as a function of time. Positive PCR samples will be quantified using the standard addition method. RESULTS The test is specific for enteroviruses, since all enteroviruses were detected with equal sensitivity. Viruses belonging to other picornavirus genera scored negative (even up to 3 x 10(6) genome copies). An equal detection limit of 10 genome copies was found for all enteroviruses. CONCLUSIONS The developed method will permit us to generate quantitative and longitudinal data of enterovirus genomes in blood of diabetes patients and their relatives, which might help in the elucidation of the relationship between enteroviruses and IDDM.
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- S Lauwers
- Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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- Z Laron
- Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Unit, WHO Collaborative Center For Diabetes Education, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Jun HS, Kang Y, Notkins AL, Yoon JW. Gain or loss of diabetogenicity resulting from a single point mutation in recombinant encephalomyocarditis virus. J Virol 1997; 71:9782-5. [PMID: 9371645 PMCID: PMC230289 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.12.9782-9785.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Molecular pathogenic mechanisms for virus-induced disease have received considerable attention. Encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus-induced diabetes in mice has been extensively studied to elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the development of this disease. In this study, we report for the first time that a single point mutation at nucleotide position 3155 or 3156 of the recombinant EMC viral genome, located on the major capsid protein VP1, which causes an amino acid change, results in the gain or loss of viral diabetogenicity. A G base at nucleotide position 3155 (alanine at amino acid position 776 of the EMC virus polyprotein [Ala776]; GCC) results in viral diabetogenicity, whereas the substitution of other bases at the same or next position results in a loss of viral diabetogenicity. This finding provides clear evidence that a point mutation at a critical site in a viral genome affects the ability of the virus to cause a cell-specific disease.
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- H S Jun
- Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is an autoimmune disease whose etiology is complex. Both genetic susceptibility, which is polygenic, and environmental factors, including virus infections, appear to be involved in the development of IDDM. In this review, we have tried to balance the discussion of diabetes by examining both immunological and virological perspectives. Several mouse models, including viral and non-viral models, have been used to study diabetes. For this review, we include lessons gleaned from the non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse and from mouse models of coxsackievirus- and encephalomyocarditis-virus-induced diabetes. Finally, we present a multi-stage model in which several viral infections, including the coxsackieviruses, are postulated to play a role in the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells.
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- A I Ramsingh
- David Axelrod Institute, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-2002, USA
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Hirasawa K, Jun HS, Maeda K, Kawaguchi Y, Itagaki S, Mikami T, Baek HS, Doi K, Yoon JW. Possible role of macrophage-derived soluble mediators in the pathogenesis of encephalomyocarditis virus-induced diabetes in mice. J Virol 1997; 71:4024-31. [PMID: 9094680 PMCID: PMC191555 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.5.4024-4031.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Pancreatic islets from DBA/2 mice infected with the D variant of encephalomyocarditis (EMC-D) virus revealed lymphocytic infiltration with moderate to severe destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Our previous studies showed that the major population of infiltrating cells at the early stages of infection is macrophages. The inactivation of macrophages prior to viral infection resulted in the prevention of diabetes, whereas activation of macrophages prior to viral infection resulted in the enhancement of beta-cell destruction. This investigation was initiated to determine whether macrophage-produced soluble mediators play a role in the destruction of pancreatic beta cells in mice infected with a low dose of EMC-D virus. When we examined the expression of the soluble mediators interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in the pancreatic islets, we found that these mediators were clearly expressed at an early stage of insulitis and that this expression was evident until the development of diabetes. We confirmed the expression of these mediators by in situ hybridization with digoxigenin-labelled RNA probes or immunohistochemistry in the pancreatic islets. Mice treated with antibody against IL-1beta or TNF-alpha or with the iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine exhibited a significant decrease in the incidence of diabetes. Mice treated with a combination of anti-IL-1beta antibody, anti-TNF-alpha antibody, and aminoguanidine exhibited a greater decrease in the incidence of disease than did mice treated with one of the antibodies or aminoguanidine. On the basis of these observations, we conclude that macrophage-produced soluble mediators play an important role in the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in the development of diabetes in mice infected with a low dose of EMC-D virus.
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- K Hirasawa
- Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sperling MA. Aspects of the etiology, prediction, and prevention of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood. Pediatr Clin North Am 1997; 44:269-84. [PMID: 9130920 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-3955(05)70476-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This article focuses on recent developments that have defined the autoimmune nature of this entity and its genetic basis, especially the crucial roles of aspartic acid at position 57 of the DQ beta chain and arginine at position 52 of the DQ alpha chain of the HLA complex on chromosome 6 in conferring susceptibility; other genetic markers on other genes are mentioned. These genetic markers help to explain the worldwide differences in prevalence and incidence of type 1 diabetes. Because the autoimmune process may be gradual, markers of beta pancreatic cell damage, such as islet cell antibodies, glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies, and insulin autoantibodies, coupled with evidence of progressive failure of insulin secretion may be used to predict the future onset of disease. In turn, accurate prediction may permit preventive intervention. Two intervention trials are mentioned: (1) Diabetes Prevention Trial for Type 1, a multicenter trial in the United States using insulin; and (2) European Nicotinamide Diabetes Intervention Trial in Europe using nicotinamide as the preventive or delaying agent. These first steps reflect the remarkable progress and understanding of this major problem of childhood and the hopes for its future prevention.
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- M A Sperling
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, USA
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Eizirik DL, Spencer P, Kisby GE. Potential role of environmental genotoxic agents in diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 51:1585-91. [PMID: 8687473 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(95)02433-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Epidemiological data suggest that environmental genotoxins are risk factors for some forms of diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. The present commentary focuses on mechanisms involved in genotoxin-induced pancreatic beta-cell and neuronal damage. These two cell types seem to share a similar vulnerability to different forms of DNA damage, and the long-term consequences of repeated genotoxic insults to post-mitotic neurons or slowly proliferating beta-cells remain to be clarified. One intriguing possibility is that genotoxins could act as "slow" toxins in these cells, triggering a cascade of cellular events, which culminates in progressive cell dysfunction and loss. Indeed, exposure to mutagenic nitroso agents such as streptozotocin and cycasin induces long-lasting damage to both beta -cells and neurons. These data on cycasin, a toxin obtained from the cycad plant (Cycas spp.), are of special interest, since this agent may be implicated in both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/Parkinson dementia complex and diabetes mellitus in the western Pacific area. Future studies are required to sort out the interactions between different genotoxic agents, viral infections, and cellular repair mechanisms on cellular survival and function. Moreover, further epidemiological studies are needed to clarify the role of N-nitrosoureas in diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases in populations with different genetic backgrounds. Answers to these questions may provide useful information on the pathogenesis of these devastating diseases, and open the possibility for their primary prevention.
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- D L Eizirik
- Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
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The involvement of viruses in the etiology of insulin-dependent diabetes was hypothesized more than 15 years ago based on solid scientific evidence, however; the true existence and the real nature of this involvement still eludes our efforts. This may be due to the frequently long interval between viral exposure and diabetes onset that makes the direct cause-effect relationship difficult to prove.
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- M Pietropaolo
- The Division of Immunogenetics, Department of Pediatrics, Rangos Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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