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Peng X, Rao G, Li X, Tong N, Tian Y, Fu X. Preclinical models for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus - A practical approach for research. Int J Med Sci 2023; 20:1644-1661. [PMID: 37859703 PMCID: PMC10583179 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.86566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Numerous preclinical models have been developed to advance biomedical research in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). They are essential for improving our knowledge of T1DM development and progression, allowing researchers to identify potential therapeutic targets and evaluate the effectiveness of new medications. A deeper comprehension of these models themselves is critical not only to determine the optimal strategies for their utilization but also to fully unlock their potential applications in both basic and translational research. Here, we will comprehensively summarize and discuss the applications, advantages, and limitations of the commonly used animal models for human T1DM and also overview the up-to-date human tissue bioengineering models for the investigation of T1DM. By combining these models with a better understanding of the pathophysiology of T1DM, we can enhance our insights into disease initiation and development, ultimately leading to improved therapeutic responses and outcomes.
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Diabetes Metabolism Research, Cancer Center West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Rashmi P, Urmila A, Likhit A, Subhash B, Shailendra G. Rodent models for diabetes. 3 Biotech 2023; 13:80. [PMID: 36778766 PMCID: PMC9908807 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with many health complications and is potentially a morbid condition. As prevalence increases at an alarming rate around the world, research into new antidiabetic compounds with different mechanisms is the top priority. Therefore, the preclinical experimental induction of DM is imperative for advancing knowledge, understanding pathogenesis, and developing new drugs. Efforts have been made to examine recent literature on the various induction methods of Type I and Type II DM. The review summarizes the different in vivo models of DM induced by chemical, surgical, and genetic (immunological) manipulations and the use of pathogens such as viruses. For good preclinical assessment, the animal model must exhibit face, predictive, and construct validity. Among all reported models, chemically induced DM with streptozotocin was found to be the most preferred model. However, the purpose of the research and the outcomes to be achieved should be taken into account. This review was aimed at bringing together models, benefits, limitations, species, and strains. It will help the researcher to understand the pathophysiology of DM and to choose appropriate animal models.
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- Patil Rashmi
- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Paud Road, Erandwane, Pune, 411038 India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Paud Road, Erandwane, Pune, 411038 India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Paud Road, Erandwane, Pune, 411038 India
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- Department of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Paud Road, Erandwane, Pune, 411038 India
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, Goa College of Pharmacy, Goa University, Panaji, Goa India
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Re-Enlightenment of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes under the COVID-19 Pandemic. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11111662. [DOI: 10.3390/biology11111662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fulminant type 1 diabetes (FT1D) is a subtype of type 1 diabetes (T1D) that is characterized by the rapid progression to diabetic ketoacidosis against the background of rapid and almost complete pancreatic islet destruction. The HbA1c level at FT1D onset remains normal or slightly elevated despite marked hyperglycemia, reflecting the rapid clinical course of the disease, and is an important marker for diagnosis. FT1D often appears following flu-like symptoms, and there are many reports of its onset being linked to viral infections. In addition, disease-susceptibility genes have been identified in FT1D, suggesting the involvement of host factors in disease development. In most cases, islet-related autoantibodies are not detected, and histology of pancreatic tissue reveals macrophage and T cell infiltration of the islets in the early stages of FT1D, suggesting that islet destruction occurs via an immune response different from that occurring in autoimmune type 1 diabetes. From 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread worldwide and became a serious problem. Reports on the association between SARS-CoV-2 and T1D are mixed, with some suggesting an increase in T1D incidence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When discussing the association between COVID-19 and T1D, it is also necessary to focus on FT1D. However, it is not easy to diagnose this subtype without understanding the concept. Therefore, authors hereby review the concept and the latest findings of FT1D, hoping that the association between COVID-19 and T1D will be adequately evaluated in the future.
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Genetic Susceptibility of the Host in Virus-Induced Diabetes. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8081133. [PMID: 32727064 PMCID: PMC7464158 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8081133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Enteroviruses, especially Coxsackie B viruses, are among the candidate environmental factors causative of type 1 diabetes. Host genetic factors have an impact on the development of virus-induced diabetes (VID). Host background, in terms of whether the host is prone to autoimmunity, should also be considered when analyzing the role of target genes in VID. In this review, we describe the genetic susceptibility of the host based on studies in humans and VID animal models. Understanding the host genetic factors should contribute not only to revealing the mechanisms of VID development, but also in taking measures to prevent VID.
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Shaheen ZR, Naatz A, Corbett JA. CCR5-Dependent Activation of mTORC1 Regulates Translation of Inducible NO Synthase and COX-2 during Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2015; 195:4406-14. [PMID: 26408666 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) infection of macrophages results in the expression of a number of inflammatory and antiviral genes, including inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2. EMCV-induced macrophage activation has been shown to require the presence of CCR5 and the activation of PI3K-dependent signaling cascades. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of PI3K in regulating the macrophage responses to EMCV. We show that PI3K regulates EMCV-stimulated iNOS and COX-2 expression by two independent mechanisms. In response to EMCV infection, Akt is activated and regulates the translation of iNOS and COX-2 through the mammalian target of rapamycin complex (mTORC)1. The activation of mTORC1 during EMCV infection is CCR5-dependent and appears to function in a manner that promotes the translation of iNOS and COX-2. CCR5-dependent mTORC1 activation functions as an antiviral response, as mTORC1 inhibition increases the expression of EMCV polymerase. PI3K also regulates the transcriptional induction of iNOS and COX-2 in response to EMCV infection by a mechanism that is independent of Akt and mTORC1 regulation. These findings indicate that macrophage expression of the inflammatory genes iNOS and COX-2 occurs via PI3K- and Akt-dependent translational control of mTORC1 and PI3K-dependent, Akt-independent transcriptional control.
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- Zachary R Shaheen
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 53226
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 53226
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 53226
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Shaheen ZR, Corbett JA. Macrophage Expression of Inflammatory Genes in Response to EMCV Infection. Biomolecules 2015; 5:1938-54. [PMID: 26295266 PMCID: PMC4598781 DOI: 10.3390/biom5031938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The expression and production of type 1 interferon is the classic cellular response to virus infection. In addition to this antiviral response, virus infection also stimulates the production of proinflammatory mediators. In this review, the pathways controlling the induction of inflammatory genes and the roles that these inflammatory mediators contribute to host defense against viral pathogens will be discussed. Specific focus will be on the role of the chemokine receptor CCR5, as a signaling receptor controlling the activation of pathways leading to virus-induced inflammatory gene expression.
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- Zachary R Shaheen
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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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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Sano H, Terasaki J, Mishiba Y, Imagawa A, Hanafusa T. Exendin-4, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist, suppresses pancreatic β-cell destruction induced by encephalomyocarditis virus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 404:756-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Doi K. Experimental encephalomyocarditis virus infection in small laboratory rodents. J Comp Pathol 2010; 144:25-40. [PMID: 20594559 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) is a cardiovirus that belongs to the family Picornaviridae. EMCV is an important cause of acute myocarditis in piglets and of fetal death or abortion in pregnant sows. Small rodents, especially rats, have been suspected to be reservoir hosts or carriers. This virus also induces type 1 diabetes mellitus, encephalomyelitis, myocarditis, orchitis and/or sialodacryoadenitis in small laboratory rodents. This paper reviews the pathology and pathogenesis of experimental infection with EMCV in small laboratory rodents.
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- K Doi
- Nippon Institute for Biological Science, 9-2221-1, Shin-Machi, Ome, Tokyo 198-0024, Japan.
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Role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of encephalomyocarditis virus-induced diabetes in mice. J Virol 2009; 83:8004-11. [PMID: 19535454 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00205-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D virus) causes diabetes in mice by destroying pancreatic beta cells. In mice infected with a low dose of EMC-D virus, macrophages play an important role in beta-cell destruction by producing soluble mediators such as interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and nitric oxide (NO). To investigate the role of NO and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) in the development of diabetes in EMC-D virus-infected mice, we infected iNOS-deficient DBA/2 mice with EMC-D virus (2 x 10(2) PFU/mouse). Mean blood glucose levels in EMC-D virus-infected iNOS-deficient mice and wild-type mice were 205.5 and 466.7 mg/dl, respectively. Insulitis and macrophage infiltration were reduced in islets of iNOS-deficient mice compared with wild-type mice at 3 days after EMC-D virus infection. Apoptosis of beta cells was decreased in iNOS-deficient mice, as evidenced by reduced numbers of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling-positive cells. There were no differences in mRNA expression of antiapoptotic molecules Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, Bcl-w, Mcl-1, cIAP-1, and cIAP-2 between wild-type and iNOS-deficient mice, whereas expression of proapoptotic Bax and Bak mRNAs was significantly decreased in iNOS-deficient mice. Expression of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha mRNAs was significantly decreased in both islets and macrophages of iNOS-deficient mice compared with wild-type mice after EMC-D virus infection. Nuclear factor kappaB was less activated in macrophages of iNOS-deficient mice after virus infection. We conclude that NO plays an important role in the activation of macrophages and apoptosis of pancreatic beta cells in EMC-D virus-infected mice and that deficient iNOS gene expression inhibits macrophage activation and beta-cell apoptosis, contributing to prevention of EMC-D virus-induced diabetes.
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Kounoue E, Izumi KI, Ogawa S, Kondo S, Katsuta H, Akashi T, Niho Y, Harada M, Tamiya S, Kurisaki H, Nagafuchi S. The significance of T cells, B cells, antibodies and macrophages against encephalomyocarditis (EMC)-D virus-induced diabetes in mice. Arch Virol 2008; 153:1223-31. [PMID: 18500429 DOI: 10.1007/s00705-008-0106-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In order to clarify the significance of protective mechanisms against encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus-induced diabetes in mice, we studied the relative importance of T cells, B cells, antibodies and macrophages in the prevention of virus-induced diabetes. Neither T cell-deficient athymic nude mice nor B cell-deficient microMT/microMT mice showed an enhanced clinical course of EMC-D virus-induced diabetes, indicating that neither T cells nor B cells played a major role in the protection against EMC-D-virus-induced diabetes. Transfer of a large amount of antiserum to EMC-D-virus-infected mice protected the development of diabetes only when transferred within 36 h of infection, the timing of which was earlier than that for the production of natural neutralizing antibodied. Since pretreatment of mice with the macrophage-activating immunopotentiator Corynebacterium parvum (CP) completely prevented the development of diabetes, we studied the clinical outcome of EMC-D-virus-infected mice pretreated with CP. Mice treated with CP showed reduced proliferation of EMC-D virus in the affected organs, including the pancreas, while the levels of development of neutralizing antibody and serum interferon were not enhanced compared with the controls. Finally, we studied the macrophages derived from mice pretreated with CP and found that they inhibited the growth of EMC-D virus in vitro more than those derived from non-treated and thioglycolate-treated mice. Taken together, it can be suggested that neither T cells nor B cells, which have to do with adaptive immunity, play a significant role in the pathogenesis of EMC-D-virus-induced diabetes, while innate immunity, which is dependent on activated macrophages, contributes to in vivo resistance against EMC-D-virus-induced diabetes.
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- Etsushi Kounoue
- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
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Sadanandam A, Varney ML, Kinarsky L, Ali H, Mosley RL, Singh RK. Identification of functional cell adhesion molecules with a potential role in metastasis by a combination of in vivo phage display and in silico analysis. OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2007; 11:41-57. [PMID: 17411395 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2006.0004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Organ-specific homing of malignant cells involves interactions mediated through cell adhesion molecules and their receptors on the cell surface. Identification of peptides that mimic these receptor-ligand interactions is critical for analyzing the functional role of these proteins and is therapeutically significant to target or block organ-specific homing of tumor cells. Following three cycles of in vivo biopanning using a phage display peptide library injected into mice, we identified 11 unique peptides that were specific for homing to lung, liver, bone marrow, or brain. We developed a bioinformatics strategy to identify putative cell adhesion molecules (CAM) involved in tumor cell migration, invasion, and metastasis based on identified organ-specific peptides. Structural information, including surface exposure and the binding preference of any of these residues in the identified proteins, was examined. These studies resulted in identification of Semaphorin 5A (mouse, Sema5A; human, SEMA5A) and its receptor Plexin B3. The gene expression profile of these proteins in tumors and tumor cell lines was assessed using virtual microarray and serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) databases and was further confirmed using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Our data demonstrate an association between the expression of SEMA5A and Plexin B3 and the aggressiveness of pancreatic and prostate cancer cells. In summary, using a combined experimental and bioinformatics approach, we have identified functional tumor-specific CAMs, which may be critical for organ-specific metastasis.
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- Anguraj Sadanandam
- Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5845, USA
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van der Werf N, Kroese FGM, Rozing J, Hillebrands JL. Viral infections as potential triggers of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2007; 23:169-83. [PMID: 17103489 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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During the last decades, the incidence of type 1 diabetes (T1D) has increased significantly, reaching percentages of 3% annually worldwide. This increase suggests that besides genetical factors environmental perturbations (including viral infections) are also involved in the pathogenesis of T1D. T1D has been associated with viral infections including enteroviruses, rubella, mumps, rotavirus, parvovirus and cytomegalovirus (CMV). Although correlations between clinical presentation with T1D and the occurrence of a viral infection that precedes the development of overt disease have been recognized, causalities between viruses and the diabetogenic process are still elusive and difficult to prove in humans. The use of experimental animal models is therefore indispensable, and indeed more insight in the mechanism by which viruses can modulate diabetogenesis has been provided by studies in rodent models for T1D such as the biobreeding (BB) rat, nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse or specific transgenic mouse strains. Data from experimental animals as well as in vitro studies indicate that various viruses are clearly able to modulate the development of T1D via different mechanisms, including direct beta-cell lysis, bystander activation of autoreactive T cells, loss of regulatory T cells and molecular mimicry. Data obtained in rodents and in vitro systems have improved our insight in the possible role of viral infections in the pathogenesis of human T1D. Future studies will hopefully reveal which human viruses are causally involved in the induction of T1D and this knowledge may provide directions on how to deal with viral infections in diabetes-susceptible individuals in order to delay or even prevent the diabetogenic process.
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- Nienke van der Werf
- Department of Cell Biology, Immunology Section, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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More than 10 viruses have been reported to be associated with the development of type 1 diabetes-like symptoms in animals, with the best evidence coming from studies on the D variant of encephalomyocarditis (EMC-D) virus in mice and Kilham rat virus (KRV) in rats. A high titer of EMC-D viral infection results in the development of diabetes within 3 days, primarily due to the rapid destruction of beta cells by viral replication within the cells. A low titer of EMC-D viral infection results in the recruitment of macrophages to the islets. Soluble mediators produced by activated macrophages play a critical role in the destruction of residual beta cells. A single amino acid at position 776 of the EMC viral genome controls the diabetogenicity of the virus. In contrast, KRV causes autoimmune type 1 diabetes in diabetes-resistant BioBreeding (DR-BB) rats without direct infection of beta cells. Macrophages play an important role in the development of diabetes in KRV-infected DR-BB rats. As well, KRV infection preferentially activates effector T cells, such as Th1-like CD45RC(+)CD4(+) T cells and CD8(+) T cells, and downregulates regulatory T cells, such as Th2-like CD45RC(-)CD4(+) T cells. This results in the breakdown of the immune balance, contributing to the development of diabetes in KRV-infected DR-BB rats.
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- Ji-Won Yoon
- Rosalind Franklin Comprehensive Diabetes Center, Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA
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Ilyinskii PO, Wang R, Balk SP, Exley MA. CD1d mediates T-cell-dependent resistance to secondary infection with encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) in vitro and immune response to EMCV infection in vivo. J Virol 2006; 80:7146-58. [PMID: 16809320 PMCID: PMC1489038 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02745-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The innate and adaptive immune responses have evolved distinct strategies for controlling different viral pathogens. Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) is a picornavirus that can cause paralysis, diabetes, and myocarditis within days of infection. The optimal innate immune response against EMCV in vivo requires CD1d. Interaction of antigen-presenting cell CD1d with distinct natural killer T-cell ("NKT") populations can induce rapid gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) production and NK-cell activation. The T-cell response of CD1d-deficient mice (lacking all NKT cells) against acute EMCV infection was further studied in vitro and in vivo. EMCV persisted at higher levels in CD1d-knockout (KO) splenocyte cultures infected in vitro. Furthermore, optimal resistance to repeat cycles of EMCV infection in vitro was also shown to depend on CD1d. However, this was not reflected in the relative levels of NK-cell activation but rather by the responses of both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T-cell populations. Repeated EMCV infection in vitro induced less IFN-gamma and alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) from CD1d-deficient splenocytes than with the wild type. Furthermore, the level of EMCV replication in wild-type splenocytes was markedly and specifically increased by addition of blocking anti-CD1d antibody. Depletion experiments demonstrated that dendritic cells contributed less than the combination of NK and NKT cells to anti-EMCV responses and that none of these cell types was the main source of IFN-alpha. Finally, EMCV infection in vivo produced higher levels of viremia in CD1d-KO mice than in wild-type animals, coupled with significantly less lymphocyte activation and IFN-alpha production. These results point to the existence of a previously unrecognized mechanism of rapid CD1d-dependent stimulation of the antiviral adaptive cellular immune response.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antigen Presentation/immunology
- Antigens, CD1/genetics
- Antigens, CD1/immunology
- Antigens, CD1d
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cardiovirus Infections/genetics
- Cardiovirus Infections/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus/immunology
- Diabetes Mellitus/virology
- Immunity, Innate/genetics
- Immunity, Innate/immunology
- Interferon-alpha/immunology
- Interferon-gamma/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/immunology
- Killer Cells, Natural/virology
- Lymphocyte Activation/drug effects
- Lymphocyte Activation/genetics
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Maus Elberfeld virus/genetics
- Maus Elberfeld virus/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Myocarditis/immunology
- Myocarditis/virology
- Paralysis/immunology
- Paralysis/virology
- Viremia/genetics
- Viremia/immunology
- Virus Replication/drug effects
- Virus Replication/genetics
- Virus Replication/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Petr O Ilyinskii
- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, NRB 1030L, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Catalina F, Milewich L, Kumar V, Bennett M. Dietary dehydroepiandrosterone inhibits bone marrow and leukemia cell transplants: role of food restriction. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2004; 228:1303-20. [PMID: 14681546 DOI: 10.1177/153537020322801109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Dietary dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) inhibits the proliferation of syngeneic bone marrow cells (BMC) infused into lethally irradiated mice. Potential mechanisms for suppression of hematopoiesis were evaluated and the findings were as follows: (i) depletion of NK, T, B or macrophage cells failed to reverse suppression by DHEA; (ii) stem cell stimulation by erythropoietin, growth hormone, interleukin-2, Friend leukemia virus, or cyclophosphamide failed to reverse suppression; (iii) supplementation of fatty acids, mevalonate, or deoxyribonucleotides, which are dependent upon glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase function, did not enhance BMC growth in mice fed DHEA; (iv) DHEA downstream metabolites 4-androstenedione and 17beta-estradiol, as well as the synthetic steroid, 16alpha-chloroepiandrosterone (but not testosterone or 5-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol), also inhibited BMC growth. Tamoxifen antagonized the effects of 17beta-estradiol but not DHEA; (v) dietary DHEA causes hypothermia, but housing of DHEA-fed mice at 34 degrees C to maintain normal body temperature did not reverse suppression; (vi) DHEA leads to a decrease in food intake in rodents. Pair-feeding control diet to mice fed DHEA mimicked the effects of dietary DHEA; (vii) adrenalectomy and orchiectomy decrease the levels of stress and sex hormones, respectively. Neither procedure affected the ability of food restriction or DHEA feeding to inhibit hematopoiesis; (viii) growth of GR-3 NM pre-B leukemia cells in unirradiated mice was also suppressed by DHEA or food restriction. We conclude that DHEA, by reducing food intake in mice, inhibits bone marrow and leukemia cell growth. The precise mechanism(s) by which reduced food intake per se inhibits hematopoiesis is not known, but may involve an increased rate of cellular apoptosis.
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- Fernando Catalina
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9072, USA
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Exley MA, Bigley NJ, Cheng O, Shaulov A, Tahir SMA, Carter QL, Garcia J, Wang C, Patten K, Stills HF, Alt FW, Snapper SB, Balk SP. Innate immune response to encephalomyocarditis virus infection mediated by CD1d. Immunology 2004; 110:519-26. [PMID: 14632651 PMCID: PMC1783078 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2003.01779.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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CD1d-reactive natural killer T (NKT) cells can rapidly produce T helper type 1 (Th1) and/or Th2 cytokines, can activate antigen-presenting cell (APC) interleukin-12 (IL-12) production, and are implicated in the regulation of adaptive immune responses. The role of the CD1d system was assessed during infection with encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV-D), a picornavirus that causes acute diabetes, paralysis and myocarditis. EMCV-D resistance depends on IL-12-mediated interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production. CD1d-deficient mice, which also lack CD1d-reactive NKT cells, were substantially more sensitive to infection with EMCV-D. Infected CD1d knockout mice had decreased IL-12 levels in vitro and in vivo, and indeed were protected by treatment with exogenous IL-12. IFN-gamma production in CD1d knockout mice was decreased compared with that in wild-type (WT) mice in response to EMCV-D in vitro, although differences were not detected in vivo. Treatment with anti-asialo-GM1 antibody, to deplete NK cells, caused a marked increase in susceptibility of WT mice to EMCV-D infection, whereas CD1d knockout mice were little affected, suggesting that NK-cell-mediated protection is CD1d-dependent. Therefore, these data indicate that CD1d is essential for optimal responses to acute picornaviral infection. We propose that CD1d-reactive T cells respond to early immune signals and function in the innate immune response to a physiological viral infection by rapidly augmenting APC IL-12 production and activating NK cells.
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- Mark A Exley
- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Takeda M, Ohtsuka R, Nakayama Y, Doi K. The Role of CD4+ T Cells in Biphasic Hind Limb Paralysis Induced by the D Variant of Encephalomyocarditis Virus (EMC-D) in DBA/2 Mice. Exp Anim 2004; 53:31-5. [PMID: 14993738 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.53.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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DBA/2 CrSlc mice infected with the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D) (10 PFU/head) developed biphasic hind limb paralysis due to spinal cord lesion. The early phase lesion was characterized by demyelination with infiltration of macrophages in the funiculus lateraris and the late phase lesion by degeneration of motor neurons with infiltration of CD4(+) T cells in the cornu ventrale. In the present study, treatment with anti-Mac1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) or anti-CD4 MAb prior to virus infection (-3 to -1 days) reduced the early phase lesion and the incidence of the first paralysis. Signals of viral RNAs were observed only in a few oligodendrocytes in the funiculus lateraris. Treatment with anti-CD4 MAb from 31 to 33 days post infection when mice showed recovery from the first paralysis reduced the late phase lesion and prevented the second paralysis. Signals of viral RNAs were still detected in a few degenerated neurons in the cornu ventrale. These results indicate that while macrophages and CD4(+) T cells participate in the early phase lesion and paralysis and only CD4(+) T cells in the late phase lesion and paralysis.
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- Makio Takeda
- Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Mitsukaido, Ibaraki, Japan
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Flodström-Tullberg M. Viral infections: their elusive role in regulating susceptibility to autoimmune disease. Microbes Infect 2003; 5:911-21. [PMID: 12919859 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(03)00161-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Viral infections may trigger autoimmune disease. Complicating our understanding of how viral infections promote disease is the realization that viral infections can sometimes prevent auto-aggressive reactions. Here, we will discuss recent findings that provide insights into how viral infections may alter susceptibility to autoimmunity.
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- Malin Flodström-Tullberg
- Department of Medicine, The Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, S-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from the destruction of pancreatic beta cells. Genetic factors are believed to be a major component for the development of T1D, but the concordance rate for the development of diabetes in identical twins is only about 40%, suggesting that nongenetic factors play an important role in the expression of the disease. Viruses are one environmental factor that is implicated in the pathogenesis of T1D. To date, 14 different viruses have been reported to be associated with the development of T1D in humans and animal models. Viruses may be involved in the pathogenesis of T1D in at least two distinct ways: by inducing beta cell-specific autoimmunity, with or without infection of the beta cells, [e.g. Kilham rat virus (KRV)] and by cytolytic infection and destruction of the beta cells (e.g. encephalomyocarditis virus in mice). With respect to virus-mediated autoimmunity, retrovirus, reovirus, KRV, bovine viral diarrhoea-mucosal disease virus, mumps virus, rubella virus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are discussed. With respect to the destruction of beta cells by cytolytic infection, encephalomyocarditis virus, mengovirus and Coxsackie B viruses are discussed. In addition, a review of transgenic animal models for virus-induced autoimmune diabetes is included, particularly with regard to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, influenza viral proteins and the Epstein-Barr viral receptor. Finally, the prevention of autoimmune diabetes by infection of viruses such as lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus is discussed.
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- Hee-Sook Jun
- Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Exley MA, Bigley NJ, Cheng O, Tahir SMA, Smiley ST, Carter QL, Stills HF, Grusby MJ, Koezuka Y, Taniguchi M, Balk SP. CD1d‐reactive T‐cell activation leads to amelioration of disease caused by diabetogenic encephalomyocarditis virus. J Leukoc Biol 2001. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.69.5.713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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- Mark A. Exley
- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel‐Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Microbiology/Immunology, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
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- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel‐Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel‐Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Core Research in Evolution, Science, and Technology (CREST), Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; and
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- Cancer Biology Program, Hematology/Oncology Division, Beth Israel‐Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Choi KS, Jun HS, Kim HN, Park HJ, Eom YW, Noh HL, Kwon H, Kim HM, Yoon JW. Role of Hck in the pathogenesis of encephalomyocarditis virus-induced diabetes in mice. J Virol 2001; 75:1949-57. [PMID: 11160694 PMCID: PMC115141 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.4.1949-1957.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Soluble mediators such as interleukin-1beta, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) produced from activated macrophages play an important role in the destruction of pancreatic beta cells in mice infected with a low dose of the D variant of encephalomyocarditis (EMC-D) virus. The tyrosine kinase signaling pathway was shown to be involved in EMC-D virus-induced activation of macrophages. This investigation was initiated to determine whether the Src family of kinases plays a role in the activation of macrophages, subsequently resulting in the destruction of beta cells, in mice infected with a low dose of EMC-D virus. We examined the activation of p59/p56(Hck), p55(Fgr), and p56/p53(Lyn) in macrophages from DBA/2 mice infected with the virus. We found that p59/p56(Hck) showed a marked increase in both autophosphorylation and kinase activity at 48 h after infection, whereas p55(Fgr) and p56/p53(Lyn) did not. The p59/p56(Hck) activity was closely correlated with the tyrosine phosphorylation level of Vav. Treatment of EMC-D virus-infected mice with the Src kinase inhibitor, PP2, resulted in the inhibition of p59/p56(Hck) activity and almost complete inhibition of the production of TNF-alpha and iNOS in macrophages and the subsequent prevention of diabetes in mice. On the basis of these observations, we conclude that the Src kinase, p59/p56(Hck), plays an important role in the activation of macrophages and the subsequent production of TNF-alpha and nitric oxide, leading to the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, which results in the development of diabetes in mice infected with a low dose of EMC-D virus.
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- K S Choi
- Laboratory of Endocrinology, Institute for Medical Sciences, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea
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Martin LR, Neal ZC, McBride MS, Palmenberg AC. Mengovirus and encephalomyocarditis virus poly(C) tract lengths can affect virus growth in murine cell culture. J Virol 2000; 74:3074-81. [PMID: 10708422 PMCID: PMC111806 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.7.3074-3081.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many virulent aphthoviruses and cardioviruses have long homopolymeric poly(C) tracts in the 5' untranslated regions of their RNA genomes. A panel of genetically engineered mengo-type cardioviruses has been described which contain a variety of different poly(C) tract lengths. Studies of these viruses have shown the poly(C) tract to be dispensable for growth in HeLa cells, although the relative murine virulence of the viruses correlates directly and positively with tract length. Compared with wild-type mengovirus strain M, mutants with shortened poly(C) tracts grow poorly in mice and protectively immunize rather than kill recipient animals. In the present study, several murine cell populations were tested to determine whether, unlike HeLa cells, they allowed a differential amplification of viruses with long or short poly(C) tracts. Replication and cytopathic studies with four hematopoietically derived cell lines (CH2B, RAW 264.7, A20.J, and P815) and two murine fibroblast cell lines [L929 and L(Y)] demonstrated that several of these cell types indeed allowed differential virus replication as a function of viral poly(C) tract length. Among the most discerning of these cells, RAW 264.7 macrophages supported vigorous lytic growth of a long-tract virus, vMwt (C(44)UC(10)), but supported only substantially diminished and virtually nonlytic growth of vMC(24) (C(13)UC(10)) and vMC(0) short-tract viruses. The viral growth differences evident in all cell lines were apparent early and continuously during every cycle of virus amplification. The data suggest that poly(C) tract-dependent attenuation of mengovirus may be due in part to a viral replication defect manifest in similar hematopoietic-type cells shortly after murine infection. The characterized cultures should provide excellent tools for molecular study of poly(C) tract-mediated virulence.
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- L R Martin
- Institute for Molecular Virology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, 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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Clark DA, Chaouat G, Arck PC, Mittruecker HW, Levy GA. Cutting Edge: Cytokine-Dependent Abortion in CBA × DBA/2 Mice Is Mediated by the Procoagulant fgl2 Prothombinase. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.2.545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Spontaneous resorption in the CBA × DBA/2 model is attributed to NK cells, macrophages, and Th1-type cytokines. In vivo depletion of NK cells by anti-asialoGM1 Ab or macrophage depletion by silicon dioxide treatment reduced abortion rates, which could no longer be boosted by injecting TNF-α (which activates NK cells) or IFN-γ (which activates macrophages). TNF-α + γ-IFN coadministration aborted >80% of the embryos whether or not NK cells or macrophages had been depleted or estradiol + progesterone was injected to correct potential reduction in ovarian function by cytokines. The cytokines also aborted IRF1+/+ C57BL/6 but not IRF1−/− females pregnant by IRF1+/+ DBA/2. Both spontaneous and cytokine-boosted abortions in CBA × DBA/2 were blocked by Ab to fgl2 prothombinase expressed by cytokine-stimulated vascular endothelial cells and monocytes; in vivo Ab depletion of granulocytes also prevented TNF-α + IFN-γ-induced abortions. Cytokine-triggered thrombotic/inflammatory processes in maternal uteroplacental blood vessels causes abortion.
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- †INSERM Unite 131, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France
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- ‡Amgen Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, and
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- §Multiorgan Transplant Group, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, 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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Suzuki H, Kiatipattanasakul W, Kajikawa S, Tsutsui S, Nakayama H, Goto N, Doi K. Age-related changes in susceptibility of mice to low-virulent mouse hepatitis virus (MHV-2-CC) infection. Exp Anim 1997; 46:211-8. [PMID: 9250482 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.46.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study was performed to examine mouse age-dependent changes in susceptibility to MHV-2-CC-infection and participation of macrophages in such changes in BALB/c mice. One-week-old mice were fully susceptible (mortality, 100%), 2-week-old semi-susceptible (36%), and 3- and 4-week-old fully resistant (0%) to MHV-2-CC, respectively. Such age-dependent differences corresponded well with the differences in the virus titers in the liver, spleen and blood and in the severity of liver lesions. In 1-week-old mice with peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) transferred from 4-week-old mice and infected with MHV-2-CC, a slight prolongation of survival time was recorded, although there was no difference in mortality. In 3-week-old mice infected with MHV-2-CC after silica-treatment to suppress macrophages, there was no significant change in susceptibility. In macrophages infected with MHV-2-CC in vitro, the virus replicated better in macrophages obtained from younger mice. These results suggest that macrophages may play a small role in the age-related development of resistance to MHV-2-CC infection in BALB/c mice.
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- H Suzuki
- Department of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
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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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Insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes is a frequent disease with an incidence of up to about 1%. It requires daily treatment and serious late complications are observed. Good animal models exist for studying diabetes. These can be categorized as animals with spontaneously developing diabetes (BB rats, NOD mice) and as animals with induced diabetes (e.g. by virus). Immunodeficient nude mice have also been widely used. None of the models is perfect, but each has contributed to our present knowledge of the disease. Studies on the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes are given as an example. Recently, experience with prophylactic treatment of animals in order to prevent diabetes has been applied to humans with promising results.
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- K Buschard
- Bartholin Instituttet, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mizutani M, El-Fotoh M, Mori M, Ono K, Doi K, Awaya A, Matsumoto Y, Matsumoto Y, Onodera T. In vivo administration of serum thymic factor (FTS) prevents EMC-D virus-induced diabetes and myocarditis in BALB/cAJcl mice. Arch Virol 1996; 141:73-83. [PMID: 8629952 DOI: 10.1007/bf01718589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The effect of serum thymic factor (FTS) on the D-variant of encephalomyocarditis (EMC-D) virus-induced diabetes and myocarditis in BALB/cAJcl mice was investigated. Mice pretreated with 50 or 10 micrograms of FTS were infected with 10 or 10(3) PFU of EMC-D virus. In the mice inoculated with 10 PFU of virus, 40% developed diabetes on post-infection day (PID) 14, whereas those treated with FTS (50 micrograms/administration) on day 2 and 1 before infection did not develop diabetes. FTS (10 micrograms)-pretreated mice developed diabetes. In histological observation, FTS non-treated mice which developed diabetes showed severe necrosis and inflammation of mononuclear cells in the islets of Langerhans and myocardia on 19 PID. Mice pretreated with 50 micrograms of FTS, however, manifested mild islet degeneration without any myocardial inflammation. Furthermore, in FTS non-treated mice, immunohistological staining showed a loss of insulin granules. This loss was markedly reversed and insulin granules remained largely intact in FTS-pretreated mice. Viral titers in pancreas of FTS-pretreated mice approximated well to those of non-treated mice on PID 4, 7 and 19. In mice inoculated with higher titer of EMC-D virus (10(3) PFU), however, 50 micrograms of FTS pretreatment did not change the course of these acute pathological developments (diabetes and myocarditis observed from PID 4).
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blood Glucose/metabolism
- Cardiovirus Infections/pathology
- Cardiovirus Infections/prevention & control
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/prevention & control
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental/virology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/prevention & control
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/virology
- Drug Administration Schedule
- Encephalomyocarditis virus/growth & development
- Heart/virology
- Islets of Langerhans/pathology
- Islets of Langerhans/virology
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred A
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Myocarditis/pathology
- Myocarditis/prevention & control
- Myocarditis/virology
- Myocardium/pathology
- Pancreas/pathology
- Pancreas/virology
- Thymic Factor, Circulating/administration & dosage
- Thymic Factor, Circulating/therapeutic use
- Time Factors
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- M Mizutani
- Department of Molecular Immunology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Hirasawa K, Takeda M, Itagaki S, Doi K. Involvement of macrophages in the development of encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus-induced diabetes in mice. Exp Anim 1996; 45:77-80. [PMID: 8689584 DOI: 10.1538/expanim.45.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The role of macrophages in the development of diabetes following infection with encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus was examined in 3 strains of mice (DBA/2 and BALB/c: susceptible, C57BL/6: resistant). After infection with 100 plaque forming units (PFU)/head of EMC-D (highly diabetogenic variant), the incidence of diabetes at 3 days post infection (DPI) (DBA/2: 7/8, BALB/c: 3/8, C57BL/6: 0/8) was well correlated with the severity of macrophage infiltration with beta cell damage in the pancreatic islets (DBA/2: sever, BALB/c: moderate, C57BL/6: slight). Silica-pretreatment depleted macrophage infiltration in the pancreatic islets and decreased the incidence of diabetes at 7 DPI from 100% to 40% in DBA/2 and from 80% to 0% in BALB/c mice, respectively. These results suggest that macrophages play a critical role in the process of pancreatic beta cell damage in EMC virus infection in mice.
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- K Hirasawa
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Takeda M, Miura R, Shiota K, Hirasawa K, Lee MJ, Itagaki SI, Doi K. Distribution of viral RNA in the spinal cord of DBA/2 mice developing biphasic paralysis following infection with the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D). Int J Exp Pathol 1995; 76:441-7. [PMID: 8652364 PMCID: PMC1997210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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DBA/2 mice infected with the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D) (10(1) PFU/head) developed biphasic hind limb paralysis. As a first step in clarifying its pathogenesis, we examined the distribution of viral RNA in the spinal cord using in situ hybridization. At 3 days post inoculation (DPI), in the spinal cord of mice showing slight paralysis, viral RNA was observed in capillary endothelial cells and a few adjacent glia cells in the funiculus lateralis from thoracic to lumbar enlargement. At 7 DPI, in the spinal cord of mice showing apparent paralysis, viral RNA was observed in a larger number of glia cells in the demyelinated lesion associated with infiltration of macrophages in the funiculus lateralis and in a small number of degenerated neurons in the cornu ventrale. In the funiculus lateralis, viral RNA could not be observed after 28 DPI. On the other hand, viral RNA was observed in degenerated neurons in the cornu ventrale of mice showing the second phase paralysis at 42 DPI. Many CD4+T cells infiltrated around these degenerated neurons. These results suggest that: (1) the viral entry zone was the capillary endothelial cells in the funiculus lateralis; (2) first phase paralysis was due to demyelination caused by EMC-D and associated with macrophage infiltration; (3) second phase paralysis was due to degeneration of motor neurons bearing viral RNA associated with infiltration by CD4+T cells.
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- M Takeda
- Department of Biomedical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan
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- J W Yoon
- Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Takeda M, Itagaki S, Doi K. Biphasic disease of central nervous system induced in DBA/2 mice by the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D). Int J Exp Pathol 1993; 74:493-9. [PMID: 8217784 PMCID: PMC2002172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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DBA/2 mice infected with the D variant of encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC-D) (10(1) PFU/head) developed biphasic hind limb paralysis. At 12 days post inoculation (12 DPI), 60% of the infected mice developed hind limb paralysis and two-thirds of them showed recovery by 33 DPI. Thereafter, about 30% of the mice which once showed paralysis developed hind limb paralysis again by 56 DPI. Histopathologically, the spinal cord lesion of paralysed mice was characterized by demyelination associated with infiltration of macrophages in the funiculus lateralis and by degeneration of neurons in the cornu ventrale. Virus antigens were detected in the cytoplasm of degenerated neurons and oligodendrocytes in the demyelinated lesions from 3 to 14 DPI. At 28 DPI, demyelinated lesions reduced in size due to prominent remyelination. At 56 DPI, infiltration of mononuclear cells mainly composed of anti-L3T4-positive (CD4+) T cells were observed in the cornu ventrale of the mice showing recurrence of hind limb paralysis. These results suggested that the early paralysis was mainly due to demyelination in funiculus lateralis caused by EMC-D and macrophages and that the late paralysis was due to degeneration of motor neurons, probably brought about by CD4+ T cells.
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- M Takeda
- Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
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See DM, Tilles JG. WIN 54954 treatment of mice infected with a diabetogenic strain of group B coxsackievirus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1993; 37:1593-8. [PMID: 8215268 PMCID: PMC188025 DOI: 10.1128/aac.37.8.1593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The therapeutic efficacy of an experimental antiviral agent, WIN 54954, was evaluated in a mouse model in which infection by coxsackievirus B4 (CVB4) strain E2 was followed by diabetes mellitus. Male CD1 mice (age, 5 weeks) were inoculated with 10(4) PFU of CVB4. WIN 54954 was administered orally via gavage tube in a dose of either 5 or 50 mg/kg of body weight per day. Treatment was initiated on the day of inoculation and was continued for 10 days. Control animals received the xanthan gum carrier only. At 3 days postinoculation (p.i.), the mean titer of virus in the pancreas was found to be significantly lower in both the high-dose (P < 0.001) and low-dose (P < 0.05) treatment groups compared with that in the controls. Furthermore, islet histologic abnormalities were significantly less common in the high-dose group (P < 0.02) than in the controls. At 7 weeks p.i., both fasting and 1-h postprandial glucose levels in blood were significantly lower for both the high-dose (P < 0.001) and the low-dose (P < 0.01) treatment groups than in controls. The proportion of mice with persistent viral RNA in the pancreas at this time, as detected by polymerase chain reaction, was significantly reduced in the high-dose treatment group (4 of 11 mice) compared with that in the controls (7 of 8 mice). When mice received 50 mg of WIN 54954 per kg daily beginning at either 48 or 72 h postinoculation, the titers in the pancreas were again significantly reduced at 3 days p.i. compared with those in the controls (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). Thus, WIN 54954 effectively reduces virus replication and islet histologic changes acutely and decreases, at 7 weeks, both the metabolic alteration associated with diabetes mellitus and the incidence of detectable viral RNA in the pancreas.
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- D M See
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange 92668
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Honeyman MC, Harrison LC. The immunologic insult in type 1 diabetes. SPRINGER SEMINARS IN IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1993; 14:253-74. [PMID: 8438209 DOI: 10.1007/bf00195977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- M C Honeyman
- Burnet Clinical Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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