INDUCTION AND THERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES IN THE NON-OBESE DIABETIC (NOD/LT) MOUSE BY A 65-KDA HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN
INDUCTION AND THERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DIABETES IN THE NON-OBESE DIABETIC (NOD/LT) MOUSE BY A 65-KDA HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.87.4.1576
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发表时间:
1990-02-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
COHEN, IR
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作者:
ELIAS, D;MARKOVITS, D;COHEN, IR
Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is caused by autoimmune destruction of the insulin-produced beta cells of the pancreas. The results described here indicate that a beta-cell target antigen in non-obese diabetic (NOD/Lt) mice is a molecule cross-reactive with the 65-kDa heat shock protein (hsp65) of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The onset of beta-cell destruction is associated with the spontaneous development of anti-hsp65 T lymphocytes. Subsequently hsp65 cross-reactive antigen becomes detectable in the sera of the prediabetic mice and some weeks later anti-hsp65 antibodies, anti-insulin antibodies, and anti-idiotypic antibodies in insulin antibodies become detectable. The hsp65-cross-reactive antigen, the autoantibodies, and the T-cell reactivity then decline with the development of overt insulin-dependent diabetes. The importance of hsp65 in the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes was confirmed by the ability of clones of anti-hsp65 T cells to cause insulitis and hyperglycemia in young NOD/Lt mice. Moreover, hsp65 antigen could be used either to induce diabetes or to vaccinate against diabetes, depending on the form of its administration to prediabetic NOD/Lt mice. Other antigens such as the 70-kDa heat shock protein (hsp70) had no effect on the development of diabetes.