A Variable CD3(+) T-Cell Frequency in Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes Associated with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Development in the LEW.1AR1-iddm Rat

作者：Arndt Tanja; Joerns Anne; Weiss Heike; Tiedge Markus; Hedrich Hans Juergen; Lenzen Sigurd; Wedekind Dirk^*

来源：PLos One, 2013, 8(5): e64305.

DOI：10.1371/journal.pone.0064305

Purpose: The LEW. 1AR1-iddm rat is an animal model of human type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), which arose through a spontaneous mutation within the MHC-congenic inbred strain LEW. 1AR1 (RT1(r2)). In contrast to the diabetes-resistant LEW. 1AR1 background strain in LEW. 1AR1-iddm rats a highly variable T-cell frequency could be observed in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs). %26lt;br%26gt;Methods: In this study we therefore characterised the T-cell repertoire within the PBLs of the two strains by flow cytometry analysis and identified the CD3(+) T-cell phenotype and its possible linkage to diabetes susceptibility. To map loci conferring susceptibility to variable CD3(+) T-cell frequency, backcross strains (N2) were generated with the genetically divergent BN and PAR rats for microsatellite analysis. %26lt;br%26gt;Results: The LEW. 1AR1-iddm rat strain was characterised by a higher variability of CD3(+) T-cells in PBLs along with a slightly decreased mean value compared to the LEW. 1AR1 background strain. The reason for this reduction was a decrease in the CD4(+) T-cell count while the CD8(+) T-cell proportion remained unchanged. However, both T-cell subpopulations showed a high variability. This resulted in a lower CD4(+)/CD8(+) T-cell ratio than in LEW. 1AR1 rats. Like LEW. 1AR1-iddm rats all animals of the backcross populations, N2 BN and N2 PAR rats, also showed large variations of the CD3(+) T-cell frequency. The phenotype of variable CD3(+) T-cell frequency mapped to the telomeric region of chromosome 1 (RNO1), which is identical with the already known Iddm8 diabetes susceptibility region. The data indicate that a variable CD3(+) T-cell frequency in PBLs is genetically linked to diabetes susceptibility in the LEW. 1AR1-iddm rat. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion: The T-cell variability in PBLs could be related to the previously reported imbalance between regulatory and effector T-cell populations which results in beta-cell autoimmunity. Since similar T-cell phenotypes have also been described in human T1DM the identification of the functional role of the observed variable CD3(+) T-cell frequency may help to understand the mechanisms of autoimmunity in T1DM.

• 出版日期2013-5-22
• 单位河北医科大学