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DIABETES
Volume 70, Issue 4, Pages 955-965Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/db20-0945
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- Medical Research Council (U.K.) [MR/K021141/1]
- MRC [MR/K021141/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Naturally protected NOD mice exhibit unique characteristics in their pancreatic islet morphology and immune infiltrate, with features such as increased frequency of insulin-containing, smaller-sized islets and regulatory T and B cell phenotypes. Despite being diabetes free, they still have significant immune infiltrate, indicating a distinct islet signature and providing new insights into regulatory mechanisms in pancreatic islets.
The NOD mouse develops spontaneous type 1 diabetes, with some features of disease that are very similar to the human disease. However, a proportion of NOD mice are naturally protected from developing diabetes, and currently, studies characterizing this cohort are very limited. Here, using both immunofluorescence and multiparameter flow cytometry, we focus on the pancreatic islet morphology and immune infiltrate observed in naturally protected NOD mice. We show that naturally protected NOD mice are characterized by an increased frequency of insulin-containing, smaller-sized, pancreatic islets. Although mice remain diabetes free, florid immune infiltrate remains. However, this immune infiltrate is skewed toward a regulatory phenotype in both T- and B-cell compartments. Pancreatic islets have an increased frequency of IL-10-producing B cells and associated cell surface markers. Resident memory CD69(+)CD8(+) T cells show a significant shift toward reduced CD103 expression, while CD4(+) T cells have increased FoxP3(+)CTLA4(+) expression. These data indicate that naturally protected NOD mice have a unique islet signature and provide new insight into regulatory mechanisms within pancreatic islets.
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