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CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 107, Issue 2, Pages 103-115Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/S1521-6616(03)00049-4
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NOD mice; type 1 diabetes; T cells; apoptosis; resistance
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Activation-induced cell death (AICD) is a mechanism of homeostasis that limits the clonal expansion of autoreactive T cells and regulates central and peripheral tolerance. In nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice, defects in central and peripheral tolerance are associated with a proliferative hyporesponsiveness of thymocytes and peripheral T cells elicited upon TCR activation. We investigated whether these defects in tolerance induction and hyporesponsiveness of NOD T cells manifest in an altered susceptibility to TCR-induced AICD. TCR-activated NOD splenic CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells are more resistant to AICD than control strain C57BL/6, BALB/c, and NOR T cells. NOR CD4(+) but not CD8(+) T cells are resistant to TCR-induced AICD. Whereas c-FLIP expression is reduced in activated T cells from control strains, it persists in activated NOD CD8(+) T cells and is accompanied by diminished activity of caspase-3 and -8. IL-4 reduces this c-FLIP expression and increases caspase-3 and -8 activity in activated NOD CD8(+) T cells. Moreover, IL-4 and CD28 costimulation restores the susceptibility of NOD CD8(+) T cells to AICD, and this is associated with increased expression of CD25, CD95, CD95L, and TNFR2. Thus, deficient activation of CD8(+) T cells and their greater resistance to TCR-induced AICD may mediate defective peripheral tolerance and the development of TID in NOD mice. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.
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