Rel B is an early marker of autoimmune islet inflammation in the BioBreeding (BB) rat
(2000) In Pancreas 20(1). p.47-54- Abstract
Because the development of insulitis and diabetes is predictable in Lyp/Lyp congenic BB rats, we have characterized early islet inflammation in these rats to determine the cell subsets involved in the onset of autoimmune insulitis. Pancreas sections from prediabetic Lyp/Lyp, Lyp/+ and +/+ rats were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. We found W3/25+ cells in the exo- and endocrine tissue from all three genotypes, but intraislet insulitis was never found in Lyp/+ or +/+ rats. The onset of massive, intraislet B- and T-cell infiltration in Lyp/Lyp rats was preceded by Rel B+ cells in and around the islets, followed by ED1+ monocytes/macrophages. Rel B+ cells were more frequent in the parafollicular cortex of pancreatic lymph nodes from... (More)
Because the development of insulitis and diabetes is predictable in Lyp/Lyp congenic BB rats, we have characterized early islet inflammation in these rats to determine the cell subsets involved in the onset of autoimmune insulitis. Pancreas sections from prediabetic Lyp/Lyp, Lyp/+ and +/+ rats were analyzed by immunohistochemistry. We found W3/25+ cells in the exo- and endocrine tissue from all three genotypes, but intraislet insulitis was never found in Lyp/+ or +/+ rats. The onset of massive, intraislet B- and T-cell infiltration in Lyp/Lyp rats was preceded by Rel B+ cells in and around the islets, followed by ED1+ monocytes/macrophages. Rel B+ cells were more frequent in the parafollicular cortex of pancreatic lymph nodes from Lyp/Lyp than from Lyp/+ and +/+ rats. In the Lyp/Lyp thymus, we found significantly increased expression of IL-12p40 messenger RNA (mRNA; p < 0.001), located in the Rel B-protein-rich corticomedullary junction. The NF-κB/Rel B complex specifically transactivates genes involved in antigen presentation in dendritic cells. Rel B+ cells in the islets may therefore mark the onset of autoimmune insulitis and antigen-specific activation of autoreactive T cells in the lymph nodes of diabetes prone Lyp/Lyp BB rats. In the thymus, Rel B+ cells may support the Lyp-dependent development of self-reactive thymocytes by activation of cytokine expression.
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- Bieg, Sabine ; Simonson, William T ; Ellefsen, Kristian and Lernmark, Åke LU
- publishing date
- 2000-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Antigen-presenting cell, Congenic, Dendritic cell, Diabetes, Pancreas, T cell
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- Pancreas
- volume
- 20
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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- scopus:0033957431
- pmid:10630383
- ISSN
- 0885-3177
- DOI
- 10.1097/00006676-200001000-00007
- language
- English
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- no
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- 53f0b0d1-8368-4d4b-b52c-caec02257fd9
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