Inducing Specific Immune Tolerance to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes in NOD Mice

Pancreas
Fang LiuPing Lü

Abstract

Proinsulin is the first autoantigen in type 1 diabetes (T1D). We reasoned that coupling hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) transplantation with ex vivo transduction of syngeneic HSCs with lentiviral vectors to express proinsulin II could prevent T1D in nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice. Hematopoietic stem cells were isolated from 6- to 8-week-old NOD female mice and transduced in vitro with lentiviral vectors encoding proinsulin II. Preconditioned 3- to 4-week-old female NOD mice were transplanted with transduced or nontransduced HSCs and compared with age-matched unmanipulated control. The insulitis, T1D development, and immune reconstitution were assessed. The mean (SD) insulitis score was significantly reduced (1.156 [0.575] vs 2.156 [0.892] or 3.043 [0.728], P = 0.009 or <0.001), and diabetes was nearly completely prevented (1/13 vs 5/12 or 4/9, P = 0.031 or 0.013) in recipients of transduced HSCs expressing proinsulin II as compared with recipients of nontransduced HSCs or unmanipulated control. Sialitis, reconstitution of peripheral blood leukocytes, and in vitro recall responses to ovalbumin were not different between 3 groups of mice. Syngeneic transplantation of HSCs transduced ex vivo with lentiviral vectors to encode proinsu...Continue Reading

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