Paradoxical antidiabetogenic effect of gamma-interferon in DP-BB rats

Diabetes
F NicolettiG Garotta

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that anti-gamma-interferon (IFN-gamma) antibody reduces the frequency of autoimmune IDDM in the DP-BB rat. We tested the effects of systemically administered recombinant rat IFN-gamma in both DP-BB and DR-BB rats. Unexpectedly, IFN-gamma markedly reduced the incidence of IDDM as compared with control rats when administered six times per week at a dosage of 280,000 U between ages 30-35 to 105 days or ages 60-64 to 105 days. A lower dosage (28,000 U on alternate days) was also protective when administered to DP-BB rats between birth and age 60 days. However, long-lasting protection against IDDM development over the 1-year study period was achieved only by the highest dosage of IFN-gamma administered from age 30 to 105 days. Ex vivo production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha from splenic lymphoid cells (SLCs) and peritoneal macrophages of the rats treated with IFN-gamma was comparable with that of controls; however, SLCs from the IFN-gamma-treated animals secreted lower amounts of IFN-gamma after stimulation with concanavalin A. IFN-gamma treatment also markedly reduced the frequency of phenotypically activated SLC-expressing class II antigens and interleukin-2 receptor. Finally, in agreement with the ob...Continue Reading

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