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The Idd9/11 genetic locus regulates diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice

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Objective: While the H2^g7 major histocompatibility complex (MHC) provides the primary pathogenic component, the development of T-cell-mediated autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D) in NOD mice also requires contributions from other susceptibility (Idd) genes. Despite sharing the H2^g7 MHC, the closely NOD-related NOR strain remains T1D resistant due to contributions of protective Idd5.2, Idd9/11, and Idd13 region alleles. To aid their eventual identification, we evaluated cell types in which non-MHC Idd resistance genes in NOR mice exert disease protective effects.

Research Design and Methods: Adoptive transfer and bone marrow (BM) chimerism approaches tested the diabetogenic activity of CD4 and CD8 T-cells from NOR mice and NOD stocks congenic for NOR-derived Idd resistance loci. Tetramer staining and mimotope stimulation tested the frequency and proliferative capacity of CD4 BDC2.5-like cells. Regulatory T-cells (Tregs) were identified by Foxp3 staining and functionally assessed by in vitro suppression assays.

Results: NOR CD4 T-cells were less diabetogenic than those from NOD mice. The failure of NOR CD4 T-cells to induce T1D was not due to decreased proliferative capacity of BDC2.5 clonotypic-like cells. The frequency and function of Tregs in NOD and NOR mice were also equivalent. However, BM chimerism experiments demonstrated intrinsic factors inhibited the pathogenic activity of NOR CD4 T-cells. The NOR Idd9/11 resistance region on Chromosome 4 was found to diminish the diabetogenic activity of CD4 but not CD8 T-cells.

Conclusion: In conclusion, we demonstrated that a gene(s) within the Idd9/11 region regulates the diabetogenic activity of CD4 T-cells.

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