T-Cell–Specific PTPN2 Deficiency in NOD Mice Accelerates the Development of Type 1 Diabetes and Autoimmune Comorbidities

Autor: Thomas W.H. Kay, Yew Ann Leong, Tony Tiganis, Pei Kee Goh, Di Yu, Thomas C. Brodnicki, Florian Wiede, Simon Arnett Jones, Gareth W. Jones, Alan G. Baxter
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Wiede, F, Brodnicki, T C, Goh, P K, Leong, Y A, Jones, G W, Yu, D, Baxter, A G, Jones, S A, Kay, T W H & Tiganis, T 2019, ' T Cell-Specific PTPN2-Deficiency in NOD Mice Accelerates the Development of Type 1 Diabetes and Autoimmune Co-Morbidities. ', Diabetes, vol. 68, no. 6, pp. 1251-1266 . https://doi.org/10.2337/db18-1362
ISSN: 1939-327X
0012-1797
DOI: 10.2337/db18-1362
Popis: Genome-wide association studies have identified PTPN2 as an important non-major histocompatibility complex gene for autoimmunity. Single nucleotide polymorphisms that reduce PTPN2 expression have been linked with the development of varied autoimmune disorders, including type 1 diabetes. The tyrosine-phosphatase PTPN2 attenuates T cell receptor and cytokine signalling in T cells to maintain peripheral tolerance, but the extent to which PTPN2-deficiency in T cells might influence type 1 diabetes onset remains unclear. Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) mice develop spontaneous autoimmune type 1 diabetes, similar to that seen in humans. T cell PTPN2-deficiency in NOD mice markedly accelerated the onset and increased the incidence of type 1 diabetes, as well as that of other disorders, including colitis and Sjogren’s syndrome. Although PTPN2-deficiency in CD8+ T cells alone was able to drive the destruction of pancreatic β cells and onset of diabetes, T cell-specific PTPN2-deficiency was also accompanied by increased CD4+ T-helper type 1 differentiation and T follicular helper cell polarisation and an increased abundance of B cells in pancreatic islets as seen in human type 1 diabetes. These findings causally link PTPN2-deficiency in T cells with the development of type 1 diabetes and associated autoimmune co-morbidities.
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