The Novel Therapeutic Effect of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-γ Inhibitor AS605240 in Autoimmune Diabetes
Autor: | Marwan Mounayar, Najib El Haddad, Paolo Fiorina, Reza Abdi, Thomas Rückle, Robert Moore, Alessandra Petrelli, Ayumi Takakura, Sunmi Yang, Wassim Elyaman, Mollie Jurewicz, Jamil Azzi |
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Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Endocrinology
Diabetes and Metabolism T-Lymphocytes Regulatory Proinflammatory cytokine Mice Downregulation and upregulation Mice Inbred NOD Quinoxalines Internal Medicine medicine Animals Phosphorylation Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors NOD mice Type 1 diabetes Phosphoinositide 3-kinase biology Effector medicine.disease In vitro Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Hyperglycemia Immunology biology.protein Female Thiazolidinediones Immunology and Transplantation Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt Spleen |
Zdroj: | Diabetes |
ISSN: | 1939-327X 0012-1797 |
DOI: | 10.2337/db11-0134 |
Popis: | Type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains a major health problem worldwide, with a steadily rising incidence yet no cure. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase-γ (PI3Kγ), a member of a family of lipid kinases expressed primarily in leukocytes, has been the subject of substantial research for its role in inflammatory diseases. However, the role of PI3Kγ inhibition in suppressing autoimmune T1D remains to be explored. We tested the role of the PI3Kγ inhibitor AS605240 in preventing and reversing diabetes in NOD mice and assessed the mechanisms by which this inhibition abrogates T1D. Our data indicate that the PI3Kγ pathway is highly activated in T1D. In NOD mice, we found upregulated expression of phosphorylated Akt (PAkt) in splenocytes. Notably, T regulatory cells (Tregs) showed significantly lower expression of PAkt compared with effector T cells. Inhibition of the PI3Kγ pathway by AS605240 efficiently suppressed effector T cells and induced Treg expansion through the cAMP response element-binding pathway. AS605240 effectively prevented and reversed autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice and suppressed T-cell activation and the production of inflammatory cytokines by autoreactive T cells in vitro and in vivo. These studies demonstrate the key role of the PI3Kγ pathway in determining the balance of Tregs and autoreactive cells regulating autoimmune diabetes. |
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