Impact of T-cell-specific Smad4 deficiency on the development of autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice
- Authors
- Kim, Donghee; Lee, Song Mi; Jun, Hee-Sook
- Issue Date
- Mar-2017
- Publisher
- WILEY
- Citation
- IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY, v.95, no.3, pp.287 - 296
- Journal Title
- IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY
- Volume
- 95
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 287
- End Page
- 296
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6345
- DOI
- 10.1038/icb.2016.98
- ISSN
- 0818-9641
- Abstract
- Type 1 diabetes results from autoimmune-mediated pancreatic beta-cell destruction and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is known to play a preventive role in type 1 diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. In this study, we investigated the role of Smad4, a key molecule for Smad-dependent TGF-beta signaling, in T cells of NOD mice in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes. We generated T-cell-specific Smad4 knockout (Smad4 tKO) NOD mice and assessed the pathological and immunological changes. Smad4 tKO showed earlier onset and increased incidence of diabetes than wild type (WT) NOD mice. Pathological features such as insulitis, anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase auto-antibody levels and serum IFN-gamma levels were significantly increased in Smad4 tKO compared with WT NOD mice. Proportion and number of activated/memory CD4(+) T cell were significantly increased in pancreatic lymph nodes of Smad4 tKO compared with WT NOD mice. However, the proportion and function of regulatory T cells was not different. Effector CD4(+) T cells from Smad4 tKO were more resistant to suppression by regulatory T cells than effector cells from WT NOD mice. The proliferative potential of effector T cells from Smad4 tKO was significantly elevated compared with WT NOD mice, and activation of sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c (SREBP-1c) in T cells of Smad4 tKO NOD mice was correlated with this proliferative activity. We conclude that Smad4 deletion in T cells of NOD mice accelerated the development of autoimmune diabetes and increased the incidence of the disease by dysregulation of T cell activation at least in part via SREBP-1c activation.
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