Abnormal T cell selection on nod thymic epithelium is sufficient to induce autoimmune manifestations in C57BL/6 athymic nude mice
AUTOR(ES)
Thomas-Vaslin, Véronique
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences of the USA
RESUMO
To investigate the role of primary T cell repertoire selection in the immunopathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, pure thymic epithelium (TE) from nonobese diabetic (NOD) embryos was grafted into non autoimmune prone newborn C57BL/6 athymic mice. The results show that NOD TE selects host T cell repertoires that establish autoimmunity in otherwise nondiabetic animals. Thus, such chimeras regularly show CD4 and CD8 T cell-mediated insulitis and sialitis, in contrast with syngeneic or allogeneic chimeras produced with TE from nonautoimmune strains. This is the first demonstration that autoimmunity to pancreatic β cells and salivary glands can be established by the sole alteration of the thymic environment involved in T cell selection, regardless of the nature and presentation of both major histocompatibility complex and tissue-specific antigens on the target organ. These data indicate that T cell repertoire selection by the NOD thymic epithelium is sufficient to induce specific autoimmune characteristics in the context of an otherwise normal host.
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