PMID- 19234153 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090421 LR - 20211020 IS - 1550-6606 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 182 IP - 5 DP - 2009 Mar 1 TI - Amplification of autoimmune response through induction of dendritic cell maturation in inflamed tissues. PG - 2590-600 LID - 10.4049/jimmunol.0803543 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) are essential in T cell-mediated destruction of insulin-producing beta cells in the islets of Langerhans in type 1 diabetes. In this study, we investigated T cell induction of intra-islet DC maturation during the progression of the disease in both autoimmune-prone NOD and resistant C57BL/6 mice. We demonstrated steady-state capture and retention of unprocessed beta cell-derived proteins by semimature intra-islet DCs in both mouse strains. T cell-mediated intra-islet inflammation induced an increase in CD40 and CD80 expression and processing of captured Ag by resident DCs without inducing the expression of the p40 subunit of IL-12/23. Some of the CD40(high) intra-islet DCs up-regulated CCR7, and a small number of CD40(high) DCs bearing unprocessed islet Ags were detected in the pancreatic lymph nodes in mice with acute intra-islet inflammation, demonstrating that T cell-mediated tissue inflammation augments migration of mature resident DCs to draining lymph nodes. Our results identify an amplification loop during the progression of autoimmune diabetes, in which initial T cell infiltration leads to rapid maturation of intra-islet DCs, their migration to lymph nodes, and expanded priming of more autoreactive T cells. Therapeutic interventions that intercept this process may be effective at halting the progression of type 1 diabetes. FAU - Melli, Kristin AU - Melli K AD - Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. FAU - Friedman, Rachel S AU - Friedman RS FAU - Martin, Ashley E AU - Martin AE FAU - Finger, Erik B AU - Finger EB FAU - Miao, Gang AU - Miao G FAU - Szot, Gregory L AU - Szot GL FAU - Krummel, Matthew F AU - Krummel MF FAU - Tang, Qizhi AU - Tang Q LA - eng GR - R37 AI046643/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI066097/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI46643/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI066097-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 AI66097/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Homeodomain Proteins) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1 protein) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autoimmune Diseases/*immunology/metabolism/*pathology MH - Cell Differentiation/genetics/*immunology MH - Dendritic Cells/*immunology/metabolism/*pathology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics MH - Homeodomain Proteins/physiology MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Inflammation/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Islets of Langerhans/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Inbred NOD MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Trans-Activators/physiology PMC - PMC3057894 MID - NIHMS276365 COIS- Disclosures The authors have no financial conflict of interest. EDAT- 2009/02/24 09:00 MHDA- 2009/04/22 09:00 PMCR- 2011/03/15 CRDT- 2009/02/24 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/24 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/04/22 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/03/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 182/5/2590 [pii] AID - 10.4049/jimmunol.0803543 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 2009 Mar 1;182(5):2590-600. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0803543.