title: Analysis of pancreas-infiltrating T cells in diabetic NOD mice: fusion with BW5147 yields a high frequency of islet-reactive hybridomas.
abstract: Diabetes in NOD mice is an autoimmune disease which is characterized by the infiltration of islets of Langerhans by large numbers of T cells. Some of these infiltrating T cells are clearly islet-cells-specific; however, many or most of these T cells could be attracted nonspecificity into these lesions. To study NOD pancreas-infiltrating T cells, we fused these cells with BW5147 to make T cell hybridomas. Ninety-four pancreas-derived T hybrids were analyzed of which 12 responded specifically to islet cells by secreting IL-2. Only CD3+, CD4+ hybrids responded to islet cells in our assay, and a large proportion of these hybrids were islet-cell reactive. T cell receptor (TCR) V beta element usage was heterogeneous in islet-reactive hybridomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Prud'homme
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bocarro
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Balderas
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Theofilopoulos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D016827:CD8 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D010179:Pancreas / Q000276:immunology*; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D017252:CD3 Complex; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D016827:CD8 Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell