title: Nicotinamide prevents lymphocytic infiltration in submandibular glands but not the appearance of anti-salivary duct antibodies in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice.
abstract: Previously we have shown that nicotinamide prevents spontaneously occurring diabetes associated with insulitis in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. In this study we injected nicotinamide (0.5 mg/g) or saline (0.01 ml/g) into female NOD mice daily during a period between 4 and 16 weeks of age. At the end of the treatment, periductal and perivascular lymphocytic infiltration in submandibular glands was observed in 91% of saline-injected control mice and 36% of nicotinamide-injected mice (P less than 0.01). No significant difference was observed in the prevalence of anti-salivary duct antibodies or antinuclear antibodies between the nicotinamide group and the saline group. Nicotinamide may alter cell-mediated, but not humoral, immunity to salivary gland cells, resulting in the prevention of submandibulitis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000187:drug effects; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D009536:Niacinamide