The development of autoimmune diabetes in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse is controlled by at least three recessive loci, including one linked to the MHC. To determine whether any of these genetic loci exert their effects via the immune system, radiation bone marrow chimeras were constructed in which (NOD X B10)F1-irradiated recipients were reconstituted with NOD bone marrow cells. Unmanipulated (NOD X B10)F1 mice, or irradiated F1 mice reconstituted with F1 or B10 bone marrow, did not display insulitis or diabetes. In contrast, insulitis was observed in a majority of the NOD----F1 chimeras and diabetes developed in 21% of the mice. These data demonstrate that expression of the diabetic phenotype in the NOD mouse is dependent on NOD-derived hematopoietic stem cells. Diabetogenic genes in the NOD mouse do not appear to function at the level of the insulin-producing beta cells since NOD----F1 chimeras not only developed insulitis and diabetes but also rejected beta cells within pancreas transplants from newborn B10 mice. These data suggest that the beta cells of the NOD mouse do not express a unique antigenic determinant that is the target of the autoimmune response.
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June 01 1988
Expression of genetically determined diabetes and insulitis in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse at the level of bone marrow-derived cells. Transfer of diabetes and insulitis to nondiabetic (NOD X B10) F1 mice with bone marrow cells from NOD mice.
L S Wicker,
L S Wicker
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
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B J Miller,
B J Miller
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
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A Chai,
A Chai
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
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M Terada,
M Terada
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
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Y Mullen
Y Mullen
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
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L S Wicker
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
B J Miller
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
A Chai
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
M Terada
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
Y Mullen
Department of Immunology Research, Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey 07065.
Online Issn: 1540-9538
Print Issn: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1988) 167 (6): 1801–1810.
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L S Wicker, B J Miller, A Chai, M Terada, Y Mullen; Expression of genetically determined diabetes and insulitis in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse at the level of bone marrow-derived cells. Transfer of diabetes and insulitis to nondiabetic (NOD X B10) F1 mice with bone marrow cells from NOD mice.. J Exp Med 1 June 1988; 167 (6): 1801–1810. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.167.6.1801
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