Anti–CD3 Antibody Treatment: a Promising Immunotherapeutic for Type 1 Diabetes

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Riyasat Ali ◽  
Sudhir Kumar

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease characterized by spontaneous pancreatic beta cells destruction. The central cause of T1D is mainly the weakening of central and peripheral tolerance. So, the induction of tolerance is a major goal for most of the immunotherapies. Investigations over the last couple of decades have shown that anti–CD3 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and their therapeutic variants effectively treat autoimmune disease in animal models, and have also shown promise in clinical trials. Tolerance induction by anti–CD3 mAbs is mainly related to the induction of Th2 type immune response and regulatory T cells (Tregs) development that control pathogenic autoimmune responses. Here, we review main findings of last couple of decades research, and current scenario of anti–CD3 mediated immune tolerance, and preclinical and clinical studies in which anti–CD3 mAbs have been used.

Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 1671-P
Author(s):  
KIMBER SIMMONS ◽  
SUSAN GEYER ◽  
DIANE K. WHERRETT ◽  
HEBA M. ISMAIL ◽  
MARKUS LUNDGREN ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerry K. Schwalfenberg

This paper looks at the environmental role of vitamin D and solar radiation as risk reduction factors in autoimmune disease. Five diseases are considered: multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease of the thyroid, and inflammatory bowel disease. Clinical relevant studies and factors that may indicate evidence that autoimmune disease is a vitamin D-sensitive disease are presented. Studies that have resulted in prevention or amelioration of some autoimmune disease are discussed. An example of the utility of supplementing vitamin D in an unusual autoimmune disease, idiopathic thrombocytic purpura, is presented.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen M. Elso ◽  
Nicholas A. Scott ◽  
Lina Mariana ◽  
Emma I. Masterman ◽  
Andrew P.R. Sutherland ◽  
...  

AbstractType 1, or autoimmune, diabetes is caused by the T-cell mediated destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice spontaneously develop autoimmune diabetes akin to human type 1 diabetes. For this reason, the NOD mouse has been the preeminent murine model for human type 1 diabetes research for several decades. However, humanized mouse models are highly sought after because they offer both the experimental tractability of a mouse model and the clinical relevance of human-based research. Autoimmune T-cell responses against insulin, and its precursor proinsulin, play central roles in the autoimmune responses against pancreatic beta cells in both humans and NOD mice. As a first step towards developing a murine model of the human autoimmune response against pancreatic beta cells we set out to replace the murine insulin 1 gene (Ins1) with the human insulin gene (INS) using CRISPR/Cas9. Here we describe a NOD mouse strain that expresses human insulin in place of murine insulin 1, referred to as HuPI. HuPI mice express human insulin, and C-peptide, in their serum and pancreata and have normal glucose tolerance. Compared with wild type NOD mice, the incidence of diabetes is much lower in HuPI mice. Only 15-20% of HuPI mice developed diabetes after 300 days, compared to more than 60% of unmodified NOD mice. Immune-cell infiltration into the pancreatic islets of HuPI mice was not detectable at 100 days but was clearly evident by 300 days. This work highlights the feasibility of using CRISPR/Cas9 to create mouse models of human diseases that express proteins pivotal to the human disease. Furthermore, it reveals that even subtle changes in proinsulin protect NOD mice from diabetes.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Westley ◽  
Tiffany Richardson ◽  
Suhana Bedi ◽  
Baofeng Jia ◽  
Fiona S.L. Brinkman ◽  
...  

Abstract    A variety of islet autoantibodies (AAbs) can predict and possibly dictate eventual type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis. Upwards of 75% of those with T1D are positive for AAbs against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65), a producer of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in human pancreatic beta cells. Interestingly, bacterial populations within the human gut also express GAD65 and produce GABA. Evidence suggests that dysbiosis of the microbiome may correlate with T1D pathogenesis and physiology. Therefore, autoimmune linkages between the gut microbiome and islets susceptible to autoimmune attack need to be further elucidated. Utilizing silico analyses, we show here that 25 GAD sequences from different human gut bacterial sources show sequence and motif similarities to human beta cell GAD65. Our motif analyses determined that a majority of gut GAD sequences contain the pyroxical dependent decarboxylase domain of human GAD65 which is important for its enzymatic activity. Additionally, we showed overlap with known human GAD65 T-cell receptor epitopes which may implicate the immune destruction of beta cells. Thus, we propose a physiological hypothesis in which changes in the gut microbiome in those with T1D result in a release of bacterial GAD, thus causing miseducation of the host immune system. Due to the notable similarities, we found between humans and bacterial GAD, these deputized immune cells may then go on to target human beta cells leading to the development of T1D.


2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-216
Author(s):  
M.D. Tron’ko ◽  
K.P. Zak ◽  
V.V. Popova

Aim — The establishment of mechanisms for T1D development at early and late preclinical stages of disease formation in children and adolescents. Material and methods. At the State Institution «V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of NAMS of Ukraine» mentioned the Program «Immunity in the preclinical period of T1D development» was initiated, on the basis of which the Register of marker-positive children with predictable development of type 1 diabetes was created, which includes 612 children aged from 7 to 15 years with burdened heredity, in which the titer of diabetes-associated autobodies (DAA), cytokines, levels of basal and postprandial glycemia and secretion of C-peptide at preclinical and clinical stages of T1D development in children and adolescents based on the performed clinical and immunological study. Results. The new data have been obtained at the State Institution «V.P. Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of NAMS of Ukraine», which allowed to substantially supplement the existing ideas about the type 1 diabetes (T1D) pathogenesis. As a result of the performed study, a group of marker-positive children with burdened heredity and a predicted risk of developing the disease was formed. It was found that an increased titer of DAA was observed in 162 (35.45%) of 457 children with burdened heredity with no less than two times determination of DAA presence in them, mainly GADA and IA‑2A, the clinical debut was manifested in 86 (53.08%) of them from 6 months to 16 years (27.4±4.3 months). The formula of combined occurrence and values of simultaneously increased DAA titers to islet autoantigens, namely IA‑2A + GADA, was determined, which is a predictor of both the duration of preclinical stage of T1D development and the debut rate. Impaired cytokine production (increase of the level of proinflammatory cytokines IL‑1α, IL‑6 and TNFα, IL‑8 and IL‑16 while reducing the concentration of IL‑4 in the PB) as key factors of the T1D pathogenesis, which determine the rate of T1D debut, and the aggressiveness of its course were also established. It was found that the early preclinical period of T1D development in DAA+ children was characterized by the presence of dysglycemia in the form of increased glycemia in 2 hour after the glucose tolerance test and a slight decrease in secretion of stimulated C-peptide; in addition, dysglycemia in the form of impaired fasting glycemia was added in DAA+children in the late preclinical period, and a decrease in both basal and stimulated secretion of the C-peptide was determined, indicating that the potential of pancreatic beta cells was depleted.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie G. Landry ◽  
Amanda M. Anderson ◽  
Holger A. Russ ◽  
Liping Yu ◽  
Sally C. Kent ◽  
...  

Proinsulin is an abundant protein that is selectively expressed by pancreatic beta cells and has been a focus for development of antigen-specific immunotherapies for type 1 diabetes (T1D). In this study, we sought to comprehensively evaluate reactivity to preproinsulin by CD4 T cells originally isolated from pancreatic islets of organ donors having T1D. We analyzed 187 T cell receptor (TCR) clonotypes expressed by CD4 T cells obtained from six T1D donors and determined their response to 99 truncated preproinsulin peptide pools, in the presence of autologous B cells. We identified 14 TCR clonotypes from four out of the six donors that responded to preproinsulin peptides. Epitopes were found across all of proinsulin (insulin B-chain, C-peptide, and A-chain) including four hot spot regions containing peptides commonly targeted by TCR clonotypes derived from multiple T1D donors. Of importance, these hot spots overlap with peptide regions to which CD4 T cell responses have previously been detected in the peripheral blood of T1D patients. The 14 TCR clonotypes recognized proinsulin peptides presented by various HLA class II molecules, but there was a trend for dominant restriction with HLA-DQ, especially T1D risk alleles DQ8, DQ2, and DQ8-trans. The characteristics of the tri-molecular complex including proinsulin peptide, HLA-DQ molecule, and TCR derived from CD4 T cells in islets, provides an essential basis for developing antigen-specific biomarkers as well as immunotherapies.


2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 65-71
Author(s):  
Alina Gabriela Dutu ◽  
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Silviu Albu ◽  

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is considered an autoimmune disease mediated by Th1 lymphocytes, while allergic diseases are characterized by Th2-mediated immune response. Their incidence is rising in developed countries and the interaction between autoimmune and atopic diseases has been a subject of interest for decades. There are many controversies about the association or mutual exclusion of these diseases, but classical paradigm based on the assumption that diseases mediated by Th1 and Th2 should be mutually exclusive, has been revised considering both the role of regulatory T cells Threg, and the environmental factors involved. The aim of this review is to investigate the association of allergic diseases (rhinitis, asthma, dermatitis) in patient diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The studies that attempted to shed light on this topic had surprisingly varied results. These ranged from statistically significant proof of an inverse association between an autoimmune disease and one or several atopic ones to other implying positive associations. Although up to now studies on this subject present seemingly discordant results, each attempt raises new questions and sheds light on new factors involved in the interaction of these diseases. They present much needed stepping stones for future studies to learn from and adapt.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Elena G. Novoselova ◽  
Olga V. Glushkova ◽  
Sergey M. Lunin ◽  
Maxim O. Khrenov ◽  
Svetlana B. Parfenyuk ◽  
...  

Type 1 diabetes is associated with the destruction of pancreatic beta cells, which is mediated via an autoimmune mechanism and consequent inflammatory processes. In this article, we describe a beneficial effect of peroxiredoxin 6 (PRDX6) in a type 1 diabetes mouse model. The main idea of this study was based on the well-known data that oxidative stress plays an important role in pathogenesis of diabetes and its associated complications. We hypothesised that PRDX6, which is well known for its various biological functions, including antioxidant activity, may provide an antidiabetic effect. It was shown that PRDX6 prevented hyperglycemia, lowered the mortality rate, restored the plasma cytokine profile, reversed the splenic cell apoptosis, and reduced the β cell destruction in Langerhans islets in mice with a severe form of alloxan-induced diabetes. In addition, PRDX6 protected rat insulinoma RIN-m5F β cells, cultured with TNF-α and IL-1β, against the cytokine-induced cytotoxicity and reduced the apoptotic cell death and production of ROS. Signal transduction studies showed that PRDX6 prevented the activation of NF-κB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling cascades in RIN-m5F β cells cultured with cytokines. In conclusion, there is a prospect for therapeutic application of PRDX6 to delay or even prevent β cell apoptosis in type 1 diabetes.


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