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Early Th1 Response in Unprimed Nonobese Diabetic Mice to the Tyrosine Phosphatase-Like Insulinoma-Associated Protein 2, an Autoantigen in Type 1 Diabetes

Sylvie Trembleau^*, Giuseppe Penna^*, Silvia Gregori^*, Giovanni Magistrelli^1,, Antonella Isacchi and Luciano Adorini^2,*

^* Roche Milano Ricerche, Milan, Italy; and Department of Biology, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Nerviano, Milan, Italy

The insulinoma-associated protein 2 (IA-2) is a phosphatase-like autoantigen inducing T and B cell responses associated with human insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). We now report that T cell responses to IA-2 can also be detected in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse, a model of human IDDM. Cytokine secretion in response to purified mouse rIA-2, characterized by high IFN- and relatively low IL-10 and IL-6 secretion, was elicited in spleen cells from unprimed NOD mice. Conversely, no response to IA-2 was induced in spleen cells from BALB/c, C57BL/6, or Biozzi AB/H mice that express, like NOD, the I-A^g7 class II molecule, but are not susceptible to spontaneous IDDM. The IA-2-induced IFN- response in NOD spleen cells could already be detected at 3 wk and peaked at 8 wk of age, whereas the IL-10 secretion was maximal at 4 wk of age and then waned. IA-2-dependent IFN- secretion was induced in CD4⁺ cells from spleen as well as pancreatic and mesenteric lymph nodes. It required Ag presentation by I-A^g7 molecules and engagement of the CD4 coreceptor. Interestingly, cytokines were produced in the absence of cell proliferation and IL-2 secretion. The biological relevance of the response to IA-2 is indicated by the enhanced IDDM following a single injection of the recombinant protein emulsified in IFA into 18-day-old NOD mice. In addition, IFN- production in response to IA-2 and IDDM acceleration could be induced by IL-12 administration to 12-day-old NOD mice. These results identify IA-2 as an early T cell-inducing autoantigen in the NOD mouse and indicate a role for the IA-2-induced Th1 cell response in IDDM pathogenesis.

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