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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
IL-23, a proximal regulator of IL-17, may be a major driving force in the induction of autoimmune inflammation. We have used a model of subdiabetogenic treatment with multiple low doses of streptozotocin (MLD-STZ; 4 x 40 mg/kg body weight) in male C57BL/6 mice to study the effect of IL-23 on immune-mediated beta cell damage and the development of diabetes, as evaluated by blood glucose, quantitative histology, immunohistochemistry and expression of relevant cytokines in the islets. Ten daily injections of 400 ng IL-23, starting on the first day of MLD-STZ administration led to significant and sustained hyperglycemia along with weight loss compared with controls (no IL-23), and a significant increase in the number of infiltrating cells, a lower insulin content, enhanced apoptosis, expression of IFN-gamma and IL-17 (not seen in the controls) and a significant increase in the expression of TNF-alpha and IL-18 in the pancreatic islets. IL-23 treatment started 5 days prior to MLD-STZ administration had no effect on diabetogenesis or cytokines expression in the pancreatic islets. We provide the first evidence in an animal model that IL-23 is involved in the development of type-1 diabetes, by inducing IL-17 and possibly IFN-gamma production in the target tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0014-2980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
216-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Interleukin-23, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Interleukin-23 Subunit p19, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Interleukins, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:16358360-Streptozocin
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
IL-23 leads to diabetes induction after subdiabetogenic treatment with multiple low doses of streptozotocin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't