Preventive Effect of Monoclonal Anti-L3T4 Antibody on Development of Diabetes in NOD Mice

作者：Takao Koike, Yohjiro Itoh, Tatsuko Ishii, Isao Ito, Katsuhiko Takabayashi, Naoki Maruyama, Hisao Tomioka, Sho Yoshida · 发表于：Diabetes · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.2337/diab.36.4.539 · 被引用次数：213 · 研究领域：Diabetes and associated disorders、Diabetes Treatment and Management、T-cell and B-cell Immunology

We analyzed the surface phenotypes of infiltrated cells in pancreases of nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice with monoclonal antibodies to mouse lymphocytes. Most of the infiltrated cells were Thy1+ and Ly1+ T-lymphocytes, and most of them were L3T4+ helper T-lymphocyte subsets. To elucidate the role of L3T4+ T-lymphocytes in the development of insulitis and diabetes in NOD mice, we treated the animals with injections of monoclonal anti-L3T4 antibody. Administration of this antibody prevented the insulitis and diabetes in NOD mice. These results lead to conclusions that the L3T4+ helper T-lymphocytes may play an essential role in the pathogenesis of type I diabetes and that the manipulation of the OKT4+ (Leu3+) T-lymphocyte subset, the human homology of L3T4, with monoclonal antibodies may provide effective therapy for human type I diabetes.