ISSN:
1432-0428
Keywords:
Diabetes-prone BB rats
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38 kD islet cell autoantibody
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prediction of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus
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immunoprecipitation
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differential Western blotting
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Autoantibody to a rat islet cell-protein of 38 kilodalton was detectable at around 30 days of age in the sera of diabetes-prone Biobreeding (DP-BB) rats by both immunoprecipitation and differential Western blotting methods. Anti-38 kilodalton islet cell autoantibody was not, however, observed in the sera from 5- to 20-day-old DP-BB rats. Over 90% of DP-BB rats in which the antibody was detected, eventually developed Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. The antibody disappeared within 2 weeks after diabetes onset. However, it was preserved in the sera of DP-BB rats which had been treated with silica to prevent insulitis. The anti-38 kilodalton islet cell autoantibody was not detected in sera from control Wistar Furth (WF) rats. The autoantibody also cross-reacted with a rat insulinoma (RINm5F) cell protein of 38 kilodalton, but did not react with protein from mouse fibroblast (L-929 cells), rat pituitary cells (GH3 cells), or normal rat lymphocytes. The production of the autoantibody appears to be pancreatic Beta-cell dependent, since the autoantibody disappears after almost complete depletion of Beta cells, but is consistently present as long as Beta cells remain. Identification of the Beta-cell dependent anti-38 kilodalton islet cell autoantibody, which cross-reacts with a rat insulinoma cell protein of 38 kilodalton and precedes the onset of Type 1 diabetes in BB rats, will be invaluable for study of the molecular nature of a target islet cell autoantigen associated with the induction of autoimmunity in DP-BB rats.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00400271
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