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Does interleukin-2 abrogate peripheral immunologic self-tolerance in vivo?

J Allison1, W Heath, J F Miller

  • 1Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Post Office Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

Seminars in Immunology
|June 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in pancreatic beta cells did not prevent autoimmune diabetes in mice. IL-2 requires T cell activation and cannot reverse established tolerance in this model.

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Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Endocrinology
  • Transgenic Models

Background:

  • Pancreatitis and islet infiltration observed in RIP-IL-2 transgenic mice.
  • Previous studies suggest IL-2's role in immune regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of constitutive interleukin-2 (IL-2) expression in pancreatic beta cells on autoimmunity.
  • To determine if IL-2 can overcome peripheral tolerance mechanisms.

Main Methods:

  • Generation of RIP-IL-2 transgenic mice expressing murine IL-2 in islet beta cells.
  • Analysis of immune cell infiltration and autoimmune responses in these mice.
  • Coexpression of IL-2 with extrathymic H-2Kb molecules to study tolerance induction.

Main Results:

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  • RIP-IL-2 mice exhibited pancreatitis and islet infiltration but not islet autoimmunity.
  • Coexpression of IL-2 and H-2Kb did not induce autoimmunity.
  • IL-2 did not reverse tolerance in unresponsive T cells.

Conclusions:

  • Constitutive IL-2 expression in beta cells does not induce islet autoimmunity.
  • IL-2 appears to act primarily on activated T cells and cannot reverse established tolerance in this model.
  • Peripheral tolerance mechanisms remain effective even with IL-2 presence.