Differential action of TIGIT on islet and peripheral nerve autoimmunity in the NOD mouse
biorxiv(2023)
摘要
We previously demonstrated that the abrogation of the ICOS pathway prevents type 1 diabetes development in the Non Obese Diabetic (NOD) mouse, but results in a CD4+ T-cell dependent autoimmune neuromyopathy in aged mice. Pancreatic islet infiltrates in conventional NOD mice and neuromuscular infiltrates in Icosl -/- NOD mice have in common that they exhibit a strong enrichment in CD4+TIGIT+ T-cells, whilst TIGIT expression in the peripheral CD4+ T-cells is limited to the CD4+FoxP3+ T-cell population.
When deleting Tigit on the NOD background, diabetes incidence was found increased. Peripheral CD4+CD226+ effector T-cells exhibited an increased frequency of IL-17 producing CD4+CD226+RORgt+ T-cells versus a decreased frequency of IFNγ-producing CD4+CD226+Tbet+ T-cells.
ICOS is expressed in both CD4+FoxP3+ and CD4+CD226+ splenic T-cell subsets. Icosl deletion leads to a decrease of CD4+FoxP3+ cells, with decrease of PD1 but increase of ICOS and CCRX3. Also in the Icosl -/- model, CD4+CD226+ T-cells are decreased by Tigit deletion, and showed an increase of CD4+CD226+RORgt+ T-cells and a decrease of CD4+CD226+Tbet+ T-cells.
However, deletion of Tigit in aged Icosl-/- NOD mice population did not increase the incidence of the autoimmune neuromyopathy observed in Icosl-/- NOD mice. Interestingly, the upregulation of CD4+CD226+RORgt+ T-cells was partly rescued.
We conclude from our study that both Icosl and Tigit deletions on the NOD background lead to a shift between the ratio of IFNγ and IL-17-producing CD4+CD226+ effector cells. The ICOS-dependent neuromyopathy development remains dominant and is not further altered in the absence of TIGIT.
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### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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