Longitudinal Frequencies of Blood Leukocyte Subpopulations Differ between NOD and NOR Mice but Do Not Predict Diabetes in NOD Mice

J Diabetes Res. 2016:2016:4208156. doi: 10.1155/2016/4208156. Epub 2016 Feb 4.

Abstract

Immune phenotyping provides insight into disease pathogenesis and prognostic markers. Trajectories from age of 4 to 36 weeks were modeled for insulin autoantibodies and for leukocyte subpopulations in peripheral blood from female NOD (n = 58) and NOR (n = 22) mice. NOD mice had higher trajectories of insulin autoantibodies, CD4(+) and CD8(+) T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, IgD(+)IgM(-) B lymphocytes, and NK cells and lower trajectories of CD4(+)CD25(+) T lymphocytes, IgM(+) B lymphocytes, granulocytes, and monocytes than NOR mice (all p < 0.001). Of these, only the increased IAA trajectory was observed in NOD mice that developed diabetes as compared to NOD mice that remained diabetes-free. Therefore, the profound differences in peripheral blood leukocyte proportions observed between the diabetes-prone NOD mice and the diabetes-resistant mice do not explain the variation in diabetes development within NOD mice and do not provide markers for diabetes prediction in this model.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / genetics
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / immunology*
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Insulin / immunology
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Leukocytes / immunology*
  • Mice, Inbred NOD
  • Phenotype
  • Species Specificity
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Biomarkers
  • Insulin