Dataset: Transcription profiling of rat identifies of a serum induced transcriptional signature associated with type 1 diabetes

Human type 1 diabetes (T1D) arises through autoimmunity towards the insulin-producing pancreatic β cells and is modeled by the BioBreeding (BB) rat. Factors associated with islet autoimmunity are dilute and difficult to directly measure in the periphery. Therefore, we previously utilized microarray-based bioassay where human T1D sera were used to induce a disease-specific gene expression signature in unrelated, healthy peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Here we report that sera of both spontaneously diabetic BB DRlyp/lyp and diabetes inducible BB DR+/+ rats induce inflammatory signatures in healthy PBMC of non-diabetic Brown Norway (BN) rats, while allogeneic BN sera does not. Consistent with their common T1D susceptibility, transcriptional signatures of both BB sub-strains share identity, including cytokines, immune receptors and signaling molecules. However, like the human T1D signature, the DRlyp/lyp signature, which is associated with progression to diabetes, is differentiated from that of the DR+/+ by induction of many IL-1 regulated genes. Addition of IL-1RA to cultures significantly ablates the DRlyp/lyp signature. Daily treatment of DRlyp/lyp rats with human recombinant IL-1RA significantly delays onset and sera of treated animals do not induce the characteristic IL-1 signature. Consistent with the presence of immune regulation in DR+/+ rats is induction of a signature showing negative regulation of the NFκB pathway. This study supports prior human investigations of serum that reflect disease processes associated with progression to T1D and add to a growing body of evidence implicating the balance of IL-1 and IL-1RA as key factors influencing the severity and outcome of inflammatory responses. Experiment Overall Design: The induction of gene expression was accomplished by culturing the PBMCs of healthy day180 BN donor rats for 6 h at 37°C in 5% CO2 with a) 20% autologous BN plasma(10 replicates), b) allogeneic BN plasma (15 replicates), c) allogeneic DRlyp/lyp plasma (day 60, 4 replicates), or d) DR+/+ plasma (day 60, 4 replicates). Healthy BN PBMCs were also cultured with d60 DRlyp/lyp serum supplemented with IL-1RA (4 replicates) as well as autologous BN serum supplemented with IL-1B (4 replicates), to respectively block or induce IL-1 mediated gene expression. To determine if IL-1RA-treatment of DRlyp/lyp rats would result in modulation of the DRlyp/lyp signature, additional DRlyp/lyp rats were treated with hIL-1RA (n=6) or PBS (n=6). Rats were treated for 10 days, beginning at d30, then serum was collected at d40 and used to induce gene expression in PBMCs isolated from healthy d180 BN rats. Thus, there are a total of 53 chips being the addition of all the sample conditions mentioned above.

Species:

rat

Samples:

53

Source:

E-GEOD-19537

Updated:

Feb.09, 2015

Registered:

Jan.08, 2015