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Targeting OCA-B/Pou2af1 blocks type-1 diabetes and reduces infiltration of activated, islet-reactive T cells

ABSTRACT: The transcriptional coregulator OCA-B is induced in stimulated naïve CD4+ T cells, where docks with transcription factor Oct1 to regulate genes such as Il2 and Ifng. OCA-B regulates its targets in cases of repeated antigen exposure, a necessary feature of autoimmunity. Polymorphisms in binding sites for Oct1, and by extension OCA-B, as associated with multiple forms of autoimmunity including autoimmune (type-1) diabetes. We hypothesized that T cell-specific OCA-B deletion would protect mice from type-1 diabetes, and that pharmacologic OCA-B inhibition would provide similar protection. We developed an Ocab (Pou2af1) conditional allele and backcrossed it onto a diabetes-prone NOD/ShiLtJ strain background. T cell-specific OCA-B loss protected mice from spontaneous T1D. To clarify the mechanism, we profiled leukocytes from prediabetic islets by single-cell RNA sequencing and T cell receptor clonotype analysis.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE145228 | GEO | 2020/09/29

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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