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Reduced interferon-α production by dendritic cells in type 1 diabetes does not impair immunity to Influenza Virus

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Clin Exp Immunol. 2014 Oct 6. doi: 10.1111/cei.12462. [Epub ahead of print]
Reduced interferon-α production by dendritic cells in type 1 diabetes does not impair immunity to Influenza Virus.
Kreuzer D1, Nikoopour E, Au BC, Krougly O, Lee-Chan E, Summers KL, Haeryfar SM, Singh B.
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Abstract

Increased risk and persistence of infections in diabetic condition is likely associated with defect in the cellular immune responses. We previously showed a decrease in the production of interferon-α (IFN-α) by dendritic cells (DCs) in diabetic subjects. The basal level of IFN-α in splenic plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) is also lower in diabetic NOD mice compared to pre-diabetic mice. The objective of this study was to analyze the ability of diabetic mice to mobilize innate and CD8+ T cell-mediated immune response to influenza A virus (IAV) with live influenza A/Puerto Rico/8/1934 H1N1 (PR8) strain or with its immunodominant CD8+ T cells epitopes. We found that following immunization with IAV, the level of IFN-α in diabetic mice was increased to the level in pre-diabetic mice. Immunization of NOD mice with the immunodominant IAV PR8 peptide induced clonal expansion of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) producing CD8+ T-cells similar to the response observed in pre-diabetic mice. Thus, diabetic and prediabetic NOD mice have a similar capacity for IFN-α and IFN-γ production by pDCs and CD8+ T-cells, respectively. Therefore, dendritic cell related immune defect in diabetic NOD mice does not impair their capacity to develop effective immune response to IAV. Our results suggest reduced IFN-α production by diabetic human and mouse DCs is not an impediment to an effective immunity to IAV in type 1 diabetic subjects vaccinated with live attenuated influenza vaccine.

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PMID:
25286929
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25286929
 
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