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Research data supporting "AAV-mediated overexpression of Prdm12 in knee-innervat

Objective: Type 1 diabetes is characterized by autoimmune destruction of b-cells leading to severe insulin deficiency. Although many improvements...

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    [title] => Research data supporting "AAV-mediated overexpression of Prdm12 in knee-innervat
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Authors
Smith, Ewan

Lab
School of the Biological Sciences; Department of Pharmacology; University of Cambridge © 2026
Journal
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Abstract
Objective: Type 1 diabetes is characterized by autoimmune destruction of b-cells leading to severe insulin deficiency. Although many improvements have been made in recent years, exogenous insulin therapy is still imperfect; new therapeutic approaches, focusing on preserving/ expanding b-cell mass and/or blocking the autoimmune process that destroys islets, should be developed. The main objective of this work was to test in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice, which spontaneously develop autoimmune diabetes, the effects of local expression of Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), a potent mitogenic and pro-survival factor for b-cells with immunomodulatory properties. Methods: Transgenic NOD mice overexpressing IGF1 specifically in b-cells (NOD-IGF1) were generated and phenotyped. In addition, miRTcontaining, IGF1-encoding adeno-associated viruses (AAV) of serotype 8 (AAV8-IGF1-dmiRT) were produced and administered to 4- or 11- week-old non-transgenic NOD females through intraductal delivery. Several histological, immunological, and metabolic parameters were measured to monitor disease over a period of 28e30 weeks. Results: In transgenic mice, local IGF1 expression led to long-term suppression of diabetes onset and robust protection of b-cell mass from the autoimmune insult. AAV-mediated pancreatic-specific overexpression of IGF1 in adult animals also dramatically reduced diabetes incidence, both when vectors were delivered before pathology onset or once insulitis was established. Transgenic NOD-IGF1 and AAV8-IGF1-dmiRT-treated NOD animals had much less islet infiltration than controls, preserved b-cell mass, and normal insulinemia. Transgenic and AAV-treated islets showed less expression of antigen-presenting molecules, inflammatory cytokines, and chemokines important for tissue-specific homing of effector T cells, suggesting IGF1 modulated islet autoimmunity in NOD mice. Conclusions: Local expression of Igf1 by AAV-mediated gene transfer counteracts progression to diabetes in NOD mice. This study suggests a therapeutic strategy for autoimmune diabetes in humans
Keywords/Topics
Behaviour; Electrophysiology
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