This work is built on the hypothesis that molecular phenotyping (transcriptome and proteorhe characterization) will produce new insights into the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes in the Non Obese Diabetic (NOD) mouse at age 2-4 weeks. The very early pathogenic events may be particularly well suited for molecular characterization, because they may not be prominent enough to manifest themselves at the cellular/histological level. The initial work on this project has revealed promising new discoveries both regarding unique defects in the islet tissue (reduced oxidative stress defenses and increases in cell turn- over) and more universal defects present in both islets and immune cells (alterations in ribosomes and mitochondria). In this competitive renewal application we propose to shift the focus from islets of Langerhans to lymphocytes. We will characterize lymphocytes in great details. We believe it is important to conduct molecular characterization of a number of leukocyte subsets individually, to gain a detailed insight into the very early molecular signatures and immune system defects associated with the initiation of autoimmunity in NOD mice.
The specific aims of this proposal are:
Specific Aim 1. To compare the transcriptomes of spleen leukocyte subsets in NOD, NOR, and C57BL/6 female mice between 2 and 4 weeks of age (Specifically the B-lymphocytes, CD4 positive T-lymphocytes, CDS positive T-lymphocytes, and NK cells.
Specific Aim 2. To compare the proteomes of spleen leukocyte subsets in NOD, NOR, and C57BL/6 female mice between 2 & 4 weeks of age (looking at whole cells and subcellular fractions with a variety of proteome characterization approaches).
Specific Aim 3. To reveal molecular network associations between specific proteins and gene expression by conducting cluster analysis on combined molecular phenotype data files (using and further developing some novel analysis and mining approaches).
Specific Aim 4. To develop a public database for molecular phenotypes (to providing an easy-to-access and searchable portal to all of our data). Relevance to Public Health: This project aims to define the molecular defects responsible for the process that causes type 1 diabetes (also called insulin dependent or juvenile onset diabetes). With a better understanding of these processes it will be possible to develop interventions that prevent this disease. ? ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
2R01DK062103-04A1
Application #
7103796
Study Section
Hypersensitivity, Autoimmune, and Immune-mediated Diseases Study Section (HAI)
Program Officer
Sechi, Salvatore
Project Start
2002-07-01
Project End
2011-03-31
Budget Start
2006-04-01
Budget End
2007-03-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2006
Total Cost
$247,640
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
941884009
City
Memphis
State
TN
Country
United States
Zip Code
38163
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Wu, Jian; Lenchik, Nataliya I; Gerling, Ivan C (2008) Approaches to reduce false positives and false negatives in the analysis of microarray data: applications in type 1 diabetes research. BMC Genomics 9 Suppl 2:S12
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