Diabetes, Vol 35, Issue 10 1174-1177, Copyright © 1986 by American Diabetes Association

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Interferon-mediated induction of Ia antigen expression on isolated murine whole islets and dispersed islet cells

JR Wright, PE Lacy, ER Unanue, C Muszynski and V Hauptfeld

Islets from male B10.BR mice (H-2k) were isolated by the collagenase technique, handpicked with a Pasteur pipette, and incubated (either intact or after dispersion with Dispase) for 0, 3, 5, 7, 10, or 14 days in tissue culture medium supplemented with either lymphokine supernatants or recombinant murine interferon-gamma. Islets and single cells were examined for IAk molecules by use of indirect immunofluorescence. Ia-positive islet cells were identified on the surface of islets incubated with 5-10% lymphokine for greater than 4 days or with 10, 100, or 1000 ng/ml interferon for greater than 6 days. Islets incubated in unsupplemented medium were Ia negative. Incubation with 5% lymphokine induced Ia expression on 10-40% dispersed islet cells cultured for greater than 9 days. Dual immunofluorescent staining for Ia and insulin revealed that Ia-positive cells included both beta- and non-beta-cells.
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