Figure 1

Reg genes and IL-22 receptor (IL-22 R α ) expression in the pancreatic islet cells after IL-22 treatment. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis was performed using gene-specific primers (Table 1) for Reg 1, Reg 2, Reg 3δ and IL-22 Rα on total RNA isolated from 6-week-old pancreatic islets (A-D). Islets were harvested 48 hrs after incubation with either DMEM medium (control); 10, or 50 ng/mL of recombinant IL-22; or a supernatant of Th17 cells polarized with IL-6 plus IL-23 (2 ml). Results shown represent the average fold-change in mRNA expression ± SEM when compared to control-treated islets. N = 3 mice (12 – 14 islets per mouse). Means indicated by the asterisk (*) are significantly different (P<0.05).