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INSULIN-dependent (type I) diabetes mellitus (IDDM) follows an autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta-cells of the pancreas. Family and population studies indicate that predisposition is probably polygenic. At least one susceptibility gene lies within the major histocompatibility complex and is closely linked to the genes encoding the class II antigens, HLA-DR and HLA-DQ (refs 3, 4). Fine mapping of susceptibility genes by linkage analysis in families is not feasible because of infrequent recombination (linkage disequilibrium) between the DR and DQ genes. Recombination events in the past, however, have occurred and generated distinct DR-DQ haplotypes, whose frequencies vary between races. DNA sequencing and oligonucleotide dot-blot analysis of class II genes from two race-specific haplotypes indicate that susceptibility to IDDM is closely linked to the DQA1 locus and suggest that both the DQB1 (ref. 7) and DQA1 genes contribute to disease predisposition.
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PMID:Identification of susceptibility loci for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus by trans-racial gene mapping. 249 58

Class II restriction fragment length polymorphism studies of 38 pedigrees with multiple cases of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus revealed the existence of a DQA1-related polymorphism that distinguishes two kinds of HLA-B8,DR3 haplotypes. One of these, characterized by the presence of DQA1-BglII 7.20 kb, was present in all 14 examples inherited by patients and in 6 of the 12 B8,DR3 haplotypes not so inherited. The apparently complete association between the presence of this fragment and the "affected" status of B8,DR3 haplotypes (p = 0.004) was confirmed in a separate group of 26 simplex pedigrees selected for the presence of this haplotype in the respective probands (combined p less than 0.0001).
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PMID:DQA1 restriction fragment length polymorphisms and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: a BglII fragment labels a subset of B8,DR3 haplotypes uniquely associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 257 91

DQw8 (DQw3.2) on DR4 haplotypes is a susceptibility gene for development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in Caucasoids, possibly because it encodes a non-Asp amino acid (aa) (i.e. Ala) at residue 57 of the DQ beta chain (non-Asp-57). Most Caucasoid IDDM patients are homozygous non-Asp-57. We have examined 14 Japanese IDDM patients, selected to be either DR4 or DRw9 (associated to IDDM among Japanese). Their DQB1 alleles and the aa encoded by their DQB1 codons 57 were identified, using 11 different sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes. Secondly, they were examined with DQw8 specific T lymphocyte clones and with anti-DQ monoclonal antibodies. The DQB1 genes on their DR4 and DRw9 haplotypes in all cases encoded Asp-57. Two patients were Asp-57 homozygous, the rest were Asp-57/non-Asp-57 heterozygous. The DR4 haplotypes all carried DQw4 (rather than DQw8), and the DRw9 haplotypes all carried DQw9. Furthermore, five of six DRw8 positive patients carried a previously undetected DRw8DQw8 haplotype, where both the DQA1 and DQB1 genes were similar to those usually found on the DR4DQw8 haplotype. Thus, the DR/DQ allele combinations and aa residue 57 of the DQ beta chain of Caucasoid and Japanese IDDM patients are largely different.
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PMID:HLA-DQ antigens and DQ beta amino acid 57 of Japanese patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: detection of a DRw8DQw8 haplotype. 261 13

Cytokines and their related enzyme pathways may play a part in the development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). We have therefore studied the activity of the enzyme 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase (which is induced by both interferon and the tumour necrosis factors) in circulating mononuclear cells from 40 subjects with IDDM and 32 healthy control subjects. There was no difference in mean basal enzyme activity between the two groups. A polymorphism of the 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase gene, not previously described, was found using the restriction enzyme Bam HI. There was no association of 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase genotypes with IDDM, but there was a significant correlation between basal 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase activity and 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase genotypes. Significantly higher mean basal levels of 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase activity were associated with HLA-DQA 4.6 phenotype (determined using the restriction enzyme Taq 1 and a DQA probe) and HLA-DR3 (determined serologically), whereas significantly lower mean levels of enzyme activity were associated with HLA-DQA 5.5 and HLA-DR7, in both IDDM and control subjects. An analysis of variance confirmed that these associations were independent 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase genotype. Likewise, a significantly higher mean level of enzyme activity was associated with the heterozygous 1/3 insulin-related genotype in the IDDM subjects only. This study therefore suggests that the possession of certain HLA haplotypes might be associated with differing levels of basal 2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase activity.
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PMID:2'-5' oligoadenylate synthetase and its relationship to HLA and genetic markers of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 268 62

HLA-DR4 is associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in many populations. Many recent studies suggest that the DR4 effect is really due to DQ3.2, an allele of the nearby DQB1 locus. We used T cell clones, MAb, and allele-specific oligonucleotides to test IDDM and control subjects for DR4 subtypes (Dw4, Dw10, Dw13, and Dw14) and for DR4-associated DQB1 alleles (DQ3.1 and DQ3.2). We find that (a) IDDM is approximately equally associated with alleles of the DRB1 locus (Dw4 and Dw10, combined relative risk, RR = 6.4) and the DQB1 locus (DQ3.2, RR = 5.9); and (b) there is significant interaction, in a statistical sense, between these DR and DQ alleles in IDDM. The only IDDM-associated DR4 haplotypes were those carrying the IDDM-associated alleles at both loci (RR = 12.1); haplotypes with Dw4 or 10 but not DQ3.2, or vice versa, had a RR less than 1. Alternative explanations include: (a) that susceptibility requires specific allelic products of both DR and DQ loci; (b) that the combination of certain DR and DQ alleles marks haplotypes with the true susceptibility allele at a third locus; or (c) that Dw4 and 10 mark haplotypes with an allele at another locus that interacts with DQ3.2. As discussed, this third locus is unlikely to be DQA1 (DQ alpha). The data thus are not easily reconciled with an exclusive effect of HLA-DQ. This information increases our ability to predict IDDM by genetic typing: in the population studied, heterozygotes DR3/[DQ3.2, Dw4] or DR3/[DQ3.2, Dw10] had a relative risk of 38.0 and an absolute risk of 1 in 15.
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PMID:A diabetes-susceptible HLA haplotype is best defined by a combination of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles. 278 33

The (MHC) class II association with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is well documented. However, it is likely that genes within the MHC class III and the class I region also play a role in determining susceptibility to IDDM. In this study we have used a novel molecular probe to investigate the class I P3A and P3B loci of 179 patients with IDDM and 142 normal control subjects. A highly significant increase in the frequency of the class I P3 4.0;1.5 kilobase (kb) and 4.0;1.8;1.5 kb genotypes was found in patients compared to the control subjects (chi 2 46.8, 6 df, p < 0.0001). The association with the P3B 1.5 kb allele was strongly associated with the age at onset of diabetes, being present in 96.2% of subjects who developed diabetes between the age of 10-20 years compared to 55.0 and 74.6% who developed diabetes before 10 years or after 20 years, respectively (chi 2 31.4, p < 0.0001). There was no evidence for linkage disequilibrium between the DQA1 and DQB1 loci and P3B suggesting that this is an independent association. In conclusion, these results suggest that genes in both the MHC class I and II regions confer susceptibility to IDDM and are related to the age at onset of the disease.
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PMID:A new marker in the HLA class I region is associated with the age at onset of IDDM. 748 48

To study the role of the HLA DQA1 gene and its interaction with DQB1 in the susceptibility of IDDM, subjects with insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus and non-diabetic unrelated controls were recruited from a Chinese population living in northern Taiwan. HLA DQA1 exon 2 was enzymatically amplified by polymerase chain reaction. HLA DQA1 alleles were diagnosed by dot blotting and hybridization with 11 sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes. Among all the DQA1 alleles, DQA1*0301 and DQA1*0501 were more frequent while DQA1*0102, DQA1*0103 and DQA1*0601 were less frequent in Chinese with IDDM than in controls. Among the DQA1 genotypes, only DQA1*0301/0301 and DQA1*0301/0501 were associated with increased risk to IDDM while DQA1*0301/0601 and DQA1*0102/0103 were protective against IDDM in our population. As the cell surface HLA DQ molecules were formed from each DQA1 and DQB1 alleles either in cis- or trans-position, the numbers of susceptible HLA DQ alpha beta heterodimers were then derived from the genotypes of HLA DQA1/DQB1 in each person. The numbers of the possible diabetogenic DQ alpha beta dimers correlated with the degree of risk to IDDM (r = 0.92) but were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). Subjects with absence of diabetogenic HLA DQ molecules were resistant to developing IDDM while subjects with two or more forms of diabetogenic DQ molecules were associated with increased risk to IDDM. In conclusion, both DQA1 and DQB1 genes, which determine the formation of susceptible DQ alpha beta heterodimers, were significantly associated with IDDM in Chinese subjects living in Taiwan.
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PMID:HLA DQA1 genotypes and its interaction with HLA DQB1 in Chinese IDDM living in Taiwan. 762 45

The association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) and insulin-dependent diabetes was studied in a large population-based investigation using genotyping of 425 new-onset patients, 0-14 years of age, and 367 matched control subjects. As many as 97% of patients compared with 75% of control subjects were positive for one or several of DQA1*0301, DQA1*0501, DQB1*0302, or DQB1*0201. Asp-57 DQB was present among 28% of patients, indicating that this residue alone does not confer protection. Combining Asp-57 DQB1 with either Arg-52 DQA1 or Leu-69 DQA1 did not explain susceptibility or protection either. DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 (DQ8) and DQA1*0301-DQB1*0301 (DQ7) are identical except for four amino acid substitutions in the beta-chain, but DQ8 was positively (odds ratio 8.07; P < 0.001) and DQ7 negatively (odds ratio 0.38; P < 0.001) associated with the disease. Molecular modeling was used to determine whether physiochemical properties such as steric factors and surface electrostatic potentials also differ in a systematic way for various DQ molecules. Amino acids were substituted systematically at the four polymorphic sites, and the solvent-accessible surfaces and electrostatic potentials were computed for each molecule. Dramatic alterations in electrostatic potential were seen for double substitutions at position 45 (G45E) and 57 (A57D) of DQB1. The variation of physicochemical properties due to polymorphic substitutions may be significant to the mechanism of HLA-DQ association with insulin-dependent diabetes, via the effect these property variations have on peptide antigen binding selectivity and subsequent interactions with specific T-cell receptors.
Diabetes 1995 Jan
PMID:Polymorphic amino acid variations in HLA-DQ are associated with systematic physical property changes and occurrence of IDDM. Members of the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Study. 781 6

HLA-DR2 is negatively associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). The aim of the present study was to analyze DR2-positive patients among 425 consecutively diagnosed unrelated Swedish children with IDDM and in 367 matched controls. HLA-DRB, -DQA and -DQB were determined by Taq I restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. Amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and hybridization with sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes was done for DQA1, DQB1 and DRB1 and DRB5. DR2 was positive in 11/425 patients (3%) and 101/367 (28%) controls (OR 0.07, p < 0.0001). Of the 11 DR2-positive patients, PCR was done in 10, of whom 8 were positive for DRB1*1601-DRB5*0201 compared to 4/96 (4%) controls (OR 92.0: p < 0.001) while the remaining 2 were positive for DRB1*1501-DRB5*0101 compared to 92/96 (96%, OR 0.01; p < 0.001). In 2 patients, a recombination between the haplotypes DQB1*0502-DQA1*0102 (DQ5)-DRB1*1601-DRB5*0201 (DR16 Dw21) and DQB1*0301-DQA1*0501 (DQ7)-DRB1*1602-DRB5*0202 (DR16 Dw22) was observed resulting in the DQB1*0301-DQA1*0501 (DQ7) DRB1*1601-DRB5*0201 (DR16 Dw22) haplotypes. The second haplotype was DR3 DQ2 in 6/11 and DR4 DQ8 in 2/11 DR2-positive patients. In all 3 DQB1*0602-DQA1*0102-DR15-positive patients the second haplotype was DR4-positive. In order to test whether physicochemical properties of the DR2 molecules were associated with IDDM, we constructed three-dimensional models of the peptide binding and T-cell recognition sites (alpha 1 and beta 1 domains) of five subtypes of DR2-DRB1, based on the published DR1 crystal structure. No correlations were observed for DR molecule physicochemical properties and diabetes susceptibility. Islet cell antibodies, insulin autoantibodies and GAD65 antibodies, were measured in DR2-positive patients (n = 11) and controls (n = 101). Despite the presence of the DR2 haplotype the antibody markers were significantly elevated in the patients compared to the controls (GAD65 3/10 patients and 2/101 controls; ICA 7/11 patients and 1/101 controls and IAA 3/11 patients and 0/101 controls). In conclusion, of the five subtypes of DR2, only one, the DRB1*1501, DRB5*0101, DQB1*0602-DQA1*0102 haplotype, was negatively associated with IDDM. DQ may therefore confer more protection from the disease than DR.
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PMID:Analysis of antibody markers, DRB1, DRB5, DQA1 and DQB1 genes and modeling of DR2 molecules in DR2-positive patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 781 75

The incidence of insulin-dependent diabetes in individuals with cystic fibrosis is nearly 100 times greater than in the general population. In the latter group, strong associations with specific HLA DQA1 and DQB1 alleles have been observed. To determine if a similar distribution of alleles occurs in cystic fibrosis patients with diabetes, a cohort of these individuals was typed for DQA1 and DQB1 alleles. HLA DQB1*0201 (Asp57-) was more frequent in diabetics compared to controls (40.4 vs 28%), while the frequency of alleles encoding Asp57+ molecules was lower in diabetics relative to both the cystic fibrosis-only controls (P = 0.025) and the general population (P = 0.008). The presence of at least one protective DQA1-DQB1 heterodimer (i.e., Arg52- and Asp57+, respectively) in cis or trans was significantly lower in the diabetics than in either of the control groups. Thus, the HLA alleles known to be associated with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in the general population are also found in diabetics with cystic fibrosis.
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PMID:Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes is associated with HLA DQB1 alleles encoding Asp-57- molecules. 788 62


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