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Strategies for studying the genetics of autoimmune diseases have undergone a considerable evolution during the last years, especially due to molecular biology techniques and to systematic genome studies. Genetic factors account for 20 to 40% of the risk, and environmental elements play a major role. The major histocompatibility complex comprising HLA genes remains the immunogenetic system most studied and most closely associated with various autoimmune diseases. These associations are mainly observed with HLA class II genes polymorphisms; the precise knowledge of their structure has allowed to define HLA sequence polymorphisms which are themselves risk markers: specific combinations of
HLA-DQA
and DQB alleles in insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
or a given DR, DQ haplotype for multiple sclerosis. No strong association with HLA-DP has been demonstrated. In all cases the genes involved have a normal structure and the disease is secondary to the combination of a given set of genes with environmental factors. The present knowledge of insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
and multiple sclerosis genetics is rather advanced. Other genes of the HLA region might also be involved in the genetic susceptibility. Results about other immunogenetic systems (T cell receptor genes or heavy chain immunoglobulin genes) are still contradictory but no major gene for autoimmune susceptibility seems to exist in these regions; however autoimmune diseases are under polygenic control; susceptibility genes shared between different diseases often occurring within the same families (Graves' disease and insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
) and genes specific for a given disease (insulin gene region in
diabetes
) both exist. The present rapid progress in this area is due to the use of highly polymorphic markers randomly distributed across the genome (microsatellites being most informative) and that of animal models: the list of "candidate genes or regions" potentially involved in the genetics of autoimmune diseases is enlarging; the development of coordinated epidemiological studies of molecular genetics along with the sharing of biological resources between different teams allow to build up powerful informative studies which will confirm or refute those "candidates". However, once the list of genes involved is established their mechanism of action will still take time to elucidate.
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PMID:[Genetics of autoimmune diseases]. 817 58
Levels of insulin autoantibodies (IAA) vary among different first degree relatives of insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
patients, suggesting genetic regulation. We previously reported elevated IAA among DR4-positive at risk relatives. In this study, 72/82 at risk relatives were IAA positive, of whom 75% (54/72) carried DR4 versus 20% (2/10) of IAA-negative relatives (P = 0.0004). However, 69% (18/26) of DR4-negative relatives were IAA positive. Since DR4 did not account for all IAA positivity, we analyzed
DQA1
and DQB1 alleles. Homozygosity for
DQA1
alleles deriving from the evolutionary lineage 4 (*0401, *0501, *0601) was associated with low IAA levels, while lineage 1-3 alleles (*0101, *0102, *0103, *0201, *0301) correlated with higher levels. Most (93%, 65/70) relatives with lineage 1-3 alleles were IAA positive (mean = 360 +/- 63 SEM nU/ml). Only 7/12 relatives homozygous for lineage 4 alleles were IAA-positive, with lower levels than relatives with lineage 1-3 alleles (mean = 55 +/- 15 SEM nU/ml, P < 0.0001; 7/12 vs 65/70, P = 0.004). The amino acid sequences of lineage 1-3 alleles uniquely share glutamic acid (E) and phenylalanine (F) at positions 40 and 51 (EF alleles). Lineage 4 alleles have glycine (G) and leucine (L) at those positions (GL alleles). 90% (65/72) of IAA-positive relatives had an EF allele, while only 75% (54/72) had DR4 (P = 0.01). Homozygosity for GL alleles (often
DQA1
*0501 on DR3 haplotypes) correlated with little or no humoral response to insulin. Thus, HLA-DQB1 GL alleles, or other genes on haplotypes (e.g., DR3) that carry these
DQA1
alleles, may confer recessive low responsiveness to insulin.
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PMID:Two subsets of HLA-DQA1 alleles mark phenotypic variation in levels of insulin autoantibodies in first degree relatives at risk for insulin-dependent diabetes. 820 Sep 80
Demographic and biological data were collected from all Caucasian Type 1 diabetic patients (n = 279) who were recruited at clinical onset by the Belgian
Diabetes
Registry over 34 months. The male/female ratio was significantly higher for onset between age 20 and 40 years (2.4) than before age 20 years (1.0); no age-or sex-differences were noticed in serum fructosamine concentration. Total and high concentrations of insulin autoantibodies and islet cell antibodies were preferentially associated with the HLA DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 susceptibility haplotype. The occurrence of both types of antibodies was also correlated, irrespective of haplotype. At onset before age 10 years, the high risk genotype DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302/DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 was more prevalent than all other
DQA1
-DQB1 genotypes taken together, leading to a higher prevalence of the DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 haplotype in this age group (75%) than in the 10-39 years age group (54%). Under age 10 years, the presence of DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 was strongly associated with insulin autoantibodies (90%) and islet cell autoantibodies (92% with 85% of high titre), whereas patients without this haplotype were less frequently positive for insulin autoantibodies (31%) or islet cell autoantibodies (38% high titre). In the group with onset at age 10-39 years, the DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 haplotype presented a lower association with insulin autoantibodies (approximately 40%) and islet cell autoantibodies (50 to 65% high titre), prevalences which no longer differed from those in subjects lacking this haplotype.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Insulin autoantibodies and high titre islet cell antibodies are preferentially associated with the HLA DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 haplotype at clinical type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus before age 10 years, but not at onset between age 10 and 40 years. The Belgian Diabetes Registry. 827 Jan 30
Susceptibility to type I
diabetes
has been shown to be highly correlated with the presence of an amino acid other than Asp at position 57 of the DQ beta-chain (non-Asp57) and also with the presence of an Arg at position 52 of the DQ alpha-chain (Arg52). In this study we analyzed the
DQA1
and DQB1 gene polymorphisms in 65 patients from central Italy and 93 randomly selected control subjects. Polymerase chain reaction amplification of DNA encoding the first polymorphic domain of the DQB1 and
DQA1
chains was performed, and DQB1 gene polymorphism was evaluated by dot blot analysis using 11 sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes. For
DQA1
typing, a new simple procedure based on allele-specific amplification and analysis of heteroduplex DNA molecules formed by the annealing of mismatched allelic strands was used. This technique allows the discrimination of Arg52 and non-Arg52
DQA1
alleles. We then calculated by logistic regression the contribution of these genetic markers to the development of
diabetes
. Frequencies and odds ratios relative to the amino acid in position 57 of the DQ beta-chain and the amino acid in position 52 of the DQ alpha-chain showed that the highest odds ratio (odds ratio = 161; 95% confidence interval 19-1386) was that of the homozygous combination of the two susceptibility markers (non-Asp57 and Arg52).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Diabetes
1993 Aug
PMID:HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 gene polymorphisms in type I diabetic patients from central Italy and their use for risk prediction. 832 49
Inherited susceptibility to Type 1 (insulin-dependent)
diabetes mellitus
is partly determined by HLA genes. It has been suggested that protection from disease may be conferred by HLA-DQB1 genes which encode molecules with aspartate at position 57. We investigated the contributions of HLA-DRB1,
DQA1
and DQB1 genes to protection from disease. Restriction fragment length polymorphism and sequence specific oligonucleotide analysis in 156 British Caucasian Type 1 diabetic and 116 control subjects showed protection from disease was associated with DR2, DRw6 and DR7 haplotypes. The most protective
DQA1
allele was DQA1*0102 which occurred on both DR2 and DRw6 haplotypes. The DQB1 alleles DQB1*0303, DQB1*0602 and DQB1*0603 were associated with protection, as was DQB1*0604, which encodes an Asp-57 negative DQ beta molecule. Heterozygosity for both protective and predisposing HLA markers was reduced in diabetic compared with control subjects. We conclude that both
DQA1
and DQB1 genes are implicated in HLA-associated protection from Type 1
diabetes
in this British Caucasian population. The overall structure of the DQ heterodimer is critical and DQ beta-Asp 57 is of secondary importance in determining protection from disease. The effect of protective HLA types may predominate over that of predisposing markers.
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PMID:Both DQA1 and DQB1 genes are implicated in HLA-associated protection from type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus in a British Caucasian population. 846 75
Mapping the MHC-associated susceptibility and resistance factors for insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
(IDDM) has been difficult due to the strong linkage disequilibrium within the HLA-DR-DQ region. Previous analyses have suggested that the study of IDDM-associated haplotypes in different races might be useful for identifying the responsible genes. We have performed complete HLA class II genotyping to study susceptibility and resistance to IDDM in 34 randomly selected African-American IDDM patients and 69 ethnically-matched controls. IDDM patients showed highly significant increases of DRB1*0301, DRB1*0401, DRB1*0405, DQA1*0301, DQA1*0302, DQB1*0201 and DQB1*0302. Analysis of
DQA1
-DQB1 associations showed that DQA1*03 combined with both DQB1*0201 and DQB1*0302 gave the highest odds ratio, suggesting a synergistic effect due to formation of heterodimers encoded both in cis and in trans. Among the subsets of DR4, only DRB1*0401 and DRB1*0405 were increased in diabetic patients. Interestingly, DQB1*0602 and DQB1*0301, which have previously been thought to encode resistance factors in Caucasians, were not significantly decreased and, after removal of known susceptibility haplotypes, were found to have essentially identical frequencies in patients and controls.
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PMID:Genes for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) of African-Americans. 847 91
DQCAR is a very polymorphic CA repeat microsatellite located between the HLA DQA1 and DQB1 gene. Previous studies have shown that specific DQCAR alleles are in tight linkage disequilibrium with known HLA DR-DQ haplotypes. Of special interest was the fact that haplotypes containing long CA repeat alleles (DQCAR > 111) were generally more polymorphic within and across ethnic groups. In these latter cases, several DQCAR alleles were found even in haplotypes containing the same flanking
DQA1
and DQB1 alleles. In this work, three HLA class II associated diseases were studied using the DQCAR microsatellite. The aim of this study was to test if DQCAR typing could distinguish haplotypes with the same DRB1,
DQA1
and DQB1 alleles in control and affected individuals. To do so, patients with selected HLA DR-DQ susceptibility haplotypes were compared with HLA DR and DQ matched controls. This included: Norwegian subjects with Celiac disease and the HLA DRB1*0301, DQA1*05011, DQB1*02 haplotype; Japanese subjects with Type 1 (insulin-dependent)
Diabetes Mellitus
and the HLA DRB1*0405, DQA1*0302, DQB1*0401 haplotype; and French patients with corticosensitive Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome and the HLA DRB1*0701, DQA1*0201, DQB1*0202 haplotype. These specific haplotypes were selected from our earlier work to include one haplotype bearing a short DQCAR allele (celiac disease and DR3,DQ2-DQCAR99) and two haplotypes bearing long DQCAR alleles (
Diabetes Mellitus
and DR4,DQ4-DQCAR 113 or 115 Idiopathic Nephrotic syndrome and DR7,DQ2-DQCAR 111-121). Additional DQCAR diversity was found in both control and patients bearing haplotypes with long CA repeat alleles. The results indicate that DQCAR typing did not improve specificity in combination with high resolution DNA HLA typing as a marker for these three disorders.
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PMID:DQCAR microsatellite polymorphisms in three selected HLA class II-associated diseases. 856 Apr 48
Genetic markers may be used to improve the prediction of insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
(type 1) in individuals with islet autoantibodies. In order to develop a risk assessment strategy for the Lombardy region of northern Italy based on genetic and immunological markers, we analyzed HLA DQA1 and DQB1 alleles in 60 type 1 probands and their first-degree relatives and 65 unrelated control subjects from the same area using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and oligonucleotide probes. The major risk haplotypes were
DQA1
*0501-DQB1*0201 (39.1% of diabetic vs. 8.9% of non-diabetic haplotypes) and
DQA1
*0301-DQB1*0302(20% of diabetic vs 7.1% of non-diabetic haplotypes). Stratified analysis showed DQA1*0102-DQB1*0502 also to be associated with type 1 susceptibility when found together with DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 or DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302. One type 1 patient had the type 1-protective DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype. Overall, 88% of patients and 20% of unrelated control subjects had either DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 or DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 in the absence of DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602. These data suggest that typing for markers identifying these three haplotypes in the Lombardy population will achieve a sensitivity of almost 90% and exclude 80% of children from subsequent islet autoantibody testing.
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PMID:HLA-DQ screening for risk assessment of insulin dependent diabetes in northern Italy. 859 Jul 80
A negative association between insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
(IDDM) and HLA-DR,
DQA1
or DQB1 was found in a large population-based investigation of childhood-onset patients (more than 420 patients) and controls (more than 340 controls) from Sweden. The relative risk was decreased for several haplotypes that were negatively associated with IDDM: DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602, DR7-DQA1*0201-DQB1*0303, DR14-DQA1*0101-DQB1*0503, DR11-DQA1*0501-DQB1*0301, DR13-DQA1*0103-DQB1*0603 and DR4-DQA1*0301-DQB1*0301. In a relative predispositional effect (RPE) analysis, however, only the DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype was significantly decreased, which suggests that the major protective effect for IDDM is carried by this haplotype. This was supported by the observation that all genotypes which were negatively associated with IDDM, except DR7/13, included at least one allele from the DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype. Relative predispositional effect (RPE) analysis of genotypes showed further that the DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype was also negatively associated with IDDM when combined with any other haplotype, whether negatively or positively associated with IDDM. This supports previous suggestions that DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 acts dominantly. However, both the stratification and the predispositional allele test failed to distinguish the negative association between IDDM and DR15 from that of DQB1*0602. On the other hand, these tests indicated that DQA1*0102 was not likely to explain the negative association between IDDM and the DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype. We conclude that the major protective effect for IDDM in the population of Swedish children is conferred by the DR15-DQA1*0102-DQB1*0602 haplotype in a dominant fashion, the DQB1*0602 allele being the allele most likely to be responsible for the protective effect of this haplotype, although an effect of the DR15 allele could not be excluded.
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PMID:Population analysis of protection by HLA-DR and DQ genes from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in Swedish children with insulin-dependent diabetes and controls. 859 61
Transracial analysis is one method for distinguishing primary associations between insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
(IDDM) and HLA II alleles from those related to linkage disequilibrium. Black people have different DR-DQ relationships from other races and are a useful group to investigate HLA-D regions associated with IDDM. In this study, we compared the frequencies of HLA-DQA1 and DQB1 alleles in Senegalese IDDM and control subjects. DQA1*0301 was positively associated with insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus
(p < 10(-9), OR 5.21), as were DQB1*0201 and *0302 (p < 10(-7) OR = 3.55, p < 10(-3) OR = 3.20, respectively). The positive associations with DQA1*0301, DQB1*0201 and DQB1*0302 are consistent with all racial groups investigated. However, taken together, the data in Senegalese population show that susceptibility and resistance to IDDM are associated both with particular haplotypes and
DQA1
-DQB1 heterodimers.
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PMID:Distribution of HLA-DQA1 and -DQB1 alleles and DQA1-DQB1 genotypes among Senegalese patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. 877 24
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