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The frequency of antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and insulin (IAA) in presymptomatic Type 1 diabetes mellitus with a positive test for antibodies to islet cell antigen (ICA) was examined. Thirty-two persons positive for ICA (> 10 JDF units) were tested 2 to 48 months before their ascertained onset of Type 1 diabetes. ICA was quantitated by immunofluorescence as JDF units, anti-GAD by radioimmunoprecipitation and anti-insulin by radioimmunoassay. There was a positive test for anti-GAD in 25 (78%), and for IAA in 23 (72%), of the 32 prediabetic ICA-positive subjects. Stratification according to age at the onset of diabetes showed differing frequencies of anti-GAD and IAA in the prediabetic stage. Thus the positivity rate for anti-GAD for 18 subjects older than 10 years at onset of diabetes was 83%, and for 14 aged 10 or younger at onset was 71%; conversely, the rate for IAA for 18 subjects older than 10 at onset was 56% and for 14 aged 10 or less at time of onset was 93% (p = 0.01). The frequency of anti-GAD was higher in females (88%) than males (71%) whereas the frequency of IAA was higher in males (82%) than in females (60%). Since autoantibodies to GAD and insulin occur in presymptomatic Type 1 diabetes with differences in frequencies by age and gender, the stimuli to autoimmunity may operate differently at different ages, and may also be gender-related.
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PMID:Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase and insulin in islet cell antibody positive presymptomatic type 1 diabetes mellitus: frequency and segregation by age and gender. 770 24

Most autoimmune diabetes occurs in those without a diabetic relative, but few cases are identifiable prospectively. To model general population prediction, 491 consecutive newly diabetic children from all of Sweden were tested for autoantibodies to glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65ab), insulin (IAA), and islet cells (ICA), and for HLA-DQ genotypes by PCR; 415 matched control children were tested in parallel. GAD65ab sensitivity/specificity was 70/96%, versus 84/96% for ICA, 56/97% for IAA, 93/93% (any positive), 39/99.7% (all positive), and 41/99.7% (GAD65ab plus IAA). The latter's 25% predictive value was not improved by requiring concomitant high-risk HLA genotypes. GAD65ab were associated with DQA1*0501/B1*0201 (DQ2; P = 0.007) but not DQA1*0301/B1*0302 (DQ8), and IAA with DQA1*0301/B1*0302 (DQ8; P = 0.03) but not DQA1*0501/B1*0201 (DQ2). GAD65ab were more prevalent in females than males (79 vs. 63%; P < 0.0001) but did not vary with onset age nor season. Combining the three antibody assays yielded sufficient sensitivity for screening. GADab were relatively sensitive/specific for diabetes, but even with HLA marker combinations yielded predictive values insufficient for early immunointervention in the low-prevalence general population.
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PMID:Glutamate decarboxylase-, insulin-, and islet cell-antibodies and HLA typing to detect diabetes in a general population-based study of Swedish children. 770 55

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 clinical onset of insulin-dependent diabetes is associated with several autoimmune phenomena including islet cell antibodies, glutamic acid decarboxylase (the GAD65 isoform) autoantibodies (GAD65Ab) as well as insulin autoantibodies. The molecular cloning of these autoantigens has permitted the development of precise and reproducible antibody immunoassays to identify marker-positive patients and control subjects. Among patients with new-onset diabetes about 70% were GAD65Ab positive compared to 1.5% among control subjects while 46% of patients had IAA compared to 1% among control subjects. The autoreactive sites or epitopes of GAD65 and insulin remain to be determined. The disease association with HLA on chromosome 6 may help to define the epitope specificity of the autoimmune reaction. Recent data suggest that 95% of new-onset IDDM children (0-15 years of age) are positive for either DQ2, DQ8 or both compared to about 50% of healthy control subjects. HLA-DQ6 is negatively associated with the disease. Both HLA-DQ2 and DQ8 therefore seem to be necessary, but not sufficient for diabetes. Molecular modelling suggests comparable physicochemical properties of DQ2 and DQ8 but are widely different from DQ6. In 1984, the conclusion was that molecular cloning of the genes for the autoantigens, antibodies, T-cell receptors, as well as HLA class I and II molecules associated with diabetes are essential for analysing the components which control the development of pancreatic beta-cell autoimmunity. In 1994, autoantigens and HLA molecules have been cloned and recombinant reagents developed to be used in experiments aimed at testing whether it will be possible to predict IDDM.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Molecular biology of IDDM. 782 43

Several polymorphisms of the insulin gene and its flanking regions (INS region) are in linkage disequilibrium and confer susceptibility to insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM). We have analysed INS AA and AB-BB genotypes at the 1,428 FokI site (3' of the insulin gene) in 217 patients with IDDM, 402 non-diabetic first degree relatives negative for insulin (IAA) and islet cell autoantibodies (ICA), and 116 autoantibody positive (for ICA or IAA, or both) relatives of whom 39 became diabetic on follow-up. Most IDDM patients (83.4%, 181/217) had the AA genotype vs. 50% (25/50) of the controls (P < 10(-6)). Only 16.6% (36/217) of IDDM patients carried the AB genotype and none was BB homozygous, suggesting a protective effect of the B allele. By segregation analysis of the B allele in the IDDM offspring of informative families (only one AB parent) from the United States, the maternal B allele was inherited by 19/35 (54.2%) of the IDDM offspring. In contrast, only 4/26 (15.3%) of the IDDM offspring inherited the paternal B allele (P = 0.001), suggesting maternal imprinting of the INS region. Therefore, the INS B allele may be protective only when paternally inherited. Among the 39 of 116 autoantibody positive relatives who developed IDDM on follow-up, only five of them had the B allele. The frequency of the B allele in this group was much lower (12.8%, 5/39) than that observed in non-diabetic autoantibody positive relatives (32.5%, 25/77, P = 0.02).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:The paternally inherited insulin gene B allele (1,428 FokI site) confers protection from insulin-dependent diabetes in families. 784 Aug 60

The clinical onset of insulin-dependent diabetes (IDD) can be predicted by determination of autoantibodies to several pancreatic-islet cell antigens. Islet-cell autoantibodies (ICA) and insulin autoantibodies (AA) are most commonly used. We have developed a recombinant human glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) radioimmunoassay and measured autoantibodies to GAD65 (GAD65A) in the sera of 73 documented prediabetic individuals, 76 newly-diagnosed patients, 103 relatives of IDD probands at increased risk for the development of IDD because they were positive for ICA and/or IAA, 72 ICA and IAA negative relatives, and 207 healthy controls. Our data demonstrate that GAD65A are strongly associated with the currently established autoantibody markers of IDD. Their presence in prediabetic subjects with only ICA or IAA enhances their risk for progression to IDD, yet does not much enhance the screening sensitivity already available through conventional ICA and IAA for IDD prediction.
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PMID:GAD65 autoantibodies increase the predictability but not the sensitivity of islet cell and insulin autoantibodies for developing insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. 788 42

Prediction of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) is still largely based on islet cell antibodies (ICAs), but it may be improved by combined analysis with other humoral markers. We examined autoantibodies to insulin (IAAs), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD), and M(r) 37,000 and M(r) 40,000 fragments of islet antigens (37 and 40 kDa) together with ICA subtypes in 101 family members with ICAs > or = 10 Juvenile Diabetes Foundation units (JDF U) followed for up to 14 years, of whom 18 have developed IDDM. Life-table analysis showed a 43% risk of IDDM within 10 years for those with ICAs > or = 10 JDF U, rising to 53% for those with ICAs > or = 20 JDF U. The risk for ICAs > or = 10 JDF U was 62% in the family members in the youngest age quartile (< 13.2 years) and fell with increasing age to 4% in those > 40.7 years of age (P = 0.03). ICAs > or = 10 JDF U combined with IAAs gave a risk of 84% (P = 0.03 compared with IAA-), and ICAs > or = 10 JDF U combined with GAD antibodies gave a risk of 61% (P = 0.018). The risk for ICAs > or = 10 JDF U with antibodies to 37-kDa antigen was 76% (P < 0.0001). Risk increased with the number of autoantibodies, from 8% for ICAs alone to 88% with > or = 3 autoantibodies (14 cases detected) (P < 0.0001). The increased risk associated with multiple antibodies was observed independent of age.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Diabetes 1994 Nov
PMID:Combined analysis of autoantibodies improves prediction of IDDM in islet cell antibody-positive relatives. 792 4

With regard to progression to diabetes, ICA cross-reactive with mouse pancreas, antibodies to the M(r) 64,000 islet antigen (64K), antibodies immunotrapping brain GAD activity, and IAA were analysed in 53 ICA-positive first-degree relatives of IDDM patients and 18 ICA-positive schoolchildren without a family history of diabetes. Sera from 29 (55%) relatives did not bind to mouse pancreas, whereas 24 (45%) displayed cross-species reaction. ICA titres on human and mouse pancreas were weakly correlated in the overall population (p < 0.05) but more strongly (p < 0.01) in only those subjects who displayed antibodies on tissues from both species. GAD and 64K antibodies were detected in 31% and 35% of relatives. In schoolchildren, the frequencies of cross-species reactive ICA (22%), GAD antibodies (6%), 64K antibodies (22%), and IAA (6%), were lower (p < 0.05) than in relatives. A strong correlation (p < 0.0001) was observed between GAD and 64K antibodies. GAD or 64K antibodies were strongly correlated with ICA on human pancreas (p < 0.0001) but poorly with ICA on mouse pancreas (p = 0.05). After pre-incubation of sera with brain homogenate, ICA titres were unaffected on mouse pancreas but reduced on human pancreas. ICA-positive subjects who displayed neither cross-species reactive ICA nor GAD or 64K antibodies were more frequent (p < 0.05) among schoolchildren than relatives, whereas subjects who displayed all antibody specificities were more numerous (p < 0.04) in relatives. All relatives with ICA binding only to human pancreas, as well as all schoolchildren, permanently displayed an AIRG higher than the first control percentile and remained non-diabetic.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Combined analysis of islet cell antibodies which cross-react with mouse pancreas, antibodies to the M(r) 64,000 islet protein, and antibodies to glutamate decarboxylase in subjects at risk for IDDM. 805 87

To evaluate the immunization pattern against human insulin, 24 newly diagnosed diabetic children (12 females, 12 males; mean age: 7 +/- 4 years) were treated from diagnosis onwards with semisynthetic human insulin (NOVO). Informed consent was obtained from all parents. Blood samples were taken before, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8 weeks after the start of therapy and, thereafter, at monthly intervals for 2 years. Insulin (auto) antibodies (I(A)A) were measured by radio binding assay (RBA) and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). IAA, determined by RBA, were detected in eight children. Using ELISA, IgM IA were not detected after onset of therapy. By contrast, IgG IA were found in 8 children after 2 weeks of treatment and in 12 after 1 month. Using RBA, all children had IA after 2 months of therapy, whereas with ELISA, IA remained undetectable during the study period in 8 out of 24 patients. These results confirm previous observations suggesting that the 2 methods are not interchangeable and yield different estimations of the insulin immune reaction, not only before but also after the start of insulin therapy. In addition, the detection of IA by RBA in all treated patients unambiguously demonstrates that human insulin is immunogenic in man.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1993 Jul
PMID:Insulin autoantibodies and immune response to human insulin therapy in 24 type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic children: superiority of radio binding assay over solid phase assay. 825 17

To evaluate the prevalence of autoantibodies against the b-islet cells (ICA) and the molecule of insulin (IAA) in the serum of patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PA), we examined the sera of 36 newly diagnosed pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients for the presence of these antibodies, using an enzyme-linked immuno-assay method. These results were correlated with survival. Ten patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and 21 healthy volunteers were evaluated as age-matched controls. Twenty out of 36 (57%) PA patients were found to have detectable ICA autoantibodies and 17 (48%) PA patients had detectable IAA antibodies. Five out of 10 (50%) and 3 out of 10 (30%) IDDM patients had ICA and IAA antibodies, respectively. None of the healthy volunteers was positive for either of the autoantibodies examined. The difference was statistically very significant and the presence of high serum titers of both autoantibodies was associated with a worse outcome for these patients than for those without such autoantibodies. Our data suggest that the high incidence of diabetes mellitus in patients with PA may be attributed to the presence of these autoantibodies. Further clinical studies are needed to establish the above autoantibodies as prognostic markers of pancreatic cancer.
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PMID:Autoantibodies against insulin and beta-islet cells in pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a possible explanation for diabetes mellitus. 864 23


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