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Taka AM, Härkönen T, Vähäsalo P, Lempainen J, Veijola R, Ilonen J, Knip M. Heterogeneity in the presentation of clinical type 1 diabetes defined by the level of risk conferred by human leukocyte antigen class II genotypes. Pediatr Diabetes 2022; 23:219-227. [PMID: 34894365 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The association between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II genotypes and susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D) is well established. This study aimed at examining whether there are differences in the presentation of T1D depending on the HLA genotype. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We divided the study participants (N = 5798) in the Finnish Pediatric Diabetes Register into two groups based on the T1D risk conferred by their HLA genotype (high and moderate-risk genotypes, Group 1 vs. other genotypes, Group 2). We then examined differences in clinical, metabolic, and immunological characteristics. Children included in the study were 0-14-year-old and diagnosed between January 2003 and December 2019. RESULTS Participants in Group 1 were younger at the time of diagnosis (P < 0.001) and had more frequently family members affected by T1D (P < 0.001). Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) was more frequent among participants in Group 2 (P = 0.014) who also had a longer duration of symptoms before diagnosis (P < 0.001) and higher hemoglobin A1c (P = 0.001) at diagnosis. The HLA genotype was not, however, directly related to the DKA frequency. The frequency of islet cell antibodies (P < 0.003), insulin autoantibodies (P < 0.001), and islet antigen 2 autoantibodies (P < 0.001) was higher in Group 1 whereas glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies were more frequent (P < 0.001) in Group 2. Group 1 had more participants with multiple autoantibodies (P = 0.027) whereas antibody negativity was more frequent in Group 2 (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate disease heterogeneity in relation to both clinical disease presentation and humoral autoimmunity, in particular. This heterogeneity is, at least partly, defined by HLA Class II genotypes.
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- Antti-Mathias Taka
- Pediatric Research Center, Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Pediatric Research Center, Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Children and Adolescents, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland.,Clinical Microbiology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Unit, Medical Research Center, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Children and Adolescents, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Pediatric Research Center, Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Tampere Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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Olamoyegun MA, Ala OA. Type 1 diabetes in a Nigerian family - occurrence in three out of four siblings: A case report. World J Diabetes 2019; 10:511-516. [PMID: 31641427 PMCID: PMC6801310 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v10.i10.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Most occurrences of type 1 diabetes cases in any population are sporadic rather than familial. Hence, type 1 diabetes among siblings is a rare occurrence. Even more rare is for three or more siblings to develop type 1 diabetes. In this report, we describe a case of a Nigerian family in which type 1 diabetes occurred in three siblings among four children with neither parent having diabetes. All three siblings are positive for glutamic acid decarboxylase and anti-islet cell antibodies.
CASE SUMMARY There were four siblings (three males and one female) born to a couple without a diagnosis of diabetes. The eldest child (male) was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 15, the second child (female) was diagnosed at the age of 11 and the fourth child (male) was diagnosed at the age of 9. All the siblings presented with similar osmotic symptoms and were diagnosed of diabetic ketoacidosis. All of them had markedly reduced serum C-peptide levels with high levels of glutamic acid decarboxylase and insulinoma-associated protein-2 antibodies. We could not perform genetic analysis of HLA-DR, DQ and CTLA4 in the siblings as well as the parents; hence haplotypes could not be characterized. Both parents of the probands have no prior history of diabetes, and their blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin levels were within normal ranges. The third child (male) has no history suggestive of diabetes, and his blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin have remained within normal ranges.
CONCLUSION Although the occurrence of type 1 diabetes in proband siblings is uncommon, screening for diabetes among siblings especially with islet autoantibodies should be encouraged.
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- Michael Adeyemi Olamoyegun
- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Unit, College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)/LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso 240222, Oyo State, Nigeria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Unit, BOWEN University Teaching Hospital, and College of Health Sciences, BOWEN University, Iwo 232101, Osun State, Nigeria
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Sørgjerd EP. Type 1 Diabetes-related Autoantibodies in Different Forms of Diabetes. Curr Diabetes Rev 2019; 15:199-204. [PMID: 30058495 DOI: 10.2174/1573399814666180730105351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2018] [Revised: 04/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Autoantibodies against Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase (GADA), insulinoma antigen-2 (IA- 2A), insulin (IAA) and the most recently Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8A) are one of the most reliable biomarkers for autoimmune diabetes in both children and adults. They are today the only biomarkers that can distinguish Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA) from phenotypically type 2 diabetes. As the frequency of autoantibodies at diagnosis in childhood type 1 diabetes depends on age, GADA is by far the most common in adult onset autoimmune diabetes, especially LADA. Being multiple autoantibody positive have also shown to be more common in childhood diabetes compared to adult onset diabetes, and multiple autoantibody positivity have a high predictive value of childhood type 1 diabetes. Autoantibodies have shown inconsistent results to predict diabetes in adults. Levels of autoantibodies are reported to cause heterogeneity in LADA. Reports indicate that individuals with high levels of autoantibodies have a more type 1 diabetes like phenotype and individuals with low levels of autoantibody positivity have a more type 2 diabetes like phenotype. It is also well known that autoantibody levels can fluctuate and transient autoantibody positivity in adult onset autoimmune diabetes have been reported to affect the phenotype.
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- Elin Pettersen Sørgjerd
- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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Segovia-Gamboa NC, Rodríguez-Arellano ME, Muñoz-Solís A, Retana-Jiménez JE, Vargas-Ayala G, Granados J, Jiménez-Sánchez M, Sanchez-Torres C. High prevalence of humoral autoimmunity in first-degree relatives of Mexican type 1 diabetes patients. Acta Diabetol 2018; 55:1275-1282. [PMID: 30306407 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-018-1241-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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AIMS To assess the prevalence of autoantibodies (Aab) to insulin (IAA), glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GADA) and insulinoma antigen 2 (IA-2A), as well as human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles, in first degree relatives (FDR) of Mexican patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and to explore whether these parameters mirror the low incidence of T1D in the Mexican population. METHODS Aab titers were determined by ELISA in 425 FDR, 234 siblings, 40 offspring and 151 parents of 197 patients with T1D. Typing of HLA-DR and -DQ alleles was performed in 41 Aab-positive FDR using polymerase chain reaction with allele-specific oligotyping. RESULTS Seventy FDR (16.47%) tested positive for Aab. The siblings (19.2%) and the offspring (25%) had significantly higher prevalence of Aab than the parents (9.9%). GADA was the most frequent Aab. Almost half of the Aab-positive FDR had two different Aab (45.7%), and none tested positive for three Aab. The highest prevalence of Aab was found among women in the 15-29 years age group. Moreover, the positivity for two Aab was significantly more frequent among females. A considerable number of FDR (48.8%) carried the susceptible HLA-DR3, -DR4, -DQB1*0201 or -DQB1*0302 alleles, but almost none had the high risk genotype HLA-DR3/DR4. CONCLUSIONS FDR of Mexican T1D patients have high prevalence of islet Aab, comparable to countries with the highest incidence of T1D. However, Aab positivity does not seem to be associated with HLA risk genotypes, which may have an impact on the low incidence of T1D in Mexico.
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- Norma C Segovia-Gamboa
- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N. (CINVESTAV-IPN), Av. I.P.N. 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Research Department, Hospital Regional "Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos", ISSSTE, Av. Universidad 1321, Florida, 01030, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Endocrinology Department, Hospital de Especialidades "Antonio Fraga Mouret", Centro Médico nacional "La Raza" (IMSS), Paseo de las Jacarandas S/N, Atzcapotzalco, 02990, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Pediatrics Department, Hospital Regional "Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos", ISSSTE, Av. Universidad 1321, Florida, 01030, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Ticoman General Hospital, Plan de San Luis S/N, La Purísima Ticoman, 07330, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Division of Immunogenetics, Department of Transplantation, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Vasco de Quiroga 15, Tlalpan, 14080, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Endocrinology Department, Hospital de Especialidades "Antonio Fraga Mouret", Centro Médico nacional "La Raza" (IMSS), Paseo de las Jacarandas S/N, Atzcapotzalco, 02990, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biomedicine, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N. (CINVESTAV-IPN), Av. I.P.N. 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico City, Mexico.
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Incani M, Serafini C, Satta C, Perra L, Scano F, Frongia P, Ricciardi R, Ripoli C, Soro M, Strazzera A, Zampetti S, Buzzetti R, Cavallo MG, Cossu E, Baroni MG. High prevalence of diabetes-specific autoimmunity in first-degree relatives of Sardinian patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2017; 33. [PMID: 27726307 DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.2864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 09/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The incidence of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Sardinia is among the highest in the world (44.8 cases/100,000 person-years). Recommendations of the Immunology of Diabetes Society advise evaluating autoantibody positivity in first-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with T1DM, for their higher risk to develop the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of beta-cell autoimmunity in FDRs of T1DM patients in Sardinia. METHODS A total of 188 Sardinian families were recruited in collaboration between diabetes and pediatric units of university and district hospitals in Sardinia. The recruitment involved 188 patients with diagnosed T1DM and all their available FDRs (n = 447). Autoantibodies (Aabs) against GAD, IA2, insulin, and ZnT8 were measured in all subjects. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) risk genotypes (HLA-DR and DQ loci) were analyzed in 43 Aabs-positive FDR. RESULTS The prevalence of Aabs (any type of autoantibody, single or multiple) in FDR was 11.9% (53/447). Of those with autoantibodies, 62.3% (33/53) were positive to only 1 autoantibody, 22.6% (12/53) had 2 autoantibodies, 7.55% (4/53) had 3 autoantibodies, and 7.55% (4/53) had all 4 autoantibodies. Typing of HLA-DR and DQ loci showed that 89% of FDR carried moderate- to high-risk genotypes, with only 5 FDR with low-risk genotypes. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of T1DM autoantibodies in FDRs of T1DM patients was very high (11.9%) in the Sardinian population, higher than in other populations from the United States and Europe, and similar to that observed in Finland. Autoantibody positivity strongly associated with HLA risk. This study provides evidence of the high risk of T1DM in FDR of T1DM patients in Sardinia and warrants longitudinal follow-up to estimate the risk of progression to T1DM in high-risk populations.
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- M Incani
- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Paediatric Unit, San Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Paediatric Unit, San Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Diabetes Paediatric Unit, San Michele Hospital, Cagliari, Italy
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- Paediatric Unit, San Martino Hospital, Oristano, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology, Department Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Endocrinology, Department Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Internal Medicine Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Endocrinology, Department Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Knip M, Siljander H, Ilonen J, Simell O, Veijola R. Role of humoral beta-cell autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2016; 17 Suppl 22:17-24. [PMID: 27411432 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2016] [Revised: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Islet cell antibodies (ICA) were found for the first time more than 40 yr ago in patients with autoimmune endocrine deficiencies, including type 1 diabetes (T1D). ICA detected by indirect immunofluorescence represent a heterogeneous group of autoantibodies targeting a series of biochemical autoantigens, such as the protein tyrosine phosphatase related islet antigen 2 (IA-2), the 65 kD isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GA65), and zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) as well as currently unidentified autoantigens. The general view is that the diabetes-associated autoantibodies are not directly involved in beta-cell destruction but function as biomarkers of an ongoing destructive process. The diabetes-associated autoantibodies remain the strongest predictive marker for future development of T1D. Positivity for multiple (≥2) autoantibodies is highly predictive of clinical disease both among first-degree relatives and in the general population. Autoantibody titers are highly variable during the preclinical phase, but in many cases the titers tend to decrease before diagnosis. The first signs of beta-cell autoimmunity may appear early during the first months of life. The majority of those individuals diagnosed with T1D before puberty seroconvert to autoantibody positivity before the age of 3 yr. The natural course and duration of preclinical diabetes vary substantially from one individual to another. The characteristics of the isotype-specific response during preclinical diabetes appear to be antigen-specific. Diabetes-associated autoantibodies may be useful surrogate markers of the subsequent development of T1D in primary prevention trials. T1D may occur, albeit rarely, in the absence of any signs of humoral autoimmunity at diagnosis.
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- Mikael Knip
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland.,Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.,Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Group, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Larsson HE. A Swedish approach to the prevention of type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2016; 17 Suppl 22:73-7. [PMID: 27411440 PMCID: PMC5556697 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The autoimmune destruction of beta cells, resulting in clinical type 1 diabetes, may start early in life and last for several months or years. During this period of time, we have an opportunity to try to prevent or delay further beta-cell destruction and clinical onset of type 1 diabetes. OBJECTIVES Ongoing prediction and prevention studies in Skåne, Sweden are described. METHODS During September 2000 to August 2004, 35 000 children were screened at birth for genetic type 1 diabetes risk in the Diabetes Prediction in Skåne Study (DiPiS). In August 2004, the screening continued within the Enviromnental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young study (TEDDY). In the clinical trial Diabetes Prevention - Immune Tolerance (DiAPREV-IT), children with multiple islet autoimmunity have been included to investigate if immune tolerance with Alum-formulated GAD65 may prevent further beta-cell loss. RESULTS In DiPiS and TEDDY, a large number of children are followed in order to find the factors that trigger the autoimmune process leading to type 1 diabetes. Children followed in the studies develop diabetes at an early stage of disease, with few symptoms and a low frequency of diabetes ketoacidosis. DiAPREV-IT is still blinded and results will be available in December 2016. CONCLUSION Large prospective studies will be needed to understand the complex process leading to type 1 diabetes. Secondary prevention may be possible in children with islet autoimmunity, but the studies are complicated by the variability of glucose metabolism and beta-cell loss.
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Elding Larsson H, Vehik K, Haller MJ, Liu X, Akolkar B, Hagopian W, Krischer J, Lernmark Å, She JX, Simell O, Toppari J, Ziegler AG, Rewers M. Growth and Risk for Islet Autoimmunity and Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in Early Childhood: The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young Study. Diabetes 2016; 65:1988-95. [PMID: 26993064 PMCID: PMC4915577 DOI: 10.2337/db15-1180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Increased growth in early childhood has been suggested to increase the risk of type 1 diabetes. This study explored the relationship between weight or height and development of persistent islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes during the first 4 years of life in 7,468 children at genetic risk for type 1 diabetes followed in Finland, Germany, Sweden, and the U.S. Growth data collected every third month were used to estimate individual growth curves by mixed models. Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate body size and risk of islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes. In the overall cohort, development of islet autoimmunity (n = 575) was related to weight z scores at 12 months (hazard ratio [HR] 1.16 per 1.14 kg in males or per 1.02 kg in females, 95% CI 1.06-1.27, P < 0.001, false discovery rate [FDR] = 0.008) but not at 24 or 36 months. A similar relationship was seen between weight z scores and development of multiple islet autoantibodies (1 year: HR 1.21, 95% CI 1.08-1.35, P = 0.001, FDR = 0.008; 2 years: HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.06-1.32, P = 0.004, FDR = 0.02). No association was found between weight or height and type 1 diabetes (n = 169). In conclusion, greater weight in the first years of life was associated with an increased risk of islet autoimmunity.
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, and Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
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Wasserfall C, Montgomery E, Yu L, Michels A, Gianani R, Pugliese A, Nierras C, Kaddis JS, Schatz DA, Bonifacio E, Atkinson MA. Validation of a rapid type 1 diabetes autoantibody screening assay for community-based screening of organ donors to identify subjects at increased risk for the disease. Clin Exp Immunol 2016; 185:33-41. [PMID: 27029857 DOI: 10.1111/cei.12797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes (nPOD) programme was developed in response to an unmet research need for human pancreatic tissue obtained from individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus and people at increased risk [i.e. autoantibody (AAb)-positive] for the disease. This necessitated the establishment of a type 1 diabetes-specific AAb screening platform for organ procurement organizations (OPOs). Assay protocols for commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisas) determining AAb against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), insulinoma-associated protein-2 (IA-2A) and zinc transporter-8 (ZnT8A) were modified to identify AAb-positive donors within strict time requirements associated with organ donation programmes. These rapid elisas were evaluated by the international islet AAb standardization programme (IASP) and used by OPO laboratories as an adjunct to routine serological tests evaluating donors for organ transplantation. The rapid elisas performed well in three IASPs (2011, 2013, 2015) with 98-100% specificity for all three assays, including sensitivities of 64-82% (GADA), 60-64% (IA-2A) and 62-68% (ZnT8A). Since 2009, nPOD has screened 4442 organ donors by rapid elisa; 250 (5·6%) were identified as positive for one AAb and 14 (0.3%) for multiple AAb with 20 of these cases received by nPOD for follow-up studies (14 GADA+, two IA-2A(+) , four multiple AAb-positive). Rapid screening for type 1 diabetes-associated AAb in organ donors is feasible, allowing for identification of non-diabetic, high-risk individuals and procurement of valuable tissues for natural history studies of this disease.
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- C Wasserfall
- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Univeristy of Colorado, Aurora
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Balakhadze M, Giorgadze E, Lomidze M. The Frequency of Langerhans Islets β-Cells Autoantibodies (Anti-GAD) in Georgian Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis. Int J Endocrinol 2016; 2016:6597091. [PMID: 27429616 PMCID: PMC4939347 DOI: 10.1155/2016/6597091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Aim. Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetes mellitus are organ-specific autoimmune diseases. There is large evidence that autoimmunity against the thyroid gland in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is increased, but little is known about anti-islet cell autoimmune status in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. We evaluated the concentration of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) which are widely used as a diagnostic and predictive tool for type 1 diabetes mellitus, in school-aged Georgian children with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. Methods. The frequency of anti-GAD antibodies was measured in Georgian school-aged children with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and compared to healthy age and sex matched controls. Results. Of the 41 patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis 4 (9.8%) were positive for GAD antibodies. The frequency of GAD positivity in the chronic autoimmune thyroiditis group was significantly higher than in the control subjects (P = 0.036). Conclusion. In the study we found that the frequency of GAD antibody positivity in autoimmune thyroiditis patients was significantly higher (9.8%, P = 0.036) than in the control group. Our findings support the concept that patients with autoimmune thyroid disease may develop type 1 diabetes mellitus in future life.
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- Mariam Balakhadze
- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
- V. Iverieli Endocrinology Metabology Dietology Center “ENMEDIC”, 9 Tsinandali Street, 0144 Tbilisi, Georgia
- *Mariam Balakhadze:
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- Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
- National Institute of Endocrinology, 2/6 Lubliana Street, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia
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- National Institute of Endocrinology, 2/6 Lubliana Street, 0159 Tbilisi, Georgia
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Helminen O, Aspholm S, Pokka T, Ilonen J, Simell O, Veijola R, Knip M. OGTT and random plasma glucose in the prediction of type 1 diabetes and time to diagnosis. Diabetologia 2015; 58:1787-96. [PMID: 25985749 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3621-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We assessed the utility of the OGTT and random plasma glucose concentrations in predicting the time to diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. METHODS A population-derived cohort of 14,876 newborns with HLA-conferred risk of type 1 diabetes were invited to regular follow-up for islet autoantibodies. When two or more autoantibodies were detected, an OGTT was performed once a year and random plasma glucose analysed twice a year. During follow-up, 567 children developed multiple autoantibodies, 255 (45%) of whom were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, while 312 remained non-diabetic by December 2011. RESULTS Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) were risk factors for type 1 diabetes (HR 3.2 [95% CI 1.5, 7.0] and 8.3 [95% CI 6.0, 11.5], respectively). When a random plasma glucose value ≥ 7.8 mmol/l was observed, the HR for diabetes was 6.0 (95% CI 4.3, 8.6). The median time to diagnosis after the detection of IFG was 5.2 years (interquartile range [IQR] 3.4, 6.3); after IGT, 0.7 years (IQR 0.3, 1.9); and, after a random plasma glucose ≥ 7.8 mmol/l, 1.0 years (IQR 0.3, 1.5). In a retrospective analysis, both OGTT-derived 2 h plasma glucose and random plasma glucose started to increase 1.5 years before diagnosis (p < 0.001 and p = 0.004, respectively). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Dysglycaemia detected in an OGTT or based on random plasma glucose is a useful marker in the prediction of time to onset of type 1 diabetes in high-risk children. Random plasma glucose is a simple and low-cost measurement with comparable predictive characteristics to that of OGTT-derived 2 h glucose.
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- Olli Helminen
- Department of Pediatrics, PEDEGO Research Group, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland,
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Helminen O, Aspholm S, Pokka T, Hautakangas MR, Haatanen N, Lempainen J, Ilonen J, Simell O, Knip M, Veijola R. HbA1c Predicts Time to Diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in Children at Risk. Diabetes 2015; 64:1719-27. [PMID: 25524912 DOI: 10.2337/db14-0497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Prediction of type 1 diabetes is based on the detection of multiple islet autoantibodies in subjects who are at increased genetic risk. Prediction of the timing of diagnosis is challenging, however. We assessed the utility of HbA1c levels in predicting the clinical disease in genetically predisposed children with multiple autoantibodies. Cord blood samples from 168,055 newborn infants were screened for class II HLA genotypes in Finland, and 14,876 children with increased genetic risk for type 1 diabetes were invited to participate in regular follow-ups, including screening for diabetes-associated autoantibodies. When two or more autoantibodies were detected, HbA1c levels were analyzed at each visit. During follow-up, multiple (two or more) autoantibodies developed in 466 children; type 1 diabetes was diagnosed in 201 of these children (43%, progressors), while 265 children remained disease free (nonprogressors) by December 2011. A 10% increase in HbA1c levels in samples obtained 3-12 months apart predicted the diagnosis of clinical disease (hazard ratio [HR] 5.7 [95% CI 4.1-7.9]) after a median time of 1.1 years (interquartile range [IQR] 0.6-3.1 years) from the observed rise of HbA1c. If the HbA1c level was ≥5.9% (41 mmol/mol) in two consecutive samples, the median time to diagnosis was 0.9 years (IQR 0.3-1.5, HR 11.9 [95% CI 8.8-16.0]). In conclusion, HbA1c is a useful biochemical marker when predicting the time to diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children with multiple autoantibodies.
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- Olli Helminen
- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of General Practice, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by destruction of insulin-producing β cells in the pancreas. The incidence of T1D is increasing dramatically, and the prevalence has doubled in the last 2 decades, further increasing the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease. T1D is now predictable with the measurement of antibodies directed against β cell proteins. Islet autoantibodies (IAs) are detectable from the peripheral blood months to years before clinical diagnosis. With the presence of two or more antibodies, the risk for developing T1D is nearly 100 % given enough time. Targeted screening for T1D risk has been carried out in first-degree relatives and those with a significant genetic risk. However, more than 85 % of individuals who are diagnosed with T1D do not have a family history. In light of the predictability of T1D and recent advances in IA measurement, general population screening is on the horizon. We provide an overview of the history of general population screening and discuss the rationale for and arguments against screening the general population for T1D risk.
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- Kimber M Simmons
- Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes Fellow, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, US
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- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Denver, US
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Sørgjerd EP, Thorsby PM, Torjesen PA, Skorpen F, Kvaløy K, Grill V. Presence of anti-GAD in a non-diabetic population of adults; time dynamics and clinical influence: results from the HUNT study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2015; 3:e000076. [PMID: 26157582 PMCID: PMC4486684 DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2014-000076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It is well known that anti-GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) serves as a marker for development of autoimmune diabetes in adults. On the other hand, the clinical implications of anti-GAD positivity in persistently non-diabetic (PND) adults are poorly elucidated. Our aim was to establish the frequency of anti-GAD in PNDs in an all-population-based cohort from the Nord-Trøndelag health study (HUNT) and to prospectively test for associations with glucose tolerance and thyroid autoimmunity. METHODS We formed a primary study population (4496 individuals), selected randomly from the age group 20-90 years (50% men/women), who were non-diabetic both at HUNT2 (1995-1997) and HUNT3 (2006-2008). Anti-GAD-positive individuals at HUNT2, together with anti-GAD-negative individuals aged 20-29 years, were retested for anti-GAD positivity at HUNT3. A secondary study population consisted of individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D, n=349) at HUNT3 who developed diabetes between HUNT2 and HUNT3. RESULTS The frequency of anti-GAD positivity in PND was 1.7% (n=76) at HUNT2. Positivity did not associate with gender, family history of diabetes, or glucose levels, but was associated with thyroid-associated autoimmunity (increased frequency of positivity for anti-TPO (thyroid peroxidase), p<0.002). HLA-DQA1/DQB1, a risk haplotype for autoimmunity, was also associated with anti-GAD positivity in PND. The incidence of anti-GAD positivity was low (0.4%) in the subsample of individuals who were anti-GAD negative in HUNT2. Anti-GAD positivity in PNDs was frequently evanescent, with 54% losing, usually low-grade, positivity between HUNT2 and HUNT3. An evanescent state of autoimmunity as assessed by anti-GAD positivity during "pre-diabetes" in individuals later diagnosed with T2D could, however, not be affirmed. CONCLUSIONS Anti-GAD positivity in PND is associated with HLA risk haplotypes and thyroid autoimmunity but not with clinical parameters of diabetes. Fleeting anti-GAD positivity is common; however, results do not support the notion of a history of autoimmunity in T2D in the present cohort.
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- Elin Pettersen Sørgjerd
- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, HUNT Research Centre, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway
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- Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Hormone Laboratory, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, HUNT Research Centre, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway
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- Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Endocrinology, St. Olav University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Grönholm J, Lenardo MJ. Novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for autoimmune diabetes--a prime time to treat insulitis as a disease. Clin Immunol 2014; 156:109-18. [PMID: 25486604 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2014.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/22/2014] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes is a progressive autoimmune disease with no curative treatment, making prevention critical. At the time of diagnosis, a majority of the insulin secreting β-cells have already been destroyed. Insulitis, lymphocytic infiltration to the pancreatic islets, is believed to begin months to years before the clinical symptoms of insulin deficiency appear. Insulitis should be treated as its own disease, for it is a known precursor to autoimmune diabetes. Because it is difficult to detect insulitic cellular infiltrates noninvasively, considerable interest has been focused on the levels of islet autoantibodies in blood as measurable diagnostic markers for islet autoimmunity. The traditional islet autoantibody detection assays have many limitations. New electrochemiluminescence-based autoantibody detection assays have the potential to overcome these challenges and they offer promising, cost-effective screening tools in identifying high-risk individuals for trials of preventive interventions. Here, we outline diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to overcome pancreatic β-cell destroying insulitis.
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- Juha Grönholm
- Molecular Development of the Immune System Section, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID Clinical Genomics Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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- Molecular Development of the Immune System Section, Laboratory of Immunology, NIAID Clinical Genomics Program, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Watkins RA, Evans-Molina C, Blum JS, DiMeglio LA. Established and emerging biomarkers for the prediction of type 1 diabetes: a systematic review. Transl Res 2014; 164:110-21. [PMID: 24662515 PMCID: PMC4452380 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease with a prolonged and variable latent period that culminates in the destruction of pancreatic β-cells and the development of hyperglycemia. There is a need for diagnostic biomarkers to detect more accurately individuals with prediabetes to expedite targeting for prevention and intervention strategies. To assess the current ability to predict the insidious development of T1D, we conducted a comprehensive systematic review for established and prospective predictive markers of T1D using the Medline, OVID, and EMBASE databases. Resulting citations were screened for relevance to subject. Our research generated five major categories of markers that are either currently used or forthcoming: genetic, autoantibody, risk score quantification, cellular immunity, and β-cell function. The current standard used to assess T1D onset or predisposition focuses on autoimmune pathology and disease-associated autoantibodies. Research studies in general go beyond autoantibody screening and assess genetic predisposition, and quantitate risk of developing disease based on additional factors. However, there are few currently used techniques that assess the root of T1D: β-cell destruction. Thus, novel techniques are discussed with the potential to gauge degrees of β-cell stress and failure via protein, RNA, and DNA analyses.
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- Renecia A Watkins
- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
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- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind; Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind; Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind; Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind
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- Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind; Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind.
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Milicic T, Jotic A, Markovic I, Lalic K, Jeremic V, Lukic L, Rajkovic N, Popadic D, Macesic M, Seferovic JP, Aleksic S, Stanarcic J, Civcic M, Lalic NM. High Risk First Degree Relatives of Type 1 Diabetics: An Association with Increases in CXCR3(+) T Memory Cells Reflecting an Enhanced Activity of Th1 Autoimmune Response. Int J Endocrinol 2014; 2014:589360. [PMID: 24778649 PMCID: PMC3979071 DOI: 10.1155/2014/589360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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We analyzed the level of (a) CXCR3(+) (Th1) and CCR4(+) (Th2) T memory cells (b) interferon- γ inducible chemokine (IP-10)(Th1) and thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)(Th2), in 51 first degree relatives (FDRs) of type 1 diabetics (T1D) (17 high risk FDRs (GADA(+), IA-2(+)) and 34 low risk FDRs (GADA(-), IA-2(-))), 24 recent-onset T1D (R-T1D), and 18 healthy subjects. T memory subsets were analyzed by using four-color immunofluorescence staining and flowcytometry. IP-10 and TARC were determined by ELISA. High risk FDRs showed higher levels of CXCR3(+) and lower level of CCR4(+) T memory cells compared to low risk FDRs (64.98 ± 5.19 versus 42.13 ± 11.11; 29.46 ± 2.83 versus 41.90 ± 8.58%, resp., P < 0.001). Simultaneously, both IP-10 and TARC levels were increased in high risk versus low risk FDRs (160.12 ± 73.40 versus 105.39 ± 71.30; 438.83 ± 120.62 versus 312.04 ± 151.14 pg/mL, P < 0.05). Binary logistic regression analysis identified the level of CXCR3(+) T memory cells as predictors for high risk FDRs, together with high levels of IP-10. The results imply that, in FDRs, the risk for T1D might be strongly influenced by enhanced activity of Th1 and diminished activity of Th2 autoimmune response.
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- Tanja Milicic
- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department for Operations Research and Statistics, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, Jove Ilica 154, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 8, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Centre of Serbia, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Dr Subotica 13, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Yu L, Dong F, Miao D, Fouts AR, Wenzlau JM, Steck AK. Proinsulin/Insulin autoantibodies measured with electrochemiluminescent assay are the earliest indicator of prediabetic islet autoimmunity. Diabetes Care 2013; 36:2266-70. [PMID: 23423694 PMCID: PMC3714529 DOI: 10.2337/dc12-2245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated a novel electrochemiluminescent assay for insulin/proinsulin autoantibodies (ECL-IAA) as a new marker of the onset of islet autoimmunity and as a predictor of type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY) prospectively follows children at increased genetic risk for development of islet autoimmunity (defined as presence of autoantibodies to insulin, GAD65, IA-2, or zinc transporter 8 [ZnT8]) and type 1 diabetes (general population of children and first-degree relatives). Serial serum samples from subjects who progressed to type 1 diabetes and who had their first islet autoantibodies measured by age 18 months (N = 47) were tested using ECL-IAA. RESULTS Almost all prediabetic children tested positive for ECL-IAA (46 of 47, 98%) during follow-up. ECL-IAA was almost always the first autoantibody to appear (94% total; 21% very first [by itself]; 23% with only mIAA; 19% with another islet autoantibody [GAD or ZnT8]; and 30% with ≥ 2 other antibodies [mIAA, GAD, IA-2, or ZnT8]). Among the 46 subjects who were ECL-IAA positive, ECL-IAA antedated the onset of other islet autoantibodies by a mean of 2.3 years (range, 0.3-7.2 years). Both the age of appearance of autoantibody and IAA levels (but not GAD65, IA2, or ZnT8 levels) are major determinants of the age of diabetes onset. CONCLUSIONS This new ECL-IAA assay defines more precisely the onset of prediabetic autoimmunity and may help identify events triggering islet autoimmunity, as well as allow earlier intervention for type 1 diabetes. Nearly all young children progressing to diabetes are insulin autoantibody positive.
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- Liping Yu
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Andersson C, Carlsson A, Cilio C, Cedervall E, Ivarsson SA, Jonsdottir B, Jönsson B, Larsson K, Neiderud J, Lernmark A, Elding Larsson H. Glucose tolerance and beta-cell function in islet autoantibody-positive children recruited to a secondary prevention study. Pediatr Diabetes 2013; 14:341-9. [PMID: 23469940 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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AIMS Children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) risk and islet autoantibodies are recruited to a secondary prevention study. The aims were to determine metabolic control in relation to human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genetic risk and islet autoantibodies in prepubertal children. METHODS In 47 healthy children with GADA and at least one additional islet autoantibody, intravenous glucose tolerance test (IvGTT) and oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) were performed 8-65 d apart. Hemoglobin A1c, plasma glucose as well as serum insulin and C-peptide were determined at fasting and during IvGTT and OGTT. RESULTS All children aged median 5.1 (4.0-9.2) yr had autoantibodies to two to six of the beta-cell antigens GAD65, insulin, IA-2, and the three amino acid position 325 variants of the ZnT8 transporter. In total, 20/47 children showed impaired glucose metabolism. Decreased (≤ 30 μU/mL insulin) first-phase insulin response (FPIR) was found in 14/20 children while 11/20 had impaired glucose tolerance in the OGTT. Five children had both impaired glucose tolerance and FPIR ≤ 30 μU/mL insulin. Number and levels of autoantibodies were not associated with glucose metabolism, except for an increased frequency (p = 0.03) and level (p = 0.01) of ZnT8QA in children with impaired glucose metabolism. Among the children with impaired glucose metabolism, 13/20 had HLA-DQ2/8, compared to 9/27 of the children with normal glucose metabolism (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION Secondary prevention studies in children with islet autoantibodies are complicated by variability in baseline glucose metabolism. Evaluation of metabolic control with both IvGTT and OGTT is critical and should be taken into account before randomization. All currently available autoantibody tests should be analyzed, including ZnT8QA.
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- Cecilia Andersson
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University/CRC, Skåne University Hospital SUS, Malmö, Sweden.
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Gorus FK, Balti EV, Vermeulen I, Demeester S, Van Dalem A, Costa O, Dorchy H, Tenoutasse S, Mouraux T, De Block C, Gillard P, Decochez K, Wenzlau JM, Hutton JC, Pipeleers DG, Weets I. Screening for insulinoma antigen 2 and zinc transporter 8 autoantibodies: a cost-effective and age-independent strategy to identify rapid progressors to clinical onset among relatives of type 1 diabetic patients. Clin Exp Immunol 2013. [PMID: 23199327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04675.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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In first-degree relatives of type 1 diabetic patients, we investigated whether diabetes risk assessment solely based on insulinoma antigen 2 (IA-2) and zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8) antibody status (IA-2A, respectively, ZnT8A) is as effective as screening for three or four autoantibodies [antibodies against insulin (IAA), glutamate decarboxylase 65 kDa (GAD) glutamate decarboxylase autoantibodies (GADA) and IA-2A with or without ZnT8A] in identifying children, adolescents and adults who progress rapidly to diabetes (within 5 years). Antibodies were determined by radiobinding assays during follow-up of 6444 siblings and offspring aged 0-39 years at inclusion and recruited consecutively by the Belgian Diabetes Registry. We identified 394 persistently IAA(+) , GADA(+) , IA-2A(+) and/or ZnT8A(+) relatives (6·1%). After a median follow-up time of 52 months, 132 relatives developed type 1 diabetes. In each age category tested (0-9, 10-19 and 20-39 years) progression to diabetes was significantly quicker in the presence of IA-2A and/or ZnT8A than in their joint absence (P < 0·001). Progression rate was age-independent in IA-2A(+) and/or ZnT8A(+) relatives but decreased with age if only GADA and/or IAA were present (P = 0·008). In the age group mainly considered for immune interventions until now (10-39 years), screening for IA-2A and ZnT8A alone identified 78% of the rapid progressors (versus 75% if positive for ≥ 2 antibodies among IAA, GADA, IA-2A and ZnT8A or versus 62% without testing for ZnT8A). Screening for IA-2A and ZnT8A alone allows identification of the majority of rapidly progressing prediabetic siblings and offspring regardless of age and is more cost-effective to select participants for intervention trials than conventional screening.
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- F K Gorus
- Diabetes Research Center, Brussels Free University, Brussels, Belgium
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Zhang Q, Fillmore TL, Schepmoes AA, Clauss TRW, Gritsenko MA, Mueller PW, Rewers M, Atkinson MA, Smith RD, Metz TO. Serum proteomics reveals systemic dysregulation of innate immunity in type 1 diabetes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 210:191-203. [PMID: 23277452 PMCID: PMC3549705 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20111843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Proteomics analysis identifies human serum proteins involved with innate immune responses, complement activation, and blood coagulation that are diagnostic for type 1 diabetes. Using global liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)–based proteomics analyses, we identified 24 serum proteins that were significantly variant between those with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and healthy controls. Functionally, these proteins represent innate immune responses, the activation cascade of complement, inflammatory responses, and blood coagulation. Targeted verification analyses were performed on 52 surrogate peptides representing these proteins, with serum samples from an antibody standardization program cohort of 100 healthy control and 50 type 1 diabetic subjects. 16 peptides were verified as having very good discriminating power, with areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve ≥0.8. Further validation with blinded serum samples from an independent cohort (10 healthy control and 10 type 1 diabetics) demonstrated that peptides from platelet basic protein and C1 inhibitor achieved both 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity for classification of samples. The disease specificity of these proteins was assessed using sera from 50 age-matched type 2 diabetic individuals, and a subset of proteins, C1 inhibitor in particular, were exceptionally good discriminators between these two forms of diabetes. The panel of biomarkers distinguishing those with T1D from healthy controls and those with type 2 diabetes suggests that dysregulated innate immune responses may be associated with the development of this disorder.
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- Qibin Zhang
- Biological Sciences Division and the 2 Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
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Tiberti C, Yu L, Lucantoni F, Panimolle F, Spagnuolo I, Lenzi A, Eisenbarth GS, Dotta F. Detection of four diabetes specific autoantibodies in a single radioimmunoassay: an innovative high-throughput approach for autoimmune diabetes screening. Clin Exp Immunol 2012; 166:317-24. [PMID: 22059988 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2011.04479.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Highly sensitive and specific radioimmunoassays have been validated for autoantibodies reacting with the four major autoantigens identified so far in autoimmune diabetes. However, the analysis of this large number of autoantigens has increased the costs and time necessary for complete autoantibody screenings. Our aim was to demonstrate that it is possible to detect the immunoreactivity against a combination of four different autoantigens by a single assay, this representing a rapid, low-cost first approach to evaluate humoral autoimmunity in diabetes. By using this novel multi-autoantigen radioimmunoassay (MAA), in subsequent steps we analysed 830 sera, 476 of known and 354 of unknown diabetes-specific immunoreactivity, collected from various groups of individuals including type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients, autoantibody-positive patients with a clinical diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (LADA), prediabetic subjects, individuals at risk to develop autoimmune diabetes, siblings of type 1 diabetic patients, coeliac patients and healthy control subjects. All sera reacting with one or more of the four autoantigens by single assays also resulted positive with MAA, as well as eight of 24 type 1 diabetic patients classified initially as autoantibody-negative at disease onset based on single autoantibody assays. In addition, MAA showed 92% sensitivity and 99% specificity by analysing 140 blinded sera from type 1 diabetic patients and control subjects provided in the 2010 Diabetes Autoantibody Standardization Program. MAA is the first combined method also able to evaluate, in addition to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and tyrosine phosphatase (IA)-2, insulin and islet beta-cell zinc cation efflux transporter (ZnT8) autoantibodies. It appears to be particularly appropriate as a first-line approach for large-scale population-based screenings of anti-islet autoimmunity.
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- C Tiberti
- Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
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Antibodies against insulin measured by electrochemiluminescence predicts insulitis severity and disease onset in non-obese diabetic mice and can distinguish human type 1 diabetes status. J Transl Med 2011; 9:203. [PMID: 22123298 PMCID: PMC3283543 DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-9-203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The detection of insulin autoantibodies (IAA) aids in the prediction of autoimmune diabetes development. However, the long-standing, gold standard 125I-insulin radiobinding assay (RBA) has low reproducibility between laboratories, long sample processing times and requires the use of newly synthesized radiolabeled insulin for each set of assays. Therefore, a rapid, non-radioactive, and reproducible assay is highly desirable. METHODS We have developed electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based assays that fulfill these criteria in the measurement of IAA and anti-insulin antibodies (IA) in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice and in type 1 diabetic individuals, respectively. Using the murine IAA ECL assay, we examined the correlation between IAA, histopathological insulitis, and blood glucose in a cohort of female NOD mice from 4 up to 36 weeks of age. We developed a human IA ECL assay that we compared to conventional RBA and validated using samples from 34 diabetic and 59 non-diabetic individuals in three independent laboratories. RESULTS Our ECL assays were rapid and sensitive with a broad dynamic range and low background. In the NOD mouse model, IAA levels measured by ECL were positively correlated with insulitis severity, and the values measured at 8-10 weeks of age were predictive of diabetes onset. Using human serum and plasma samples, our IA ECL assay yielded reproducible and accurate results with an average sensitivity of 84% at 95% specificity with no statistically significant difference between laboratories. CONCLUSIONS These novel, non-radioactive ECL-based assays should facilitate reliable and fast detection of antibodies to insulin and its precursors sera and plasma in a standardized manner between laboratories in both research and clinical settings. Our next step is to evaluate the human IA assay in the detection of IAA in prediabetic subjects or those at risk of type 1 diabetes and to develop similar assays for other autoantibodies that together are predictive for the diagnosis of this common disorder, in order to improve prediction and facilitate future therapeutic trials.
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Steck AK, Johnson K, Barriga KJ, Miao D, Yu L, Hutton JC, Eisenbarth GS, Rewers MJ. Age of islet autoantibody appearance and mean levels of insulin, but not GAD or IA-2 autoantibodies, predict age of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes: diabetes autoimmunity study in the young. Diabetes Care 2011; 34:1397-9. [PMID: 21562325 PMCID: PMC3114355 DOI: 10.2337/dc10-2088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We evaluated predictors of progression to diabetes in children with high-risk HLA genotypes and persistent islet autoantibodies. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY) followed 2,542 children with autoantibodies measured to GAD, IA-2, and insulin. RESULTS Persistent islet autoantibodies developed in 169 subjects, and 55 of those progressed to diabetes. Children expressing three autoantibodies showed a linear progression to diabetes with 74% cumulative incidence by the 10-year follow-up compared with 70% with two antibodies and 15% with one antibody (P < 0.0001). Both age of appearance of first autoantibody and insulin autoantibody (IAA) levels, but not GAD or IA-2 autoantibodies, were major determinants of the age of diabetes diagnosis (r = 0.79, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS In the DAISY cohort, 89% of children who progressed to diabetes expressed two or more autoantibodies. Age of diagnosis of diabetes is strongly correlated with age of appearance of first autoantibody and IAA levels.
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- Andrea K Steck
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
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Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG. Advances in the prediction and natural history of type 1 diabetes. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2010; 39:513-25. [PMID: 20723817 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has the hallmark characteristics of autoimmunity superimposed on genetic susceptibility. Both genes (HLA) and immune markers (autoantibodies) have been validated as predictive markers of the subsequent development of the disease in higher-risk relatives and the lower-risk general population. Over the last three decades, using a combination of genes, immune, and metabolic markers, clinicians are now able to quantify an individual's disease risk from 1 in 100,000 to more than 1 in 2. This article reviews these biomarkers and T1D prediction strategies, and discusses potential implications of prediction and natural history for the pathogenesis of T1D.
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- Ezio Bonifacio
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 47/49, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Knip M, Korhonen S, Kulmala P, Veijola R, Reunanen A, Raitakari OT, Viikari J, Akerblom HK. Prediction of type 1 diabetes in the general population. Diabetes Care 2010; 33:1206-12. [PMID: 20508230 PMCID: PMC2875424 DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the utility of GAD antibodies (GADAs) and islet antigen-2 antibodies (IA-2As) in prediction of type 1 diabetes over 27 years in the general population and to assess the 6-year rates of seroconversion. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 3,475 nondiabetic subjects aged 3-18 years were sampled in 1980, and 2,375 subjects (68.3%) were resampled in 1986. All subjects were observed for development of diabetes to the end of 2007. GADAs and IA-2As were analyzed in all samples obtained in 1980 and 1986. RESULTS A total of 34 individuals (1.0%; 9 developed diabetes) initially had GADAs and 22 (0.6%; 9 developed diabetes) IA-2As. Seven subjects (0.2%) tested positive for both autoantibodies. The positive seroconversion rate over 6 years was 0.4% for GADAs and 0.2% for IA-2As, while the inverse seroconversion rates were 33 and 57%, respectively. Eighteen subjects (0.5%) developed type 1 diabetes after a median pre-diabetic period of 8.6 years (range 0.9-20.3). Initial positivity for GADAs and/or IA-2As had a sensitivity of 61% (95% CI 36-83) for type 1 diabetes. Combined positivity for GADAs and IA-2As had both a specificity and a positive predictive value of 100% (95% CI 59-100). CONCLUSIONS One-time screening for GADAs and IA-2As in the general childhood population in Finland would identify approximately 60% of those individuals who will develop type 1 diabetes over the next 27 years, and those subjects who have both autoantibodies carry an extremely high risk for diabetes. Both positive and inverse seroconversions do occur over time reflecting a dynamic process of beta-cell autoimmunity.
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- Mikael Knip
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Pediatrics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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