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Gu Urban GJ, Friedman M, Ren P, Törn C, Fex M, Hampe CS, Lernmark Å, Landegren U, Kamali-Moghaddam M. Elevated Serum GAD65 and GAD65-GADA Immune Complexes in Stiff Person Syndrome. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11196. [PMID: 26080009 PMCID: PMC4468815 DOI: 10.1038/srep11196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) and autoantibodies specific for GAD65 (GADA) are associated with autoimmune diseases including Stiff Person Syndrome (SPS) and Type 1 diabetes (T1D). GADA is recognized as a biomarker of value for clinical diagnosis and prognostication in these diseases. Nonetheless, it remains medically interesting to develop sensitive and specific assays to detect GAD65 preceding GADA emergence, and to monitor GADA-GAD65 immune complexes in blood samples. In the present study, we developed a highly sensitive proximity ligation assay to measure serum GAD65. This novel assay allowed detection of as little as 0.65 pg/ml GAD65. We were also able to detect immune complexes involving GAD65 and GADA. Both free GAD65 and GAD65-GADA levels were significantly higher in serum samples from SPS patients compared to healthy controls. The proximity ligation assays applied for detection of GAD65 and its immune complexes may thus enable improved diagnosis and better understanding of SPS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gucci Jijuan Gu Urban
- Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
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- Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital SUS, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital SUS, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Dept. of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital SUS, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Dept. of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Ling Z, De Pauw P, Jacobs-Tulleneers-Thevissen D, Mao R, Gillard P, Hampe CS, Martens GA, In't Veld P, Lernmark Å, Keymeulen B, Gorus F, Pipeleers D. Plasma GAD65, a Marker for Early β-Cell Loss After Intraportal Islet Cell Transplantation in Diabetic Patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2015; 100:2314-21. [PMID: 25816051 PMCID: PMC5393519 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2015-1216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Intraportal islet transplantation can restore insulin production in type 1 diabetes patients, but its effect is subject to several interfering processes. To assess the influence of β-cell loss before and during engraftment, we searched for a real-time marker of β-cell destruction. Previous studies showed that 65-kDa isoform of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD65) is discharged by chemically damaged rat β-cells. We therefore examined the utility of the GAD65 assay to detect and quantify destruction of human β-cells in vitro and in vivo. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A time-resolved fluorescence immunoassay was used to measure GAD65 discharge from β-cells after administration of toxins or after intraportal transplantation. The study in patients involved type 1 diabetes recipients of 56 implants. RESULTS GAD65 was discharged from cultured human β-cells between 4 and 24 hours after acute insult and proportional to the number of dying cells. It was also detected in plasma during the first 24 hours after intraportal transplantation of human islet cell grafts. Diabetic nude rat recipients without hyperglycemic correction exhibited higher plasma GAD65 levels than those with normalization. In type 1 diabetes recipients of grafts with 2-5 × 10(6) β-cells per kilogram of body weight, five of six with plasma GAD65 greater than 1 ng/mL failed to increase plasma C-peptide by greater than 0.5 ng/mL at posttransplant month 2, whereas five of six with undetectable plasma GAD 65 and 15 of 19 with intermediate levels did result in such increase. CONCLUSION Plasma GAD65 qualifies as a marker for early β-cell loss after intraportal transplantation. Further studies are needed to extend its clinical utility.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhidong Ling
- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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- Diabetes Research Center and Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (Z.L., P.D.P., D.J.-T.-T., R.M., G.A.M., P.I.V., B.K., F.G., D.P.), Brussels Free University-VUB, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Endocrinology (P.G.), Universitair Ziekenhuis Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-KUL, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Medicine (C.S.H.), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98109; and Department of Clinical Sciences (Å.L.), Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, SE-20502 Malmö, Sweden
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