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Herold KC, Delong T, Perdigoto AL, Biru N, Brusko TM, Walker LSK. The immunology of type 1 diabetes. Nat Rev Immunol 2024; 24:435-451. [PMID: 38308004 PMCID: PMC7616056 DOI: 10.1038/s41577-023-00985-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
Following the seminal discovery of insulin a century ago, treatment of individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) has been largely restricted to efforts to monitor and treat metabolic glucose dysregulation. The recent regulatory approval of the first immunotherapy that targets T cells as a means to delay the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells highlights the critical role of the immune system in disease pathogenesis and tends to pave the way for other immune-targeted interventions for T1D. Improving the efficacy of such interventions across the natural history of the disease will probably require a more detailed understanding of the immunobiology of T1D, as well as technologies to monitor residual β-cell mass and function. Here we provide an overview of the immune mechanisms that underpin the pathogenesis of T1D, with a particular emphasis on T cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kevan C Herold
- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
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- Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Internal Medicine, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida Diabetes Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Institute of Immunity & Transplantation, University College London, London, UK.
- Division of Infection & Immunity, University College London, London, UK.
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Bass LE, Bonami RH. Factors Governing B Cell Recognition of Autoantigen and Function in Type 1 Diabetes. Antibodies (Basel) 2024; 13:27. [PMID: 38651407 PMCID: PMC11036271 DOI: 10.3390/antib13020027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2024] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Islet autoantibodies predict type 1 diabetes (T1D) but can be transient in murine and human T1D and are not thought to be directly pathogenic. Rather, these autoantibodies signal B cell activity as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) that present islet autoantigen to diabetogenic T cells to promote T1D pathogenesis. Disrupting B cell APC function prevents T1D in mouse models and has shown promise in clinical trials. Autoantigen-specific B cells thus hold potential as sophisticated T1D biomarkers and therapeutic targets. B cell receptor (BCR) somatic hypermutation is a mechanism by which B cells increase affinity for islet autoantigen. High-affinity B and T cell responses are selected in protective immune responses, but immune tolerance mechanisms are known to censor highly autoreactive clones in autoimmunity, including T1D. Thus, different selection rules often apply to autoimmune disease settings (as opposed to protective host immunity), where different autoantigen affinity ceilings are tolerated based on variations in host genetics and environment. This review will explore what is currently known regarding B cell signaling, selection, and interaction with T cells to promote T1D pathogenesis.
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- Lindsay E. Bass
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA;
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Sing ABE, Naselli G, Huang D, Watson K, Colman PG, Harrison LC, Wentworth JM. Feasibility and Validity of In-Home Self-Collected Capillary Blood Spot Screening for Type 1 Diabetes Risk. Diabetes Technol Ther 2024; 26:87-94. [PMID: 37976038 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2023.0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Aims: Self-collection of a blood sample for autoantibody testing has potential to facilitate screening for type 1 diabetes risk. We sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of this approach and the performance of downstream antibody assays. Methods: People living with type 1 diabetes and their family members (N = 97) provided paired capillary blood spot and serum samples collected, respectively, by themselves and a health worker. They provided feedback on the ease, convenience, and painfulness of blood spot collection. Islet antibodies were measured in blood spots by antibody detection by agglutination PCR (ADAP) or multiplex enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA), and in serum by radioimmunoassay (RIA) or ELISA. Results: Using serum RIA and ELISA to define antibody status, 50 antibody-negative (Abneg) and 47 antibody-positive (Abpos) participants enrolled, of whom 43 and 47, respectively, returned testable blood spot samples. The majority indicated that self-collection was easier, more convenient, and less painful than formal venesection. The sensitivity and specificity for detection of Abpos by blood spot were, respectively, 85% and 98% for ADAP and 87% and 100% for multiplex ELISA. The specificities by ADAP for each of the four antigen specificities ranged from 98% to 100% and areas under the receiver operator curve from 0.841 to 0.986. Conclusions: Self-collected blood spot sampling is preferred over venesection by research participants. ADAP and multiplex ELISA are highly specific assays for islet antibodies in blood spots with acceptable performance for use alone or in combination to facilitate screening for type 1 diabetes risk. Clinical Trial Registration number: ACTRN12620000510943.
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- Anna B E Sing
- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Parkville, Australia
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Parkville, Australia
- University of Melbourne Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Population Health and Immunity Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- Royal Melbourne Hospital Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Parkville, Australia
- University of Melbourne Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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Jia X, Yu L. Understanding Islet Autoantibodies in Prediction of Type 1 Diabetes. J Endocr Soc 2023; 8:bvad160. [PMID: 38169963 PMCID: PMC10758755 DOI: 10.1210/jendso/bvad160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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As screening studies and preventive interventions for type 1 diabetes (T1D) advance rapidly, the utility of islet autoantibodies (IAbs) in T1D prediction comes with challenges for early and accurate disease progression prediction. Refining features of IAbs can provide more accurate risk assessment. The advances in islet autoantibodies assay techniques help to screen out islet autoantibodies with high efficiency and high disease specificity. Exploring new islet autoantibodies to neoepitopes/neoantigens remains a hot research field for improving prediction and disease pathogenesis. We will review the recent research progresses of islet autoantibodies to better understand the utility of islet autoantibodies in prediction of T1D.
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- Xiaofan Jia
- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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McNitt DH, Joosse BA, Thomas JW, Bonami RH. Productive Germinal Center Responses Depend on the Nature of Stimuli Received by Anti-Insulin B Cells in Type 1 Diabetes-Prone Mice. Immunohorizons 2023; 7:384-397. [PMID: 37261716 PMCID: PMC10448785 DOI: 10.4049/immunohorizons.2300036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Islet autoantibodies, including those directed at insulin, predict type 1 diabetes (T1D) in mice and humans and signal immune tolerance breach by B lymphocytes. High-affinity insulin autoantibodies and T follicular helper cell involvement implicate germinal centers (GCs) in T1D. The VH125SD BCR transgenic model, in which 1-2% of peripheral B lymphocytes recognize insulin, enables direct study of insulin-binding B cells. Our prior studies showed that anti-insulin B cell receptor transgene site-directed to H chain locus mice fail to generate insulin Ab following T-dependent immunization, but it was unclear whether anti-insulin B cells were blocked for GC initiation, survival, or differentiation into Ab-secreting cells. Here, we show that insulin-binding B cells in T1D-prone anti-insulin B cell receptor transgene site-directed to H chain locus mice can spontaneously adopt a GC phenotype and undergo class switching to the IgG1 isotype, with little if any switching to IgG2b. T-dependent immunizations with insulin SRBC or insulin CFA drove anti-insulin B lymphocytes to adopt a GC phenotype, despite blunted insulin Ab production. Dual immunization against self (insulin) and foreign (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl hapten conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin) Ags showed an anti-insulin (but not anti-4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl) Ab block that tracked with increased expression of the apoptosis marker, activated caspase 3, in self-reactive GC B cells. Finally, T-independent immunization with insulin conjugated to Brucella abortus ring test Ag released immune tolerance to allow robust expansion of anti-insulin GC B cells and IgG-switched insulin Ab production. Overall, these data pinpoint GC survival and Ab-secreting cell differentiation as immune tolerance blocks that limit T-dependent, but not T-independent, stimulation of anti-insulin B cell responses.
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- Dudley H. McNitt
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of
Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of
Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of
Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and
Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of
Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and
Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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Cobb J, Soliman SSM, Retuerto M, Quijano JC, Orr C, Ghannoum M, Kandeel F, Husseiny MI. Changes in the gut microbiota of NOD mice in response to an oral Salmonella-based vaccine against type 1 diabetes. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285905. [PMID: 37224176 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
Abstract
We developed an oral Salmonella-based vaccine that prevents and reverses diabetes in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. Related to this, the gastrointestinal tract harbors a complex dynamic population of microorganisms, the gut microbiome, that influences host homeostasis and metabolism. Changes in the gut microbiome are associated with insulin dysfunction and type 1 diabetes (T1D). Oral administration of diabetic autoantigens as a vaccine can restore immune balance. However, it was not known if a Salmonella-based vaccine would impact the gut microbiome. We administered a Salmonella-based vaccine to prediabetic NOD mice. Changes in the gut microbiota and associated metabolome were assessed using next-generation sequencing and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The Salmonella-based vaccine did not cause significant changes in the gut microbiota composition immediately after vaccination although at 30 days post-vaccination changes were seen. Additionally, no changes were noted in the fecal mycobiome between vaccine- and control/vehicle-treated mice. Significant changes in metabolic pathways related to inflammation and proliferation were found after vaccine administration. The results from this study suggest that an oral Salmonella-based vaccine alters the gut microbiome and metabolome towards a more tolerant composition. These results support the use of orally administered Salmonella-based vaccines that induced tolerance after administration.
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- Jacob Cobb
- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Center for Medical Mycology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Center for Medical Mycology, Department of Dermatology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, California, United States of America
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Mameli C, Triolo TM, Chiarelli F, Rewers M, Zuccotti G, Simmons KM. Lessons and Gaps in the Prediction and Prevention of Type 1 Diabetes. Pharmacol Res 2023; 193:106792. [PMID: 37201589 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Revised: 05/01/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a serious chronic autoimmune condition. Even though the root cause of T1D development has yet to be determined, enough is known about the natural history of T1D pathogenesis to allow study of interventions that may delay or even prevent the onset of hyperglycemia and clinical T1D. Primary prevention aims to prevent the onset of beta cell autoimmunity in asymptomatic people at high genetic risk for T1D. Secondary prevention strategies aim to preserve functional beta cells once autoimmunity is present, and tertiary prevention aims to initiate and extend partial remission of beta cell destruction after the clinical onset of T1D. The approval of teplizumab in the United States to delay the onset of clinical T1D marks an impressive milestone in diabetes care. This treatment opens the door to a paradigm shift in T1D care. People with T1D risk need to be identified early by measuring T1D related islet autoantibodies. Identifying people with T1D before they have symptoms will facilitate better understanding of pre-symptomatic T1D progression and T1D prevention strategies that may be effective.
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- Chiara Mameli
- Department of Pediatrics, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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- Department of Pediatrics, V. Buzzi Children's Hospital, Milan, Italy; Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045
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Marzinotto I, Pittman DL, Williams AJK, Long AE, Achenbach P, Schlosser M, Akolkar B, Winter WE, Lampasona V. Islet Autoantibody Standardization Program: interlaboratory comparison of insulin autoantibody assay performance in 2018 and 2020 workshops. Diabetologia 2023; 66:897-912. [PMID: 36759347 PMCID: PMC10036445 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-023-05877-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The Islet Autoantibody Standardization Program (IASP) aims to improve the performance of immunoassays measuring autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes and the concordance of results across laboratories. IASP organises international workshops distributing anonymised serum samples to participating laboratories and centralises the collection and analysis of results. In this report, we describe the results of assays measuring IAA submitted to the IASP 2018 and 2020 workshops. METHODS The IASP distributed uniquely coded sera from individuals with new-onset type 1 diabetes, multiple islet autoantibody-positive individuals, and diabetes-free blood donors in both 2018 and 2020. Serial dilutions of the anti-insulin mouse monoclonal antibody HUI-018 were also included. Sensitivity, specificity, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC-AUC), partial ROC-AUC at 95% specificity (pAUC95) and concordance of qualitative/quantitative results were compared across assays. RESULTS Results from 45 IAA assays of seven different formats and from 37 IAA assays of six different formats were submitted to the IASP in 2018 and 2020, respectively. The median ROC-AUC was 0.736 (IQR 0.617-0.803) and 0.790 (IQR 0.730-0.836), while the median pAUC95 was 0.016 (IQR 0.004-0.021) and 0.023 (IQR 0.014-0.026) in the 2018 and 2020 workshops, respectively. Assays largely differed in AUC (IASP 2018 range 0.232-0.874; IASP 2020 range 0.379-0.924) and pAUC95 (IASP 2018 and IASP 2020 range 0-0.032). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Assay formats submitted to this study showed heterogeneous performance. Despite the high variability across laboratories, the in-house radiobinding assay (RBA) remains the gold standard for IAA measurement. However, novel non-radioactive IAA immunoassays showed a good performance and, if further improved, might be considered valid alternatives to RBAs.
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- Ilaria Marzinotto
- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Diabetes and Metabolism, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolism, Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Department of General Surgery, Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Pathophysiology, Research Group of Predictive Diagnostics, University Medical Center Greifswald, Karlsburg, Germany
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- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
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Achenbach P, Hippich M, Zapardiel-Gonzalo J, Karges B, Holl RW, Petrera A, Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG. A classification and regression tree analysis identifies subgroups of childhood type 1 diabetes. EBioMedicine 2022; 82:104118. [PMID: 35803018 PMCID: PMC9270253 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 06/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Diabetes in childhood and adolescence includes autoimmune and non-autoimmune forms with heterogeneity in clinical and biochemical presentations. An unresolved question is whether there are subtypes, endotypes, or theratypes within these forms of diabetes. Methods The multivariable classification and regression tree (CART) analysis method was used to identify subgroups of diabetes with differing residual C-peptide levels in patients with newly diagnosed diabetes before 20 years of age (n=1192). The robustness of the model was assessed in a confirmation and prognosis cohort (n=2722). Findings The analysis selected age, haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), and body mass index (BMI) as split parameters that classified patients into seven islet autoantibody-positive and three autoantibody-negative groups. There were substantial differences in genetics, inflammatory markers, diabetes family history, lipids, 25-OH-Vitamin D3, insulin treatment, insulin sensitivity and insulin autoimmunity among the groups, and the method stratified patients with potentially different pathogeneses and prognoses. Interferon-ɣ and/or tumour necrosis factor inflammatory signatures were enriched in the youngest islet autoantibody-positive groups and in patients with the lowest C-peptide values, while higher BMI and type 2 diabetes characteristics were found in older patients. The prognostic relevance was demonstrated by persistent differences in HbA1c at 7 years median follow-up. Interpretation This multivariable analysis revealed subgroups of young patients with diabetes that have potential pathogenetic and therapeutic relevance. Funding The work was supported by funds from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01KX1818; FKZ 01GI0805; DZD e.V.), the Innovative Medicine Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking INNODIA (grant agreement No. 115797), the German Robert Koch Institute, and the German Diabetes Association.
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- Peter Achenbach
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany; Technical University Munich, School of Medicine, Forschergruppe Diabetes at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, D 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany; Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, ZIBMT, University of Ulm, D 89081 Ulm, Germany
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- Research Unit Protein Science and Metabolomics and Proteomics Core Facility, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany; DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany; German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany; Technical University Munich, School of Medicine, Forschergruppe Diabetes at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
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den Hollander NHM, Roep BO. From Disease and Patient Heterogeneity to Precision Medicine in Type 1 Diabetes. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:932086. [PMID: 35903316 PMCID: PMC9314738 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.932086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) remains a devastating disease that requires much effort to control. Life-long daily insulin injections or an insulin pump are required to avoid severe complications. With many factors contributing to disease onset, T1D is a complex disease to cure. In this review, the risk factors, pathophysiology and defect pathways are discussed. Results from (pre)clinical studies are highlighted that explore restoration of insulin production and reduction of autoimmunity. It has become clear that treatment responsiveness depends on certain pathophysiological or genetic characteristics that differ between patients. For instance, age at disease manifestation associated with efficacy of immune intervention therapies, such as depleting islet-specific effector T cells or memory B cells and increasing immune regulation. The new challenge is to determine in whom to apply which intervention strategy. Within patients with high rates of insulitis in early T1D onset, therapy depleting T cells or targeting B lymphocytes may have a benefit, whereas slow progressing T1D in adults may be better served with more sophisticated, precise and specific disease modifying therapies. Genetic barcoding and immune profiling may help determining from which new T1D endotypes patients suffer. Furthermore, progressed T1D needs replenishment of insulin production besides autoimmunity reversal, as too many beta cells are already lost or defect. Recurrent islet autoimmunity and allograft rejection or necrosis seem to be the most challenging obstacles. Since beta cells are highly immunogenic under stress, treatment might be more effective with stress reducing agents such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) analogs. Moreover, genetic editing by CRISPR-Cas9 allows to create hypoimmunogenic beta cells with modified human leukocyte antigen (HLA) expression that secrete immune regulating molecules. Given the differences in T1D between patients, stratification of endotypes in clinical trials seems essential for precision medicines and clinical decision making.
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- Nicoline H M den Hollander
- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.,Graduate School, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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He L, Jia X, Rasmussen CG, Waugh K, Miao D, Dong F, Frohnert B, Steck AK, Simmons KM, Rewers M, Yu L. High-Throughput Multiplex Electrochemiluminescence Assay Applicable to General Population Screening for Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease. Diabetes Technol Ther 2022; 24:502-509. [PMID: 35238620 PMCID: PMC9464081 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2021.0517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Objective: Large-scale screening of the general population for islet autoantibodies (IAbs) to detect type 1 diabetes (T1D) has started worldwide. The standard screening method of separate radio-binding assay (RBA) for each IAb is an inefficient bottleneck. Furthermore, most positive results by RBA in screening of general population individuals without a clinical diagnosis of T1D are low-affinity and not predictive of future diabetes. Research Design and Methods: We have developed and validated a novel 6-Plex assay based on electrochemiluminescence (ECL) technology that combines in a single well high-affinity IAbs (to insulin, GAD, IA-2, and ZnT8), transglutaminase autoantibodies for celiac disease, and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies. The Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) provided 880 serum samples, from 828 children aged 1-17 years without diabetes who were previously tested for IAbs using single ECL assays and RBA assays. Results: Levels of all six antibodies in the 6-Plex ECL assay correlated well with respective single ECL assay levels. Similar to single ECL assays, the 6-Plex ECL assay positivity was congruent with the RBA in 95% (35/37) of children who later developed T1D and in 88% (105/119) high-risk children with multiple IAbs. In contrast, only 56% (86/154, P < 0.0001) of children with persistent single IAb by RBA were found to be positive by 6-Plex ECL assay. Of 555 samples negative for all IAbs by RBA, few (0.2%-0.5%) were positive at low levels in the 6-Plex ECL assay. Conclusions: The study demonstrated that the 6-Plex ECL assay compares favorably to the standard RBAs in terms of disease specificity for general population screening in children. The 6-Plex ECL assay was therefore adopted as the primary screening tool in the general population screening ASK program with advantages of high efficiency, low cost, and low serum volume.
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- Ling He
- Department of Endocrinology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Address correspondence to: Marian Rewers, MD, PhD, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1775 Aurora Ct, B140, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Address correspondence to: Liping Yu, MD, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1775 Aurora Ct, B140, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Jia X, He L, Miao D, Waugh K, Rasmussen CG, Dong F, Steck AK, Rewers M, Yu L. High-affinity ZnT8 Autoantibodies by Electrochemiluminescence Assay Improve Risk Prediction for Type 1 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:3455-3463. [PMID: 34343303 PMCID: PMC8864749 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgab575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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CONTEXT Single ZnT8 autoantibody (ZnT8A) positivity by standard radiobinding assay (RBA) is commonly seen in nondiabetes population-based screening and the risk of progression to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in subjects with single ZnT8A is unknown. OBJECTIVE Identify the risk of progression to T1D in individuals positive only for ZnT8A. METHODS We developed an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) assay to detect high-affinity ZnT8A and validated it in 3 populations: 302 patients newly diagnosed with T1D, 135 nondiabetic children positive for ZnT8A by RBA among 23 400 children screened by the Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) study, and 123 nondiabetic children multiple autoantibody positive or single ZnT8A positive by RBA participating in the Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY). RESULTS In 302 patients with T1D at diagnosis, the positivity for ZnT8A was 62% both in RBA and ECL. Among ASK 135 participants positive for RBA-ZnT8A, 64 were detected ZnT8A as the only islet autoantibody. Of these 64, only 9 were confirmed by ECL-ZnT8A, found to be of high affinity with increased T1D risk. The overall positive predictive value of ECL-ZnT8A for T1D risk was 87.1%, significantly higher than that of RBA-ZnT8A (53.5%, P < .001). In DAISY, 11 of 2547 children who had no positivity previously detected for other islet autoantibodies were identified as single ZnT8A by RBA; of these, 3 were confirmed positive by ECL-ZnT8A and all 3 progressed to clinical T1D. CONCLUSION A large proportion of ZnT8A by RBA are single ZnT8A with low T1D risk, whereas ZnT8A by ECL was of high affinity and high prediction for T1D development.
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- Xiaofan Jia
- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology; Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, P. R. China
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
- Department of Endocrinology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510180, P. R. China
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
- Correspondence: Liping Yu, MD, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1775 Aurora Ct, B-140, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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How benign autoimmunity becomes detrimental in type 1 diabetes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2116508118. [PMID: 34697240 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2116508118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this review, we bring our personal experiences to showcase insulin from its breakthrough discovery as a life-saving drug 100 years ago to its uncovering as the autoantigen and potential cause of type 1 diabetes and eventually as an opportunity to prevent autoimmune diabetes. The work covers the birth of insulin to treat patients, which is now 100 years ago, the development of human insulin, insulin analogues, devices, and the way into automated insulin delivery, the realization that insulin is the primary autoimmune target of type 1 diabetes in children, novel approaches of immunotherapy using insulin for immune tolerance induction, the possible limitations of insulin immunotherapy, and an outlook how modern vaccines could remove the need for another 100 years of insulin therapy.
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So M, Speake C, Steck AK, Lundgren M, Colman PG, Palmer JP, Herold KC, Greenbaum CJ. Advances in Type 1 Diabetes Prediction Using Islet Autoantibodies: Beyond a Simple Count. Endocr Rev 2021; 42:584-604. [PMID: 33881515 DOI: 10.1210/endrev/bnab013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Islet autoantibodies are key markers for the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes. Since their discovery, they have also been recognized for their potential to identify at-risk individuals prior to symptoms. To date, risk prediction using autoantibodies has been based on autoantibody number; it has been robustly shown that nearly all multiple-autoantibody-positive individuals will progress to clinical disease. However, longitudinal studies have demonstrated that the rate of progression among multiple-autoantibody-positive individuals is highly heterogenous. Accurate prediction of the most rapidly progressing individuals is crucial for efficient and informative clinical trials and for identification of candidates most likely to benefit from disease modification. This is increasingly relevant with the recent success in delaying clinical disease in presymptomatic subjects using immunotherapy, and as the field moves toward population-based screening. There have been many studies investigating islet autoantibody characteristics for their predictive potential, beyond a simple categorical count. Predictive features that have emerged include molecular specifics, such as epitope targets and affinity; longitudinal patterns, such as changes in titer and autoantibody reversion; and sequence-dependent risk profiles specific to the autoantibody and the subject's age. These insights are the outworking of decades of prospective cohort studies and international assay standardization efforts and will contribute to the granularity needed for more sensitive and specific preclinical staging. The aim of this review is to identify the dynamic and nuanced manifestations of autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes, and to highlight how these autoantibody features have the potential to improve study design of trials aiming to predict and prevent disease.
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- Michelle So
- Diabetes Clinical Research Program, and Center for Interventional Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Diabetes Clinical Research Program, and Center for Interventional Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö 22200, Sweden
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- Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3050, Australia
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- VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, and Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Diabetes Clinical Research Program, and Center for Interventional Immunology, Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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The dark side of insulin: A primary autoantigen and instrument of self-destruction in type 1 diabetes. Mol Metab 2021; 52:101288. [PMID: 34242821 PMCID: PMC8513143 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Since its discovery 100 years ago, insulin, as the ‘cure’ for type 1 diabetes, has rescued the lives of countless individuals. As the century unfolded and the autoimmune nature of type 1 diabetes was recognised, a darker side of insulin emerged. Autoimmunity to insulin was found to be an early marker of risk for type 1 diabetes in young children. In humans, it remains unclear if autoimmunity to insulin is primarily due to a defect in the beta cell itself or to dysregulated immune activation. Conversely, it may be secondary to beta-cell damage from an environmental agent (e.g., virus). Nevertheless, direct, interventional studies in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mouse models of type 1 diabetes point to a critical role for (pro)insulin as a primary autoantigen that drives beta cell pathology. Scope of review Modelled on Koch's postulates for the pathogenicity of an infectious agent, evidence for a pathogenic role of (pro)insulin as an autoantigen in type 1 diabetes, particularly applicable to the NOD mouse model, is reviewed. Evidence in humans remains circumstantial. Additionally, as (pro)insulin is a target of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes, its application as a therapeutic tool to elicit antigen-specific immune tolerance is assessed. Major conclusions Paradoxically, insulin is both a ‘cure’ and a potential ‘cause’ of type 1 diabetes, actively participating as an autoantigen to drive autoimmune destruction of beta cells - the instrument of its own destruction.
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Assfalg R, Knoop J, Hoffman KL, Pfirrmann M, Zapardiel-Gonzalo JM, Hofelich A, Eugster A, Weigelt M, Matzke C, Reinhardt J, Fuchs Y, Bunk M, Weiss A, Hippich M, Halfter K, Hauck SM, Hasford J, Petrosino JF, Achenbach P, Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG. Oral insulin immunotherapy in children at risk for type 1 diabetes in a randomised controlled trial. Diabetologia 2021; 64:1079-1092. [PMID: 33515070 PMCID: PMC8012335 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-020-05376-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Oral administration of antigen can induce immunological tolerance. Insulin is a key autoantigen in childhood type 1 diabetes. Here, oral insulin was given as antigen-specific immunotherapy before the onset of autoimmunity in children from age 6 months to assess its safety and immune response actions on immunity and the gut microbiome. METHODS A phase I/II randomised controlled trial was performed in a single clinical study centre in Germany. Participants were 44 islet autoantibody-negative children aged 6 months to 2.99 years who had a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes and a susceptible HLA DR4-DQ8-containing genotype. Children were randomised 1:1 to daily oral insulin (7.5 mg with dose escalation to 67.5 mg) or placebo for 12 months using a web-based computer system. The primary outcome was immune efficacy pre-specified as induction of antibody or T cell responses to insulin and measured in a central treatment-blinded laboratory. RESULTS Randomisation was performed in 44 children. One child in the placebo group was withdrawn after the first study visit and data from 22 insulin-treated and 21 placebo-treated children were analysed. Oral insulin was well tolerated with no changes in metabolic variables. Immune responses to insulin were observed in children who received both insulin (54.5%) and placebo (66.7%), and the trial did not demonstrate an effect on its primary outcome (p = 0.54). In exploratory analyses, there was preliminary evidence that the immune response and gut microbiome were modified by the INS genotype Among children with the type 1 diabetes-susceptible INS genotype (n = 22), antibody responses to insulin were more frequent in insulin-treated (72.7%) as compared with placebo-treated children (18.2%; p = 0.03). T cell responses to insulin were modified by treatment-independent inflammatory episodes. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The study demonstrated that oral insulin immunotherapy in young genetically at-risk children was safe, but was not associated with an immune response as predefined in the trial primary outcome. Exploratory analyses suggested that antibody responses to oral insulin may occur in children with a susceptible INS genotype, and that inflammatory episodes may promote the activation of insulin-responsive T cells. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov NCT02547519 FUNDING: The main funding source was the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.).
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- Robin Assfalg
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany
- Technische Universität Dresden, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Diabetes Center at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Munich, Germany.
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Sanyoura M, Lundgrin EL, Subramanian HP, Yu M, Sodadasi P, Greeley SAW, MacLeish S, Del Gaudio D. Novel compound heterozygous LRBA deletions in a 6-month-old with neonatal diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2021; 175:108798. [PMID: 33845048 PMCID: PMC11056189 DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report a 6-month-old boy with antibody-positive insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Sequencing identified compound heterozygous deletions of exon 5 and exons 36-37 in LRBA. At three years, he has yet to exhibit any other immune symptoms. Genetic testing of LRBA is warranted in patients with neonatal diabetes, even without immune dysregulation.
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- May Sanyoura
- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., G701, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., G701, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., G701, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., G701, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Section of Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 1027, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, 11100 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., G701, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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Felton JL, Conway H, Bonami RH. B Quiet: Autoantigen-Specific Strategies to Silence Raucous B Lymphocytes and Halt Cross-Talk with T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes. Biomedicines 2021; 9:biomedicines9010042. [PMID: 33418839 PMCID: PMC7824835 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9010042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Islet autoantibodies are the primary biomarkers used to predict type 1 diabetes (T1D) disease risk. They signal immune tolerance breach by islet autoantigen-specific B lymphocytes. T-B lymphocyte interactions that lead to expansion of pathogenic T cells underlie T1D development. Promising strategies to broadly prevent this T-B crosstalk include T cell elimination (anti-CD3, teplizumab), B cell elimination (anti-CD20, rituximab), and disruption of T cell costimulation/activation (CTLA-4/Fc fusion, abatacept). However, global disruption or depletion of immune cell subsets is associated with significant risk, particularly in children. Therefore, antigen-specific therapy is an area of active investigation for T1D prevention. We provide an overview of strategies to eliminate antigen-specific B lymphocytes as a means to limit pathogenic T cell expansion to prevent beta cell attack in T1D. Such approaches could be used to prevent T1D in at-risk individuals. Patients with established T1D would also benefit from such targeted therapies if endogenous beta cell function can be recovered or islet transplant becomes clinically feasible for T1D treatment.
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- Jamie L. Felton
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (J.L.F.); (H.C.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and the Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; (J.L.F.); (H.C.)
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Broome DT, Pantalone KM, Kashyap SR, Philipson LH. Approach to the Patient with MODY-Monogenic Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021; 106:237-250. [PMID: 33034350 PMCID: PMC7765647 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED Maturity-onset diabetes of the young, or MODY-monogenic diabetes, is a not-so-rare collection of inherited disorders of non-autoimmune diabetes mellitus that remains insufficiently diagnosed despite increasing awareness. These cases are important to efficiently and accurately diagnose, given the clinical implications of syndromic features, cost-effective treatment regimen, and the potential impact on multiple family members. Proper recognition of the clinical manifestations, family history, and cost-effective lab and genetic testing provide the diagnosis. All patients must undergo a thorough history, physical examination, multigenerational family history, lab evaluation (glycated hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c], glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies [GADA], islet antigen 2 antibodies [IA-2A], and zinc transporter 8 [ZnT8] antibodies). The presence of clinical features with 3 (or more) negative antibodies may be indicative of MODY-monogenic diabetes, and is followed by genetic testing. Molecular genetic testing should be performed before attempting specific treatments in most cases. Additional testing that is helpful in determining the risk of MODY-monogenic diabetes is the MODY clinical risk calculator (>25% post-test probability in patients not treated with insulin within 6 months of diagnosis should trigger genetic testing) and 2-hour postprandial (after largest meal of day) urinary C-peptide to creatinine ratio (with a ≥0.2 nmol/mmol to distinguish HNF1A- or 4A-MODY from type 1 diabetes). Treatment, as well as monitoring for microvascular and macrovascular complications, is determined by the specific variant that is identified. In addition to the diagnostic approach, this article will highlight recent therapeutic advancements when patients no longer respond to first-line therapy (historically sulfonylurea treatment in many variants). LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to. TARGET AUDIENCE This continuing medical education activity should be of substantial interest to endocrinologists and all health care professionals who care for people with diabetes mellitus.
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- David T Broome
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Correspondence and Reprint Requests: David T. Broome, MD, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Mail code: F-20, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. E-mail:
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Kovler Diabetes Center, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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Lombardi A, Concepcion E, Hou H, Arib H, Mezei M, Osman R, Tomer Y. Retro-inverso D-peptides as a novel targeted immunotherapy for Type 1 diabetes. J Autoimmun 2020; 115:102543. [PMID: 32951964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2020.102543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Over the past four decades, the number of people with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) has increased by 4% per year, making it an important public health challenge. Currently, no curative therapy exists for T1D and the only available treatment is insulin replacement. HLA-DQ8 has been shown to present antigenic islet peptides driving the activation of CD4+ T-cells in T1D patients. Specifically, the insulin peptide InsB:9-23 activates self-reactive CD4+ T-cells, causing pancreatic beta cell destruction. The aim of the current study was to identify retro-inverso-d-amino acid based peptides (RI-D-peptides) that can suppress T-cell activation by blocking the presentation of InsB:9-23 peptide within HLA-DQ8 pocket. We identified a RI-D-peptide (RI-EXT) that inhibited InsB:9-23 binding to recombinant HLA-DQ8 molecule, as well as its binding to DQ8 expressed on human B-cells. RI-EXT prevented T-cell activation in a cellular antigen presentation assay containing human DQ8 cells loaded with InsB:9-23 peptide and murine T-cells expressing a human T-cell receptor specific for the InsB:9-23-DQ8 complex. Moreover, RI-EXT blocked T-cell activation by InsB:9-23 in a humanized DQ8 mice both ex vivo and in vivo, as shown by decreased production of IL-2 and IFN-γ and reduced lymphocyte proliferation. Interestingly, RI-EXT also blocked lymphocyte activation and proliferation by InsB:9-23 in PBMCs isolated from recent onset DQ8-T1D patients. In summary, we discovered a RI-D-peptide that blocks InsB:9-23 binding to HLA-DQ8 and its presentation to T-cells in T1D. These findings set the stage for using our approach as a novel therapy for patients with T1D and potentially other autoimmune diseases.
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- Angela Lombardi
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Fleischer Institute for Diabetes and Metabolism, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Balakrishnan S, Kumar P, Prabhakar BS. Post-translational modifications contribute to neoepitopes in Type-1 diabetes: Challenges for inducing antigen-specific tolerance. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2020; 1868:140478. [PMID: 32599298 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Type-1 Diabetes (T1D) is the major autoimmune disease affecting the juvenile population in which insulin-producing pancreatic β-cells are destroyed by self-reactive T-cells and B-cells. Emerging studies have identified the presence of autoantibodies and altered T-cell reactivity against several autoantigens in individuals who are at risk of developing T1D even before the clinical onset of diabetes. Whilst these findings could lead to the development of predictive biomarkers for early diagnosis, growing evidence on the generation of neoepitopes, epitope spreading and diverse antigen repertoire in T1D poses a major challenge for developing approaches to induce antigen-specific tolerance. Mechanisms of neoepitope generation include post-translational modifications of existing epitopes, aberrant translational products, peptide fusion, and differences in MHC binding registers. Here, we focus our discussion on how post-translational modifications can give rise to immunogenic neoepitopes in T1D and present our perspective on how it could affect the development of therapeutic approaches to induce antigen-specific tolerance.
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- Sivasangari Balakrishnan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois-College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois-College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois-College of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America.
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Mbongue JC, Alhoshani A, Rawson J, Garcia PA, Gonzalez N, Ferreri K, Kandeel F, Husseiny MI. Tracking of an Oral Salmonella-Based Vaccine for Type 1 Diabetes in Non-obese Diabetic Mice. Front Immunol 2020; 11:712. [PMID: 32411136 PMCID: PMC7198770 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) arises secondary to immune-driven destruction of pancreatic β-cells and manifests as insulin-deficient hyperglycemia. We showed that oral vaccination with live attenuated Salmonella, which simultaneously delivers autoantigens and a TGFβ expression vector to immune cells in the gut mucosa, provides protection against the progression of T1D in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. In this study we employed the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system that is composed of a transposase and transposon encoding the td-Tomato to express red fluorescent protein (RFP) to permanently mark the cells that take up the Salmonella vaccine. After animal vaccination, the transposon labeled-dendritic cells (DCs) with red fluorescence appeared throughout the secondary lymphoid tissues. Furthermore, Sleeping Beauty containing tgfβ1 gene (SB-tgfβ1) co-expressed TGFβ and RFP. The labeled DCs were detected predominantly in Peyer's patches (PP) and mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and expressed CD103 surface marker. CD103+ DCs induced tolerogenic effects and gut homing. TGFβ significantly increased programmed death-ligand-1 (PDL-1 or CD274) expression in the DCs in the MLN and PP of treated mice. Also, TGFβ increased cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein-4 (CTLA-4) levels in CD4+ cells in MLN and PP. Interestingly, DCs increased in all lymphatic organs of mice vaccinated with oral live Salmonella-based vaccine expressing preproinsulin (PPI), in combination with TGFβ, IL10, and subtherapeutic-doses of anti-CD3 mAb compared with vehicle-treated mice. These DCs are mostly tolerogenic in MLN and PP. Furthermore the DCs obtained from vaccine-treated but not vehicle-treated mice suppressed in vitro T cell proliferation. These data suggest that the MLN and the PP are a central hub for the beneficial anti-diabetic effects of an oral Salmonella-based vaccine prevention of diabetes in rodents.
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- Jacques C. Mbongue
- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, United States
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Zhu Y, Qian L, Liu Q, Zou J, Zhou Y, Yang T, Huang G, Zhou Z, Liu Y. Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase Autoantibody Detection by Electrochemiluminescence Assay Identifies Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults with Poor Islet Function. Diabetes Metab J 2020; 44:260-266. [PMID: 31769235 PMCID: PMC7188968 DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2019.0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The detection of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) autoantibodies is essential for the prediction and diagnosis of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA). The aim of the current study was to compare a newly developed electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-GAD65 antibody assay with the established radiobinding assay, and to explore whether the new assay could be used to define LADA more precisely. METHODS Serum samples were harvested from 141 patients with LADA, 95 with type 1 diabetes mellitus, and 99 with type 2 diabetes mellitus, and tested for GAD65 autoantibodies using both the radiobinding assay and ECL assay. A glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies (GADA) competition assay was also performed to assess antibody affinity. Furthermore, the clinical features of these patients were compared. RESULTS Eighty-eight out of 141 serum samples (62.4%) from LADA patients were GAD65 antibody-positive by ECL assay. Compared with ECL-GAD65 antibody-negative patients, ECL-GAD65 antibody-positive patients were leaner (P<0.0001), had poorer β-cell function (P<0.05), and were more likely to have other diabetes-associated autoantibodies. The β-cell function of ECL-GAD65 antibody-positive patients was similar to that of type 1 diabetes mellitus patients, whereas ECL-GAD65 antibody-negative patients were more similar to type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. CONCLUSION Patients with ECL-GAD65 antibody-negative share a similar phenotype with type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, whereas patients with ECL-GAD65 antibody-positive resemble those with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Thus, the detection of GADA using ECL may help to identify the subtype of LADA.
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- Yuxiao Zhu
- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, China
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- Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- Key Laboratory of Diabetes Immunology (Central South University), Ministry of Education, National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Changsha, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Harmonization of immunoassays for biomarkers in diabetes mellitus. Biotechnol Adv 2020; 39:107359. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2019.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Battaglia M, Ahmed S, Anderson MS, Atkinson MA, Becker D, Bingley PJ, Bosi E, Brusko TM, DiMeglio LA, Evans-Molina C, Gitelman SE, Greenbaum CJ, Gottlieb PA, Herold KC, Hessner MJ, Knip M, Jacobsen L, Krischer JP, Long SA, Lundgren M, McKinney EF, Morgan NG, Oram RA, Pastinen T, Peters MC, Petrelli A, Qian X, Redondo MJ, Roep BO, Schatz D, Skibinski D, Peakman M. Introducing the Endotype Concept to Address the Challenge of Disease Heterogeneity in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2020; 43:5-12. [PMID: 31753960 PMCID: PMC6925574 DOI: 10.2337/dc19-0880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The clinical diagnosis of new-onset type 1 diabetes has, for many years, been considered relatively straightforward. Recently, however, there is increasing awareness that within this single clinical phenotype exists considerable heterogeneity: disease onset spans the complete age range; genetic susceptibility is complex; rates of progression differ markedly, as does insulin secretory capacity; and complication rates, glycemic control, and therapeutic intervention efficacy vary widely. Mechanistic and immunopathological studies typically show considerable patchiness across subjects, undermining conclusions regarding disease pathways. Without better understanding, type 1 diabetes heterogeneity represents a major barrier both to deciphering pathogenesis and to the translational effort of designing, conducting, and interpreting clinical trials of disease-modifying agents. This realization comes during a period of unprecedented change in clinical medicine, with increasing emphasis on greater individualization and precision. For complex disorders such as type 1 diabetes, the option of maintaining the "single disease" approach appears untenable, as does the notion of individualizing each single patient's care, obliging us to conceptualize type 1 diabetes less in terms of phenotypes (observable characteristics) and more in terms of disease endotypes (underlying biological mechanisms). Here, we provide our view on an approach to dissect heterogeneity in type 1 diabetes. Using lessons from other diseases and the data gathered to date, we aim to delineate a roadmap through which the field can incorporate the endotype concept into laboratory and clinical practice. We predict that such an effort will accelerate the implementation of precision medicine and has the potential for impact on our approach to translational research, trial design, and clinical management.
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- Manuela Battaglia
- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Diabetes Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy.,Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, and Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology and Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Clinical and Molecular Metabolism Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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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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- Diabetes Program, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, U.K
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.,University of Exeter Medical School and Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, U.K
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, U.K.,NIHR Exeter Clinical Research Facility, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, U.K.,Academic Renal Unit, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, U.K
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- Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- San Raffaele Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, TEES-AgriLife Center for Bioinformatics and Genomic Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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- Department of Diabetes Immunology, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, National Medical Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA.,Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, U.K. .,King's Health Partners Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology, London, U.K
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Bonifacio E, Achenbach P. Birth and coming of age of islet autoantibodies. Clin Exp Immunol 2019; 198:294-305. [PMID: 31397889 PMCID: PMC6857083 DOI: 10.1111/cei.13360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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This review takes the reader through 45 years of islet autoantibody research, from the discovery of islet‐cell antibodies in 1974 to today’s population‐based screening for presymptomatic early‐stage type 1 diabetes. The review emphasizes the current practical value of, and factors to be considered in, the measurement of islet autoantibodies.
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- E Bonifacio
- Technische Universität Dresden, DFG Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Dresden, Germany.,Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of the Helmholtz Center Munich at University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus and Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.,Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Forschergruppe Diabetes, Munich, Germany
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Kawasaki E, Okada A, Uchida A, Fukuyama T, Sagara Y, Nakano Y, Tamai H, Tojikubo M, Koga N. Discrepancy of glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 autoantibody results between RSR radioimmunoassay and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in patients with type 1 diabetes is related to autoantibody affinity. J Diabetes Investig 2019; 10:990-996. [PMID: 30582775 PMCID: PMC6626941 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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AIM/INTRODUCTION Autoantibodies to the 65 kDa isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA) are a valuable diagnostic and predictive marker for type 1 diabetes. Recently, it has been reported that a significant proportion of sera in the commercial RSR radioimmunoassay (RIA) that have tested positive for GADA have then turned negative in RSR enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests in patients with type 1 diabetes. The present study aimed to investigate whether the GADA result discrepancies between RSR-RIA and RSR-ELISA are related to autoantibody affinity. METHODS GADA affinity was measured by a competitive binding experiment using unlabeled recombinant human GAD65 in 12 discordant samples (5 RIA[+]/ELISA[-] and 7 RIA[-]/ELISA[+] sera). Furthermore, the effect of the initial incubation time on the GADA positivity was also examined using the ELISA test. RESULTS GADA affinities were >1010 L/mol in two of five RIA(+)/ELISA(-) and all of seven RIA(-)/ELISA(+) sera. After an initial incubation time longer than the recommended 1 h, the GADA titer in three of five RIA(+)/ELISA(-) sera and all RIA(-)/ELISA(+) sera increased 1.6- to 100-fold. However, the titer in 12 GADA-negative sera from healthy controls remained unchanged after the longer incubation. The increment ratio of GADA titer was positively correlated with GADA affinity (r = 0.991, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The RSR-RIA test identifies both high- and low-affinity GADA, whereas the RSR-ELISA test identifies only high-affinity GADA. A longer initial incubation time in the RSR-ELISA test increases the sensitivity of GADA with the same specificity in patients with type 1 diabetes.
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- Eiji Kawasaki
- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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- Department of Diabetes and EndocrinologyShin‐Koga HospitalKurumeJapan
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Ziegler AG, Achenbach P, Berner R, Casteels K, Danne T, Gündert M, Hasford J, Hoffmann VS, Kordonouri O, Lange K, Elding Larsson H, Lundgren M, Snape MD, Szypowska A, Todd JA, Bonifacio E. Oral insulin therapy for primary prevention of type 1 diabetes in infants with high genetic risk: the GPPAD-POInT (global platform for the prevention of autoimmune diabetes primary oral insulin trial) study protocol. BMJ Open 2019; 9:e028578. [PMID: 31256036 PMCID: PMC6609035 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The POInT study, an investigator initiated, randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicentre primary prevention trial is conducted to determine whether daily administration of oral insulin, from age 4.0 months to 7.0 months until age 36.0 months to children with elevated genetic risk for type 1 diabetes, reduces the incidence of beta-cell autoantibodies and diabetes. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Infants aged 4.0 to 7.0 months from Germany, Poland, Belgium, UK and Sweden are eligible if they have a >10.0% expected risk for developing multiple beta-cell autoantibodies as determined by genetic risk score or family history and human leucocyte antigen genotype. Infants are randomised 1:1 to daily oral insulin (7.5 mg for 2 months, 22.5 mg for 2 months, 67.5 mg until age 36.0 months) or placebo, and followed for a maximum of 7 years. Treatment and follow-up is stopped if a child develops diabetes. The primary outcome is the development of persistent confirmed multiple beta-cell autoantibodies or diabetes. Other outcomes are: (1) Any persistent confirmed beta-cell autoantibody (glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), IA-2A, autoantibodies to insulin (IAA) and zinc transporter 8 or tetraspanin 7), or diabetes, (2) Persistent confirmed IAA, (3) Persistent confirmed GADA and (4) Abnormal glucose tolerance or diabetes. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION The study is approved by the ethical committees of all participating clinical sites. The results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations and will be openly shared after completion of the trial. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER NCT03364868.
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- Anette-Gabriele Ziegler
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Medical faculty, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Medical faculty, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Kinder- und Jugendkrankenhaus AUF DER BULT, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Kinder- und Jugendkrankenhaus AUF DER BULT, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Medical Psychology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Unit for Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Sweden
- Department of Paediatrics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Unit for Paediatric Endocrinology, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Centre for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Mbongue JC, Rawson J, Garcia PA, Gonzalez N, Cobb J, Kandeel F, Ferreri K, Husseiny MI. Reversal of New Onset Type 1 Diabetes by Oral Salmonella-Based Combination Therapy and Mediated by Regulatory T-Cells in NOD Mice. Front Immunol 2019; 10:320. [PMID: 30863412 PMCID: PMC6400227 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D) involve the loss of regulatory mechanisms resulting in increased tissue-specific cytotoxicity. The result is destruction of pancreatic insulin-producing β-cells and loss of glucose homeostasis. We are developing a novel oral vaccine using live attenuated Salmonella to deliver TGFβ, IL10, and the diabetic autoantigen preproinsulin combined with low-doses of anti-CD3 mAb. Here we show that oral administration of Salmonella-based anti-CD3 mAb combined therapy reverses new-onset T1D in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice. The therapeutic effect of the combined therapy was associated with induction of immune suppressive CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Treg and CD4+CD49b+LAG3+ Tr1 cells. In adoptive transfer experiments, adding or depleting Treg or Tr1 cells indicated that both are important for preventing diabetes in combined therapy-treated mice, but that Tr1 cells may have a more central role. Furthermore, induced Tr1 cells were found to be antigen-specific responding to peptide stimulation by secreting tolerance inducing IL10. These preclinical data demonstrate a role for Treg and Tr1 cells in combined therapy-mediated induction of tolerance in NOD mice. These results also demonstrate the potential of oral Salmonella-based combined therapy in the treatment of early T1D.
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- Jacques C Mbongue
- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States
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- Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, United States.,Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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Roep BO, Wheeler DCS, Peakman M. Antigen-based immune modulation therapy for type 1 diabetes: the era of precision medicine. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2019; 7:65-74. [PMID: 30528100 DOI: 10.1016/s2213-8587(18)30109-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Precision medicine has emerged as a mantra for therapeutic approaches to complex diseases. The defining concept relies on a detailed insight into disease pathogenesis and therapeutic mechanism. Although the type 1 diabetes field has gained new insights into disease endotypes and indications of efficacy for several therapies, none of these is yet licensed, partly because of immune suppressive side-effects beyond control of islet autoimmunity. New strategies designed to regulate the immune system continue to emerge as basic science discoveries are made, including the use of antigen-based immunotherapies. A single agent or approach seems unlikely to halt disease progression in all people with or at risk of type 1 diabetes; as such, tailored methods relying on patient subgroups and knowledge of disease endotypes are gaining attention. Recent insights into disease mechanisms and emerging trial data are being translated into opportunities for tissue-specific prevention of progressive loss of β-cell function and survival. Results so far point to feasibility, safety, and tolerability of administration of islet autoantigens and peptides thereof into recipients with or at risk of type 1 diabetes. Findings from mechanistic studies suggest favourable changes in islet autoimmunity, with signs of immune regulation. Major challenges remain, including those related to dose and dosing frequency, route of administration, and use of adjuvants. However, the first steps towards tissue-specific and personalised medicine in type 1 diabetes have been made, which will guide future studies into induction of immune tolerance to intervene in the initiation and progression of islet autoimmunity and disease.
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- Bart O Roep
- Department of Diabetes Immunology, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA; Department of Immunohaematology & Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.
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- Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London, London, UK; King's Health Partners Institute of Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology, London, UK.
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Endesfelder D, Zu Castell W, Bonifacio E, Rewers M, Hagopian WA, She JX, Lernmark Å, Toppari J, Vehik K, Williams AJK, Yu L, Akolkar B, Krischer JP, Ziegler AG, Achenbach P. Time-Resolved Autoantibody Profiling Facilitates Stratification of Preclinical Type 1 Diabetes in Children. Diabetes 2019; 68:119-130. [PMID: 30305370 PMCID: PMC6302536 DOI: 10.2337/db18-0594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Progression to clinical type 1 diabetes varies among children who develop β-cell autoantibodies. Differences in autoantibody patterns could relate to disease progression and etiology. Here we modeled complex longitudinal autoantibody profiles by using a novel wavelet-based algorithm. We identified clusters of similar profiles associated with various types of progression among 600 children from The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) birth cohort study; these children developed persistent insulin autoantibodies (IAA), GAD autoantibodies (GADA), insulinoma-associated antigen 2 autoantibodies (IA-2A), or a combination of these, and they were followed up prospectively at 3- to 6-month intervals (median follow-up 6.5 years). Children who developed multiple autoantibody types (n = 370) were clustered, and progression from seroconversion to clinical diabetes within 5 years ranged between clusters from 6% (95% CI 0, 17.4) to 84% (59.2, 93.6). Children who seroconverted early in life (median age <2 years) and developed IAA and IA-2A that were stable-positive on follow-up had the highest risk of diabetes, and this risk was unaffected by GADA status. Clusters of children who lacked stable-positive GADA responses contained more boys and lower frequencies of the HLA-DR3 allele. Our novel algorithm allows refined grouping of β-cell autoantibody-positive children who distinctly progressed to clinical type 1 diabetes, and it provides new opportunities in searching for etiological factors and elucidating complex disease mechanisms.
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- David Endesfelder
- Scientific Computing Research Unit, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Scientific Computing Research Unit, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden, and Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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- Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University Clinical Research Center, Skåne University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
- Institute of Biomedicine, Research Centre for Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Health Informatics Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Diabetes and Metabolism, Translational Health Sciences, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, U.K
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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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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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technische Universität München at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technische Universität München at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V. at Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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Yi L, Swensen AC, Qian WJ. Serum biomarkers for diagnosis and prediction of type 1 diabetes. Transl Res 2018; 201:13-25. [PMID: 30144424 PMCID: PMC6177288 DOI: 10.1016/j.trsl.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2018] [Revised: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) culminates in the autoimmune destruction of the pancreatic βcells, leading to insufficient production of insulin and development of hyperglycemia. Serum biomarkers including a combination of glucose, glycated molecules, C-peptide, and autoantibodies have been well established for the diagnosis of T1D. However, these molecules often mark a late stage of the disease when ∼90% of the pancreatic insulin-producing β-cells have already been lost. With the prevalence of T1D increasing worldwide and because of the physical and psychological burden induced by this disease, there is a great need for prognostic biomarkers to predict T1D development or progression. This would allow us to identify individuals at high risk for early prevention and intervention. Therefore, considerable efforts have been dedicated to the understanding of disease etiology and the discovery of novel biomarkers in the last few decades. The advent of high-throughput and sensitive "-omics" technologies for the study of proteins, nucleic acids, and metabolites have allowed large scale profiling of protein expression and gene changes in T1D patients relative to disease-free controls. In this review, we briefly discuss the classical diagnostic biomarkers of T1D but mainly focus on the novel biomarkers that are identified as markers of β-cell destruction and screened with the use of state-of-the-art "-omics" technologies.
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- Lian Yi
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington.
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Felton JL, Maseda D, Bonami RH, Hulbert C, Thomas JW. Anti-Insulin B Cells Are Poised for Antigen Presentation in Type 1 Diabetes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 201:861-873. [PMID: 29950508 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Early breaches in B cell tolerance are central to type 1 diabetes progression in mouse and man. Conventional BCR transgenic mouse models (VH125.Tg NOD) reveal the power of B cell specificity to drive disease as APCs. However, in conventional fixed IgM models, comprehensive assessment of B cell development is limited. To provide more accurate insight into the developmental and functional fates of anti-insulin B cells, we generated a new NOD model (VH125SDNOD) in which anti-insulin VDJH125 is targeted to the IgH chain locus to generate a small (1-2%) population of class switch-competent insulin-binding B cells. Tracking of this rare population in a polyclonal repertoire reveals that anti-insulin B cells are preferentially skewed into marginal zone and late transitional subsets known to have increased sensitivity to proinflammatory signals. Additionally, IL-10 production, characteristic of regulatory B cell subsets, is increased. In contrast to conventional models, class switch-competent anti-insulin B cells proliferate normally in response to mitogenic stimuli but remain functionally silent for insulin autoantibody production. Diabetes development is accelerated, which demonstrates the power of anti-insulin B cells to exacerbate disease without differentiation into Ab-forming or plasma cells. Autoreactive T cell responses in VH125SDNOD mice are not restricted to insulin autoantigens, as evidenced by increased IFN-γ production to a broad array of diabetes-associated epitopes. Together, these results independently validate the pathogenic role of anti-insulin B cells in type 1 diabetes, underscore their diverse developmental fates, and demonstrate the pathologic potential of coupling a critical β cell specificity to predominantly proinflammatory Ag-presenting B cell subsets.
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- Jamie L Felton
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232; and
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232; and .,Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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Kindt AS, Fuerst RW, Knoop J, Laimighofer M, Telieps T, Hippich M, Woerheide MA, Wahl S, Wilson R, Sedlmeier EM, Hommel A, Todd JA, Krumsiek J, Ziegler AG, Bonifacio E. Allele-specific methylation of type 1 diabetes susceptibility genes. J Autoimmun 2018; 89:63-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2017.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ling Y, Jiang P, Li N, Yan Q, Wang X. A luciferase immunoprecipitation assay for the detection of proinsulin/insulin autoantibodies. Clin Biochem 2018; 54:51-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2018.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 02/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Beyerlein A, Strobl AN, Winkler C, Carpus M, Knopff A, Donnachie E, Ankerst DP, Ziegler AG. Vaccinations in early life are not associated with development of islet autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes high-risk children: Results from prospective cohort data. Vaccine 2017; 35:1735-1741. [PMID: 28268073 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.02.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Vaccinations in early childhood potentially stimulate the immune system and may thus be relevant for the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D). We determined the association of vaccination burden with T1D-associated islet autoimmunity in children with high familial risk followed prospectively from birth. METHODS A total of 20,570 certified vaccination records from 1918 children were correlated with time to onset of T1D-associated islet autoimmunity using Cox regression, considering multiple time periods up until age two years and vaccination types, and adjusting for HLA genotype, sex, delivery mode, season of birth, preterm delivery and maternal T1D status. Additionally, prospective claims data of 295,420 subjects were used to validate associations for the tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) vaccination. RESULTS Most vaccinations were not associated with a significantly increased hazard ratio (HR) for islet autoimmunity (e.g. HR [95% confidence interval]: 1.08 [0.96-1.21] per additional vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella at age 0-24months). TBE vaccinations within the first two years of life were nominally associated with a significantly increased autoimmunity risk (HR: 1.44 [1.06-1.96] per additional vaccination at age 0-24months), but this could not be confirmed with respect to outcome T1D in the validation cohort (HR: 1.02 [0.90-1.16]). CONCLUSIONS We found no evidence that early vaccinations increase the risk of T1D-associated islet autoimmunity development. The potential association with early TBE vaccinations could not be confirmed in an independent cohort and appears to be a false positive finding.
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- Andreas Beyerlein
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany; Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics of the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany; Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany; Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany; Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Bayerns (Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics of the Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany; Forschergruppe Diabetes der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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von Toerne C, Laimighofer M, Achenbach P, Beyerlein A, de Las Heras Gala T, Krumsiek J, Theis FJ, Ziegler AG, Hauck SM. Peptide serum markers in islet autoantibody-positive children. Diabetologia 2017; 60:287-295. [PMID: 27815605 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4150-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS We sought to identify minimal sets of serum peptide signatures as markers for islet autoimmunity and predictors of progression rates to clinical type 1 diabetes in a case-control study. METHODS A double cross-validation approach was applied to first prioritise peptides from a shotgun proteomic approach in 45 islet autoantibody-positive and -negative children from the BABYDIAB/BABYDIET birth cohorts. Targeted proteomics for 82 discriminating peptides were then applied to samples from another 140 children from these cohorts. RESULTS A total of 41 peptides (26 proteins) enriched for the functional category lipid metabolism were significantly different between islet autoantibody-positive and autoantibody-negative children. Two peptides (from apolipoprotein M and apolipoprotein C-IV) were sufficient to discriminate autoantibody-positive from autoantibody-negative children. Hepatocyte growth factor activator, complement factor H, ceruloplasmin and age predicted progression time to type 1 diabetes with a significant improvement compared with age alone. CONCLUSION/INTERPRETATION Distinct peptide signatures indicate islet autoimmunity prior to the clinical manifestation of type 1 diabetes and enable refined staging of the presymptomatic disease period.
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- Christine von Toerne
- Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764, München, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764, München, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764, München, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764, München, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany.
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- Research Unit Protein Science, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764, München, Germany.
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- Frank Heuts
- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, U.K
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- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, U.K
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- Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, U.K.
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Endesfelder D, Hagen M, Winkler C, Haupt F, Zillmer S, Knopff A, Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG, Zu Castell W, Achenbach P. A novel approach for the analysis of longitudinal profiles reveals delayed progression to type 1 diabetes in a subgroup of multiple-islet-autoantibody-positive children. Diabetologia 2016; 59:2172-80. [PMID: 27400691 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-016-4050-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Progression to type 1 diabetes in children and adolescents is not uniform. Based on individual genetic background and environment, islet autoimmunity may develop at variable age, exhibit different autoantibody profiles and progress to clinical diabetes at variable rates. Here, we aimed to quantify the qualitative dynamics of sequential islet autoantibody profiles in order to identify longitudinal patterns that stratify progression rates to type 1 diabetes in multiple-autoantibody-positive children. METHODS Qualitative changes in antibody status on follow-up and progression rate to diabetes were analysed in 88 children followed from birth in the prospective BABYDIAB study who developed multiple autoantibodies against insulin (IAA), GAD (GADA), insulinoma-associated antigen-2 (IA-2A) and/or zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8A). An algorithm was developed to define similarities in sequential autoantibody profiles and hierarchical clustering was performed to group children with similar profiles. RESULTS We defined nine clusters that distinguished children with respect to their sequential profiles of IAA, GADA, IA-2A and ZnT8A. Progression from first autoantibody appearance to clinical diabetes between clusters ranged from 6% (95% CI [0, 16.4]) to 73% (28.4, 89.6) within 5 years. Delayed progression was observed in children who were positive for only two autoantibodies, and for a cluster of 12 children who developed three or four autoantibodies but were IAA-negative in their last samples, nine of whom lost IAA positivity during follow-up. Among all children who first seroconverted to IAA positivity and developed at least two other autoantibodies (n = 57), the 10 year risk of diabetes was 23% (0, 42.9) in those who became IAA-negative during follow-up compared with 76% (58.7, 85.6) in those who remained IAA-positive (p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION The novel clustering approach provides a tool for stratification of islet autoantibody-positive individuals that has prognostic relevance, and new opportunities in elucidating disease mechanisms. Our data suggest that losing IAA reactivity is associated with delayed progression to type 1 diabetes in multiple-islet-autoantibody-positive children.
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- David Endesfelder
- Scientific Computing Research Unit, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Scientific Computing Research Unit, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
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- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
- DFG Research Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Scientific Computing Research Unit, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, München, Germany.
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany.
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Jeon YH, Choi YS. Follicular Helper T (Tfh) Cells in Autoimmune Diseases and Allograft Rejection. Immune Netw 2016; 16:219-32. [PMID: 27574501 PMCID: PMC5002448 DOI: 10.4110/in.2016.16.4.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Production of high affinity antibodies for antigens is a critical component for the immune system to fight off infectious pathogens. However, it could be detrimental to our body when the antigens that B cells recognize are of self-origin. Follicular helper T, or Tfh, cells are required for the generation of germinal center reactions, where high affinity antibody-producing B cells and memory B cells predominantly develop. As such, Tfh cells are considered as targets to prevent B cells from producing high affinity antibodies against self-antigens, when high affinity autoantibodies are responsible for immunopathologies in autoimmune disorders. This review article provides an overview of current understanding of Tfh cells and discusses it in the context of animal models of autoimmune diseases and allograft rejections for generation of novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Yun-Hui Jeon
- Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul 03080, Korea
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul 03080, Korea.; Department of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul 03080, Korea.; Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul 03080, Korea
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Islet autoantibodies are the main markers of pancreatic autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes (T1D). Islet autoantibodies recognize insulin (IAA), glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), protein phosphatase-like IA-2 (IA-2A), and ZnT8 (ZnT8A), all antigens that are found on secretory granules within pancreatic beta cells. Islet antibodies, measured by sensitive and specific liquid phase assays, are the key parameters of the autoimmune response monitored for diagnostics or prognostics in patients with T1D or for disease prediction in at-risk individuals before T1D onset. Islet autoantibodies have been the main tool used to explore the natural history of T1D; this review summarizes the current knowledge about the autoantigens and the phenotype of islets autoantibodies acquired in large prospective studies from birth in children at risk of developing T1D.
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- Vito Lampasona
- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milano, Italy.
- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milano, Italy.
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milano, Italy
- Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, via Olgettina 60, 20132, Milano, Italy
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Wan X, Thomas JW, Unanue ER. Class-switched anti-insulin antibodies originate from unconventional antigen presentation in multiple lymphoid sites. J Exp Med 2016; 213:967-78. [PMID: 27139492 PMCID: PMC4886365 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20151869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Unanue and colleagues show that activation of anti-insulin lymphocytes can occur at diverse anatomical sites in response to circulating insulin and may be driven by unconventional antigen presentation by germinal center B cells. Autoantibodies to insulin are a harbinger of autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes in humans and in non-obese diabetic mice. To understand the genesis of these autoantibodies, we investigated the interactions of insulin-specific T and B lymphocytes using T cell and B cell receptor transgenic mice. We found spontaneous anti-insulin germinal center (GC) formation throughout lymphoid tissues with GC B cells binding insulin. Moreover, because of the nature of the insulin epitope recognized by the T cells, it was evident that GC B cells presented a broader repertoire of insulin epitopes. Such broader recognition was reproduced by activating naive B cells ex vivo with a combination of CD40 ligand and interleukin 4. Thus, insulin immunoreactivity extends beyond the pancreatic lymph node–islets of Langerhans axis and indicates that circulating insulin, despite its very low levels, can have an influence on diabetogenesis.
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- Xiaoxiao Wan
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Elvers KT, Williams AJK. Molecular Methods and Protein Synthesis for Definition of Autoantibody Epitopes. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1433:179-207. [PMID: 27032951 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2016_339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Epitope mapping is the process of experimentally identifying the binding sites, or "epitopes," of antibodies on their target antigens. Understanding the antibody-epitope interaction provides a basis for the rational design of potential preventative vaccines. Islet autoantibodies are currently the best available biomarkers for predicting future type 1 diabetes. These include autoantibodies to the islet beta cell proteins, insulin and the tyrosine phosphatase islet antigen-2 (IA-2) which selectively bind to a small number of dominant epitopes associated with increased risk of disease progression. The major epitope regions of insulin and IA-2 autoantibodies have been identified, but need to be mapped more precisely. In order to characterize these epitopes more accurately, this article describes the methods of cloning and mutagenesis of insulin and IA-2 and subsequent purification of the proteins that can be tested in displacement analysis and used to monitor immune responses, in vivo, to native and mutated proteins in a humanized mouse model carrying the high-risk HLA class II susceptibility haplotype DRB1*04-DQ8.
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- Karen T Elvers
- Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Bingley PJ, Boulware DC, Krischer JP. The implications of autoantibodies to a single islet antigen in relatives with normal glucose tolerance: development of other autoantibodies and progression to type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 2016; 59:542-9. [PMID: 26676824 PMCID: PMC4742489 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3830-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Autoantibodies directed at single islet autoantigens are associated with lower overall risk of type 1 diabetes than multiple autoantibodies, but individuals with one autoantibody may progress to higher risk categories. We examined the characteristics of this progression in relatives followed prospectively in the TrialNet Pathway to Prevention. METHODS The study population comprised 983 relatives who were single autoantibody positive with normal baseline glucose tolerance (median age 16.2 years). Samples were screened for antibodies to GAD, insulinoma-associated antigen 2 (IA-2) and insulin, and all positive samples tested for antibodies to zinc transporter 8 and islet cell antibodies. RESULTS Antibodies to at least one additional islet autoantigen appeared in 118 of 983 relatives (overall 5 year risk 22%, 95% CI [17.9, 26.1]). At baseline, antibodies to GAD alone (68%) were more frequent than antibodies to insulin (26%) or IA-2 (6%), but all were associated with a similar risk of developing additional autoantibodies. Risk was associated with younger age (p = 0.002) and HLA class II genotype, but was similar in high and intermediate genetic risk groups (p = 0.65). Relatives who became multiple autoantibody positive during the follow-up had increased risk of developing diabetes comparable with the risk in relatives with multiple autoantibodies at study entry. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Progression of islet autoimmunity in single autoantibody positive relatives in late childhood/adult life is associated with a predominance of autoantibodies to GAD and a distinct HLA risk profile. This heterogeneity in type 1 diabetes autoimmunity has potentially important implications for disease prevention.
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- Polly J Bingley
- School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Learning and Research, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB, UK.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Frohnert BI, Rewers MJ. Metabolomics in childhood diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2016; 17:3-14. [PMID: 26420304 PMCID: PMC4703499 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Recent increases in the incidence of both type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) in children and adolescents point to the importance of environmental factors in the development of these diseases. Metabolomic analysis explores the integrated response of the organism to environmental changes. Metabolic profiling can identify biomarkers that are predictive of disease incidence and development, potentially providing insight into disease pathogenesis. This review provides an overview of the role of metabolomic analysis in diabetes research and summarizes recent research relating to the development of T1D and T2D in children.
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- Brigitte I Frohnert
- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes; University of Colorado; Aurora CO 80045 USA
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes; University of Colorado; Aurora CO 80045 USA
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic inflammatory disease, caused by the immune mediated destruction of insulin-producing β-cells in the islets of the pancreas (Ziegler and Nepom, Immunity 32(4):468-478, 2010). Semiquantitative assays with high specificity and sensitivity for T1D are now available to detect antibodies to the four major islet autoantigens: glutamate decarboxylase (GADA) (Baekkeskov et al., Nature 347(6289):151-156, 1990), the protein tyrosine phosphatase-like proteins IA-2 (IA-2A) and IA-2β (Notkins et al., Diabetes Metab Rev 14(1):85-93, 1998), zinc transporter 8 (ZnT8A) (Wenzlau et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(43):17040-17045, 2007), and insulin (IAA) (Palmer, Diabetes Metab Rev 3(4):1005-1015, 1987). More than 85 % of cases of newly diagnosed or future T1D can be identified by testing for antibodies to GADA and/or IA-2A/IAA, with 98 % specificity (Bingley et al., Diabet Care 24(2):398, 2001). Overall, radioimmunoassay (RIA) is considered the de facto gold standard format for the measurement of T1D autoantibodies (Bottazzo et al., Lancet 2(7892):1279-1283, 1974; Schlosser et al., Diabetologia 53(12):2611-2620, 2010). Here we describe current methods for autoantibody measurement using RIA. These fluid phase assays use radiolabeled ligands and immunoprecipitation to quantify autoantibodies to GAD, IA-2, ZnT8, and insulin (Bonifacio et al., J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95(7):3360-3367, 2010; Long et al., Clin Endocrinol Metab 97(2):632-637, 2012; Williams et al., J Autoimmun 10(5):473-478, 1997).
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- Rebecca Wyatt
- Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Diabetes and Metabolism Unit, School of Clinical Sciences, Southmead Hospital, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a multifactorial disease resulting from an immune-mediated destruction of the insulin-producing pancreatic β cells. Several environmental and genetic risk factors predispose to the disease. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified around 50 genetic regions that affect the risk of developing T1D, but the disease-causing variants and genes are still largely unknown. In this review, we discuss the current status of T1D susceptibility loci and candidate genes with focus on the β cell. At least 40 % of the genes in the T1D susceptibility loci are expressed in human islets and β cells, where they according to recent studies modulate the β-cell response to the immune system. As most of the risk variants map to noncoding regions of the genome, i.e., promoters, enhancers, intergenic regions, and noncoding genes, their possible involvement in T1D pathogenesis as gene regulators will also be addressed.
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- Tina Fløyel
- Copenhagen Diabetes Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Diabetes Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark.
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- Copenhagen Diabetes Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark.
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Giannopoulou EZ, Winkler C, Chmiel R, Matzke C, Scholz M, Beyerlein A, Achenbach P, Bonifacio E, Ziegler AG. Islet autoantibody phenotypes and incidence in children at increased risk for type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia 2015; 58:2317-23. [PMID: 26138334 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-015-3672-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 05/31/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Autoantibodies that precede type 1 diabetes frequently develop in early childhood and target distinct beta cell proteins. The aim of this study was to determine the heterogeneity of islet autoantibody development and fate. METHODS The ages of development of insulin autoantibodies (IAA) and GAD autoantibodies (GADA), followed by multiple islet autoantibodies and progression to diabetes were examined in 2,441 children participating in two German birth cohorts. RESULTS In 218 children who developed islet autoantibodies, the first islet autoantibody-positive sample was characterised by single IAA in 80 (37%), multiple islet autoantibodies in 68 (31%) and single GADA in 63 (29%) children. Of the children who were single antibody positive at seroconversion, 35 (44%) IAA-positive and 15 (24%) GADA-positive children developed multiple islet autoantibodies. Single persistent antibodies had heterogeneous affinities; GADA were also heterogeneous in their binding to N-terminally truncated GAD65 and in an ELISA. Progression to diabetes occurred in >50% of children within 10 years in all groups that developed multiple islet autoantibodies and in 44% of children with persistent single high-affinity IAA or persistent single GADA that were positive in both a radiobinding assay and ELISA. The earliest autoantibody development was seen in children with single IAA that progressed to multiple islet autoantibodies or in those with persistent high-affinity single IAA, with a sharp peak in incidence observed at age 9 months. The peak incidence occurred at age 2 years for children who underwent seroconversion directly to multiple islet autoantibodies and at 5 years for children who first seroconverted to GADA and subsequently developed other autoantibodies. Seroconversion to low-affinity IAA or persistent single GADA occurred at a low incidence after the age of 9 months. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Children of different ages have differing susceptibilities to autoimmunisation against specific beta cell autoantigens.
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- Eleni Z Giannopoulou
- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
- Paul Langerhans Institute of the Helmholtz Zentrum München at University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Ingolstaedter Landstr. 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
- Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Neuherberg, Germany.
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Insel RA, Dunne JL, Atkinson MA, Chiang JL, Dabelea D, Gottlieb PA, Greenbaum CJ, Herold KC, Krischer JP, Lernmark Å, Ratner RE, Rewers MJ, Schatz DA, Skyler JS, Sosenko JM, Ziegler AG. Staging presymptomatic type 1 diabetes: a scientific statement of JDRF, the Endocrine Society, and the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 2015; 38:1964-74. [PMID: 26404926 PMCID: PMC5321245 DOI: 10.2337/dc15-1419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 586] [Impact Index Per Article: 65.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Insights from prospective, longitudinal studies of individuals at risk for developing type 1 diabetes have demonstrated that the disease is a continuum that progresses sequentially at variable but predictable rates through distinct identifiable stages prior to the onset of symptoms. Stage 1 is defined as the presence of β-cell autoimmunity as evidenced by the presence of two or more islet autoantibodies with normoglycemia and is presymptomatic, stage 2 as the presence of β-cell autoimmunity with dysglycemia and is presymptomatic, and stage 3 as onset of symptomatic disease. Adoption of this staging classification provides a standardized taxonomy for type 1 diabetes and will aid the development of therapies and the design of clinical trials to prevent symptomatic disease, promote precision medicine, and provide a framework for an optimized benefit/risk ratio that will impact regulatory approval, reimbursement, and adoption of interventions in the early stages of type 1 diabetes to prevent symptomatic disease.
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- UF Diabetes Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Immunobiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Epidemiology Center, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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- Lund University/Clinical Research Centre, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich and Forschergruppe Diabetes, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, Neuherberg, Germany
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