OBJECTIVE-The presence of autoantibodies to islet antigens GAD and/or tyrosine phosphatase 2 (IA-2) in type 2 diabetic patients (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults [LADAI]) identifies subjects at high risk to develop insulin dependency. The aim of this study was to dissect humoral anti-IA-2 immune response in Caucasian LADA patients, identifying the most sensitive construct to evaluate IA-2 immunoreactivity and comparing LADA IA-2 epitope specificities to those found in type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-We analyzed 177 LADA and 978 type 2 diabetic patients with different disease duration, collected in a nationwide Italian survey, the Non-Insulin Requiring Autoimmune Diabetes (NIRAD) study aimed at assessing prevalence and characteristics of autoimmune diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients and 106 newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic patients (53 children, 53 adults). By radioimmunoassay, we analyzed humoral immunoreactivity to seven IA-2 constructs: IA-2(PTP(687-979)), IA-2((761-9G4)), IA-2((256-760)), IA-2(JM(601-630)), IA-2(IC(60-979)), IA-2(BDC(256-556:630-979)), and IA-2(FL(1-979)). RESULTS-IA-2((256-760)) fragment was identified as the marker with the highest sensitivity for detection of Immoral IA-2 immunoreactivity in LADA patients, identifying IA-2 autoantibodies in similar to 30% of GAD antibody (GADA)-positive LADA patients and in 3.4% of GADA-negative type 2 diabetic patients. LADA IA-2((256-760)) A positivity was associated with an increased frequency of autoimmune diabetes HLA-susceptible genotypes and with a higher risk for developing thyroid autoimmunity compared with autoantibody-negative type 2 diabetic patients. At disease diagnosis, adult-onset type 1 diabetic and LADA patients showed a lower IA-2 COOH-terminal immunoreactivity compared with childhood-onset type I diabetic patients. CONCLUSIONS-IA-2 immunoreactivity in LADA patients has thus far been underestimated, and IA-2((256-760)) autoantibody detection may represent a novel diagnostic tool for the identification of islet autoimmunity in these patients.

Identification of tyrosine posphatase 2(256-760) construct as a new, highly sensitive marker for detection of islet autoimmunity in type 2 diabetic patients (The NIRAD Study)

FALORNI, Alberto;
2008

Abstract

OBJECTIVE-The presence of autoantibodies to islet antigens GAD and/or tyrosine phosphatase 2 (IA-2) in type 2 diabetic patients (latent autoimmune diabetes in adults [LADAI]) identifies subjects at high risk to develop insulin dependency. The aim of this study was to dissect humoral anti-IA-2 immune response in Caucasian LADA patients, identifying the most sensitive construct to evaluate IA-2 immunoreactivity and comparing LADA IA-2 epitope specificities to those found in type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-We analyzed 177 LADA and 978 type 2 diabetic patients with different disease duration, collected in a nationwide Italian survey, the Non-Insulin Requiring Autoimmune Diabetes (NIRAD) study aimed at assessing prevalence and characteristics of autoimmune diabetes in type 2 diabetic patients and 106 newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic patients (53 children, 53 adults). By radioimmunoassay, we analyzed humoral immunoreactivity to seven IA-2 constructs: IA-2(PTP(687-979)), IA-2((761-9G4)), IA-2((256-760)), IA-2(JM(601-630)), IA-2(IC(60-979)), IA-2(BDC(256-556:630-979)), and IA-2(FL(1-979)). RESULTS-IA-2((256-760)) fragment was identified as the marker with the highest sensitivity for detection of Immoral IA-2 immunoreactivity in LADA patients, identifying IA-2 autoantibodies in similar to 30% of GAD antibody (GADA)-positive LADA patients and in 3.4% of GADA-negative type 2 diabetic patients. LADA IA-2((256-760)) A positivity was associated with an increased frequency of autoimmune diabetes HLA-susceptible genotypes and with a higher risk for developing thyroid autoimmunity compared with autoantibody-negative type 2 diabetic patients. At disease diagnosis, adult-onset type 1 diabetic and LADA patients showed a lower IA-2 COOH-terminal immunoreactivity compared with childhood-onset type I diabetic patients. CONCLUSIONS-IA-2 immunoreactivity in LADA patients has thus far been underestimated, and IA-2((256-760)) autoantibody detection may represent a novel diagnostic tool for the identification of islet autoimmunity in these patients.
2008
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