HLA class II is associated with the frequency of glutamic acid decarboxylase M(r) 65,000 autoantibodies in Japanese patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
Autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65Ab) are common in both caucasian and Japanese patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 1), while the type 1-associated HLA haplotypes differ. In the present study, we analyzed GAD65Ab in relation to HLA-DQ and -DR alleles in Japanese type 1 patients. GAD65Ab were found in 58% short-duration (less than 5 years) type 1, 23% long-duration type 1, 56% slowly progressive type 1, 3% type 2 patients, and 1.7% healthy individuals. In 75 HLA-typed type 1 patients, the GAD65Ab frequency was higher in short-duration patients with DRB1*08 allele (100%, Pc < 0.05). GAD65Ab frequencies in DQB1*0302, DQB1*0303, and DRB1*09-positive, long-duration type 1 patients were lower than those in short-duration type 1 patients (14%, 19%, and 20%, Pc < 0.02 compared with short-duration type 1, 90%, 75%, and 71%, respectively), while the frequency varied less in DQB1*04 individuals (44% and 30% in short- and long-duration type 1 patients, respectively). These findings were also observed among patients with DRB1*04, i.e., the haplotype DRB1*0405-DQB1*0401 showed less variation in frequency of GAD65Ab (44% and 35% in short- and long-duration type 1 patients, respectively), while DRB1*04xx-DQB1*0302 showed lower frequency in long-duration type 1 than short-duration (13% and 100%, respectively). Thus, HLA class II is associated with frequency GAD65Ab, and this association might be affected by disease duration in Japanese type 1 patients.
Kasuga
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Department of Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Falorni
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Maruyama
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Ozawa
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Grubin
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Matsubara
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Takei
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Saruta
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Scheynius
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Lernmark
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000276:immunology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D006681:HLA-D Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
D001323:Autoantibodies; D006681:HLA-D Antigens; D005968:Glutamate Decarboxylase