title: Detection of anti-myeloperoxidase antibodies in the serum of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Anti-myeloperoxidase (anti-MPO) antibodies were detected in 34 of 88 (38%) patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus but in only 3 of 55 (5.7%) healthy subjects and in 4 of 20 patients with autoimmune disease. Specificity of anti-MPO antibodies was assessed by MPO inhibition studies. No relationship was found between the occurrence of anti-MPO and anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies. Levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) were found to be higher in anti-MPO antibody-positive (n = 28, 508 +/- 126 ng/ml) than in anti-MPO antibody-negative (n = 58, 438 +/- 140 ng/ml: P < 0.05) patients. A state of chronic neutrophil activation has been described in diabetes mellitus. As anti-MPO antibodies can stimulate neutrophils to damage endothelial cells in systemic vasculitis, this suggests that a similar mechanism may be operative in the development of diabetic angiopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Accardo-Palumbo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Triolo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giardina
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carbone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferrante
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Triolo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000276:immunology*; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D009195:Peroxidase; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase