title: T-cell receptor alpha, delta, and gamma chain genes in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.
abstract: We have studied the genotypic, haplotypic, and allelic distribution of germline Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) of T-cell receptor (Tcr) alpha, gamma, and delta loci in 75 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients and 84 healthy blood donors as control population. The restriction endonuclease PvuII produces three allelic fragments of Tcr C gamma (TcrCG) gene segment of 16, 13, and 11.3 Kb respectively. Our observations revealed that PvuII/TcrCG RFLP allelic distributions were not significantly different in the IDDM and the control group. However, 85% of IDDM patients carried HLA DR3 and/or DR4 haplotypes, and when comparing these patients with a second group of HLA DR3+ and/or DR4+ healthy individuals, the 11.3 Kb/PvuII fragment of TcrCG gene was found to be associated with IDDM patients (chi 2 = 11.4, P = 0.003). 54.9% of IDDM patients carried at least one 11.3 Kb allele vs. 21% in controls (chi 2 = 10.77, P = 0.004). No significant association was found between RFLP in Tcr, C alpha, C delta, V gamma 9 loci and IDDM.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martínez-Naves
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: López-Larrea
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000483:Alleles; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen / Q000235:genetics; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000235:genetics*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D015803:HLA-DR3 Antigen; D015804:HLA-DR4 Antigen; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta; C025630:CAGCTG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific