Triple specificity of ZnT8 autoantibodies in relation to HLA and other islet autoantibodies in childhood and adolescent type 1 diabetes

C Andersson, Fariba Vaziri-Sani, AJ Delli, B Lindblad, A Carlsson, G Forsander, J Ludvigsson, C Marcus, U Samuelsson, SA Ivarsson, Å Lernmark, H Elding Larsson

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Sammanfattning

Objective

To establish the diagnostic sensitivity of and the relationships between autoantibodies to all three Zinc transporter 8 (Zinc transporter 8 autoantibody to either one, two, or all three amino acid variants at position 325, ZnT8A) variants to human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ and to autoantibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase (GADA), insulinoma-associated protein 2 (IA-2A), and insulin (IAA).

Methods

We analyzed 3165 patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the Better Diabetes Diagnosis study for HLA-DQ genotypes and all six autoantibodies (ZnT8RA, arginine 325 Zinc transporter 8 autoantibody; ZnT8WA, tryptophan 325 Zinc transporter 8 autoantibody; ZnT8QA, glutamine 325 Zinc transporter 8 autoantibody; GADA, IA-2A, and IAA).

Results

ZnT8A was found in 65% of the patients and as many as 108 of 3165 (3.4%) had 1–3 ZnT8A alone. None had ZnT8QA alone. Together with GADA (56%), IA-2A (73%), and IAA (33%), 93% of the T1D patients were autoantibody positive. All three ZnT8A were less frequent in children below 2 yr of age (p < 0.0001). All three ZnT8A were associated with DQA1-B1*X-0604 (DQ6.4) and DQA1-B1*03-0302 (DQ8). ZnT8WA and ZnT8QA were negatively associated with DQA1-B1*05-02 (DQ2).

Conclusions

Analysis of ZnT8A increased the diagnostic sensitivity of islet autoantibodies for T1D as only 7% remained islet autoantibody negative. The association between DQ6.4 and all three ZnT8A may be related to ZnT8 antigen presentation by the DQ6.4 heterodimer.

OriginalspråkEngelska
Sidor (från-till)97-105
Antal sidor8
TidskriftPediatric Diabetes
Volym14
Nummer2
DOI
StatusPublicerad - 2013
Externt publiceradJa

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  • Cell- och molekylärbiologi (30108)
  • Immunologi inom det medicinska området (30110)

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