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Autoimmunity against INS-IGF2 expressed in human pancreatic islets.

Kanatsuna, Norio LU ; Taneera, Jalal LU ; Vaziri Sani, Fariba LU ; Wierup, Nils LU ; Larsson, Helena LU ; Delli, Ahmed LU ; Skärstrand, Hanna LU ; Balhuizen, Alexander LU ; Bennet, Hedvig LU and Steiner, Donald F , et al. (2013) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 288(40). p.29013-29023
Abstract
Insulin is a major autoantigen in islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes. It has been suggested that the insulin B-chain may be critical to insulin autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes. INS-IGF2 consists of the preproinsulin signal peptide, the insulin B-chain and eight amino acids of the C-peptide in addition to 138 amino acids from the IGF2 gene. We aimed to determine 1) expression of INS-IGF2 in human pancreatic islets and 2) autoantibodies in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes children and controls. INS-IGF2, expressed primarily in beta cells, showed higher levels of expression in islets from normal compared to donors with either type 2 diabetes (p=0.006) or high HbA1c levels (p<0.001). INS-IGF2 autoantibody levels were... (More)
Insulin is a major autoantigen in islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes. It has been suggested that the insulin B-chain may be critical to insulin autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes. INS-IGF2 consists of the preproinsulin signal peptide, the insulin B-chain and eight amino acids of the C-peptide in addition to 138 amino acids from the IGF2 gene. We aimed to determine 1) expression of INS-IGF2 in human pancreatic islets and 2) autoantibodies in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes children and controls. INS-IGF2, expressed primarily in beta cells, showed higher levels of expression in islets from normal compared to donors with either type 2 diabetes (p=0.006) or high HbA1c levels (p<0.001). INS-IGF2 autoantibody levels were increased in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients (n=304) compared to healthy controls (n=355; p<0.001). Displacement with cold insulin and INS-IGF2 revealed that more patients than controls had doubly reactive insulin-INS-IGF2 autoantibodies. These data suggest that INS-IGF2, which contains the preproinsulin signal peptide, the B-chain and eight amino acids of the C-peptide may be an autoantigen in type 1 diabetes. INS-IGF2 and insulin may share autoantibody binding sites, thus complicating the notion that insulin is the primary autoantigen in type 1 diabetes. (Less)
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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288
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40
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29013 - 29023
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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1083-351X
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10.1074/jbc.M113.478222
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English
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  abstract     = {{Insulin is a major autoantigen in islet autoimmunity and progression to type 1 diabetes. It has been suggested that the insulin B-chain may be critical to insulin autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes. INS-IGF2 consists of the preproinsulin signal peptide, the insulin B-chain and eight amino acids of the C-peptide in addition to 138 amino acids from the IGF2 gene. We aimed to determine 1) expression of INS-IGF2 in human pancreatic islets and 2) autoantibodies in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes children and controls. INS-IGF2, expressed primarily in beta cells, showed higher levels of expression in islets from normal compared to donors with either type 2 diabetes (p=0.006) or high HbA1c levels (p&lt;0.001). INS-IGF2 autoantibody levels were increased in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients (n=304) compared to healthy controls (n=355; p&lt;0.001). Displacement with cold insulin and INS-IGF2 revealed that more patients than controls had doubly reactive insulin-INS-IGF2 autoantibodies. These data suggest that INS-IGF2, which contains the preproinsulin signal peptide, the B-chain and eight amino acids of the C-peptide may be an autoantigen in type 1 diabetes. INS-IGF2 and insulin may share autoantibody binding sites, thus complicating the notion that insulin is the primary autoantigen in type 1 diabetes.}},
  author       = {{Kanatsuna, Norio and Taneera, Jalal and Vaziri Sani, Fariba and Wierup, Nils and Larsson, Helena and Delli, Ahmed and Skärstrand, Hanna and Balhuizen, Alexander and Bennet, Hedvig and Steiner, Donald F and Törn, Carina and Fex, Malin and Lernmark, Åke}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{40}},
  pages        = {{29013--29023}},
  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Autoimmunity against INS-IGF2 expressed in human pancreatic islets.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1299463/4316508.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M113.478222}},
  volume       = {{288}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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