Antigenicity and epitope specificity of ZnT8 autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes.
Skärstrand, Hanna LU ; Lernmark, Åke LU
and Vaziri Sani, Fariba
LU
(2012)
In Scandinavian Journal of Immunology
- Abstract
- The SNP rs13266634 encodes either an Arginine (R) or a Tryptophan (W) (R325W) at the amino acid position 325 in the Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8) protein. Autoantibodies (Ab) that recognize ZnT8R, ZnT8W or both at the polymorphic site are common in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. The epitope specificity and affinity of ZnT8Ab are poorly understood, but may be of importance for the prediction and clinical classification of T1D. Therefore, the aims were to 1) determine the immunogenicity of short (318-331) ZnT8 peptides in mice, and 2) test the affinity of short and long (268-369) ZnT8 proteins in T1D patients positive for either ZnT8WAb or ZnT8RAb. Sera from BALB/cByJ mice immunized with short R, W or Q (Glutamine) ZnT8 peptides... (More)
- The SNP rs13266634 encodes either an Arginine (R) or a Tryptophan (W) (R325W) at the amino acid position 325 in the Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8) protein. Autoantibodies (Ab) that recognize ZnT8R, ZnT8W or both at the polymorphic site are common in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. The epitope specificity and affinity of ZnT8Ab are poorly understood, but may be of importance for the prediction and clinical classification of T1D. Therefore, the aims were to 1) determine the immunogenicity of short (318-331) ZnT8 peptides in mice, and 2) test the affinity of short and long (268-369) ZnT8 proteins in T1D patients positive for either ZnT8WAb or ZnT8RAb. Sera from BALB/cByJ mice immunized with short R, W or Q (Glutamine) ZnT8 peptides were tested for ZnT8-peptide antibodies in ELISA and radiobinding assay (RBA). Using reciprocal permutation experiment, short synthetic ZnT8R and ZnT8W (318-331) and long in vitro transcription translation ZnT8R and ZnT8W (268-369) proteins, were tested in competitive RBA with R- and W- monospecific T1D sera samples. All mouse sera developed non-epitope specific peptide-antibodies in ELISA and only 6/12 mice had ZnT8-RWQ antibodies in RBA. Both long ZnT8R and ZnT8W (268-369) but not any short, proteins displaced labeled ZnT8 (268-369) proteins in binding to T1D ZnT8Ab-specific sera. The reciprocal cross-over tests showed that half maximal displacement varied 2-11-fold indicating variable affinity of patient ZnT8Ab, signifying crucial autoantibody epitope spreading. The present approach should make it possible to dissect the importance of the R325W ZnT8 autoantigen epitope in the T1D pathogenesis. (Less)
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; Lernmark, Åke
LU
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abstract = {{The SNP rs13266634 encodes either an Arginine (R) or a Tryptophan (W) (R325W) at the amino acid position 325 in the Zinc Transporter 8 (ZnT8) protein. Autoantibodies (Ab) that recognize ZnT8R, ZnT8W or both at the polymorphic site are common in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. The epitope specificity and affinity of ZnT8Ab are poorly understood, but may be of importance for the prediction and clinical classification of T1D. Therefore, the aims were to 1) determine the immunogenicity of short (318-331) ZnT8 peptides in mice, and 2) test the affinity of short and long (268-369) ZnT8 proteins in T1D patients positive for either ZnT8WAb or ZnT8RAb. Sera from BALB/cByJ mice immunized with short R, W or Q (Glutamine) ZnT8 peptides were tested for ZnT8-peptide antibodies in ELISA and radiobinding assay (RBA). Using reciprocal permutation experiment, short synthetic ZnT8R and ZnT8W (318-331) and long in vitro transcription translation ZnT8R and ZnT8W (268-369) proteins, were tested in competitive RBA with R- and W- monospecific T1D sera samples. All mouse sera developed non-epitope specific peptide-antibodies in ELISA and only 6/12 mice had ZnT8-RWQ antibodies in RBA. Both long ZnT8R and ZnT8W (268-369) but not any short, proteins displaced labeled ZnT8 (268-369) proteins in binding to T1D ZnT8Ab-specific sera. The reciprocal cross-over tests showed that half maximal displacement varied 2-11-fold indicating variable affinity of patient ZnT8Ab, signifying crucial autoantibody epitope spreading. The present approach should make it possible to dissect the importance of the R325W ZnT8 autoantigen epitope in the T1D pathogenesis.}},
author = {{Skärstrand, Hanna and Lernmark, Åke and Vaziri Sani, Fariba}},
issn = {{1365-3083}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{11}},
publisher = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
series = {{Scandinavian Journal of Immunology}},
title = {{Antigenicity and epitope specificity of ZnT8 autoantibodies in type 1 diabetes.}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sji.12008}},
doi = {{10.1111/sji.12008}},
year = {{2012}},
}