PMID- 11158011 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010322 LR - 20111117 IS - 0021-972X (Print) IS - 0021-972X (Linking) VI - 86 IP - 2 DP - 2001 Feb TI - Possible human leukocyte antigen-mediated genetic interaction between type 1 and type 2 Diabetes. PG - 574-82 AB - We assessed the prevalence of families with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Finland; and we studied, in patients with type 2 diabetes, the association between a family history of type 1 diabetes, glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) antibodies (GADab), and type 1 diabetes-associated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DQB1-genotypes. Further, in mixed type 1/type 2 diabetes families, we investigated whether sharing an HLA haplotype with a family member with type 1 diabetes influenced the manifestation of type 2 diabetes. Among 695 families ascertained through the presence of more than 1 patient with type 2 diabetes, 100 (14%) also had members with type 1 diabetes. Type 2 diabetic patients from the mixed families had, more often, GADab (18% vs. 8%, P < 0.0001) and DQB1*0302/X genotype (25% vs. 12%, P = 0.005) than patients from families with only type 2 diabetes; but they had a lower frequency of DQB1*02/0302 genotype, compared with adult-onset type 1 patients (4% vs. 27%, P < 0.0001). In the mixed families, the insulin response to oral glucose load was impaired in patients who had HLA class II risk haplotypes, either DR3(17)-DQA1*0501-DQB1*02 or DR4*0401/4-DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302, compared with patients without such haplotypes (P = 0.016). This finding was independent of the presence of GADab. We conclude that type 1 and type 2 diabetes cluster in the same families. A shared genetic background with a patient with type 1 diabetes predisposes type 2 diabetic patients both to autoantibody positivity and, irrespective of antibody positivity, to impaired insulin secretion. The findings support a possible genetic interaction between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mediated by the HLA locus. FAU - Li, H AU - Li H AD - Diabetes and Endocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Endocrinology, Lund University, S-20502 Malmo, Sweden. FAU - Lindholm, E AU - Lindholm E FAU - Almgren, P AU - Almgren P FAU - Gustafsson, A AU - Gustafsson A FAU - Forsblom, C AU - Forsblom C FAU - Groop, L AU - Groop L FAU - Tuomi, T AU - Tuomi T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Clin Endocrinol Metab JT - The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism JID - 0375362 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (C-Peptide) RN - 0 (HLA-D Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ alpha-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DQA1 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-DQB1 antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-DR3 Antigen) RN - 0 (HLA-DR4 Antigen) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 4.1.1.15 (Glutamate Decarboxylase) SB - IM MH - Autoantibodies/blood MH - C-Peptide/blood MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood/*genetics/*immunology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/*genetics/*immunology MH - Female MH - Finland MH - Genotype MH - Glucose Tolerance Test MH - Glutamate Decarboxylase/immunology MH - HLA-D Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/genetics MH - HLA-DQ alpha-Chains MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains MH - HLA-DR3 Antigen/genetics MH - HLA-DR4 Antigen/genetics MH - Humans MH - Insulin/blood MH - Male MH - Middle Aged EDAT- 2001/02/07 11:00 MHDA- 2001/03/27 10:01 CRDT- 2001/02/07 11:00 PHST- 2001/02/07 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/03/27 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/02/07 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/jcem.86.2.7170 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001 Feb;86(2):574-82. doi: 10.1210/jcem.86.2.7170.