PMID- 9314633 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980116 LR - 20190515 IS - 0149-5992 (Print) IS - 0149-5992 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 10 DP - 1997 Oct TI - Associations of GAD65- and IA-2- autoantibodies with genetic risk markers in new-onset IDDM patients and their siblings. The Belgian Diabetes Registry. PG - 1547-52 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of GAD (65-kDa) autoantibodies (GAD65-Abs) and IA-2 autoantibodies (IA-2-Abs) with human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ and insulin gene (INS) risk markers in patients with recent-onset IDDM and their siblings. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Blood was sampled from 608 recent-onset IDDM patients and 480 siblings, aged 0-39 years and consecutively recruited by the Belgian Diabetes Registry, to determine GAD65- and IA-2-Ab (radiobinding assay), HLA-DQ- (allele-specific oligonucleotyping), and INS-genotypes (restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis; siblings, n = 439). RESULTS: At the onset of IDDM, GAD65-Abs were preferentially associated with two populations at genetic risk but only in the 20- to 39-year age-group: 1) their prevalence was higher in carriers of DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 (88 vs. 73% in non[DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302], P = 0.001), and 2) an association was found in patients lacking this haplotype but carrying DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201, together with INS I/I (87 vs. 54% vs. non[INS I/I], P = 0.003). Siblings of IDDM patients also presented the association of GAD65-Abs with DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 (13 vs. 2% non[DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302], P < 0.001), while associations with the second genetic risk group could not yet be assessed. At the onset of IDDM, IA-2-Ab prevalence was higher in carriers of DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302 (69 vs. 39% non[DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302], P < 0.001) but not of DQA1*0501-DQB1*0201 or INS I/I. This association was present in both the 0- to 19- and the 20- to 39-year age-groups. It was also found in siblings of IDDM patients (4 vs. 0% non[DQA1*0301-DQB1*0302], P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Both GAD65- and IA-2-Abs exhibit higher prevalences in presence of HLA-DQ- and/or INS-genetic risk markers. Their respective associations differ with age at clinical onset, suggesting a possible usefulness in the identification of subgroups in this heterogeneous disease. FAU - Vandewalle, C L AU - Vandewalle CL AD - Diabetes Research Center, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium. FAU - Falorni, A AU - Falorni A FAU - Lernmark, A AU - Lernmark A FAU - Goubert, P AU - Goubert P FAU - Dorchy, H AU - Dorchy H FAU - Coucke, W AU - Coucke W FAU - Semakula, C AU - Semakula C FAU - Van der Auwera, B AU - Van der Auwera B FAU - Kaufman, L AU - Kaufman L FAU - Schuit, F C AU - Schuit FC FAU - Pipeleers, D G AU - Pipeleers DG FAU - Gorus, F K AU - Gorus FK LA - eng GR - R01 DK026190/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - DK42654/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Diabetes Care JT - Diabetes care JID - 7805975 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (Genetic Markers) RN - 0 (HLA-DQ Antigens) RN - 0 (ICA512 autoantibody) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - EC 1.4.1.2 (Glutamate Dehydrogenase) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Autoantibodies/*blood MH - Belgium MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood/*genetics/*immunology MH - Female MH - Genetic Markers MH - Genotype MH - Glutamate Dehydrogenase/*immunology MH - HLA-DQ Antigens/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Insulin/genetics MH - Male MH - *Nuclear Family MH - Registries MH - Risk Factors EDAT- 1997/10/07 00:00 MHDA- 1997/10/07 00:01 CRDT- 1997/10/07 00:00 PHST- 1997/10/07 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/10/07 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/10/07 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.2337/diacare.20.10.1547 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes Care. 1997 Oct;20(10):1547-52. doi: 10.2337/diacare.20.10.1547.