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Islet autoimmunity identifies a unique pattern of impaired pancreatic beta-cell function, markedly reduced pancreatic beta cell mass and insulin resistance in clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetes.
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PloS one [PLoS One] 2014 Sep 16; Vol. 9 (9), pp. e106537. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Sep 16 (Print Publication: 2014). - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- There is a paucity of literature describing metabolic and histological data in adult-onset autoimmune diabetes. This subgroup of diabetes mellitus affects at least 5% of clinically diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (T2DM) and it is termed Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA). We evaluated indexes of insulin secretion, metabolic assessment, and pancreatic pathology in clinically diagnosed T2DM patients with and without the presence of humoral islet autoimmunity (Ab). A total of 18 patients with at least 5-year duration of clinically diagnosed T2DM were evaluated in this study. In those subjects we assessed acute insulin responses to arginine, a glucose clamp study, whole-body fat mass and fat-free mass. We have also analyzed the pancreatic pathology of 15 T2DM and 43 control cadaveric donors, using pancreatic tissue obtained from all the T2DM organ donors available from the nPOD network through December 31, 2013. The presence of islet Ab correlated with severely impaired β-cell function as demonstrated by remarkably low acute insulin response to arginine (AIR) when compared to that of the Ab negative group. Glucose clamp studies indicated that both Ab positive and Ab negative patients exhibited peripheral insulin resistance in a similar fashion. Pathology data from T2DM donors with Ab or the autoimmune diabetes associated DR3/DR4 allelic class II combination showed reduction in beta cell mass as well as presence of autoimmune-associated pattern A pathology in subjects with either islet autoantibodies or the DR3/DR4 genotype. In conclusion, we provide compelling evidence indicating that islet Ab positive long-term T2DM patients exhibit profound impairment of insulin secretion as well as reduced beta cell mass seemingly determined by an immune-mediated injury of pancreatic β-cells. Deciphering the mechanisms underlying beta cell destruction in this subset of diabetic patients may lead to the development of novel immunologic therapies aimed at halting the disease progression in its early stage.
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- Adult
Aged
Alleles
Autoantibodies immunology
Biomarkers
Blood Glucose
Body Composition
C-Peptide metabolism
Cell Size
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics
Female
HLA-DR Antigens genetics
HLA-DR Antigens immunology
Humans
Insulin metabolism
Insulin Secretion
Insulin-Secreting Cells pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Tissue Donors
Autoimmunity
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 immunology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 metabolism
Insulin Resistance
Insulin-Secreting Cells immunology
Insulin-Secreting Cells metabolism
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1932-6203
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25226365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106537