TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of the Coding and Promoter Regions of the Autoantigen IA-2 in Subjects with and Without Autoantibodies to IA-2
AU - Cai, Tao
AU - Xie, Jingping
AU - She, Jin Xiong
AU - Notkins, Abner Louis
PY - 2001/10
Y1 - 2001/10
N2 - Despite extensive studies on HLA polymorphism, there have been few, if any, studies on allelic forms or mutations in proteins that serve as autoantigens. The present experiments were designed to look for alterations in the coding and promoter regions of the autoantigen IA-2 in type one (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with autoantibodies to IA-2 as compared with siblings without diabetes or autoantibodies to IA-2. Genomic DNA was used as a template and was amplified by polymerase chain reaction, with pairs of primers encompassing the promoter region and the 23 exons of the coding region of IA-2. A total of nine nucleotide changes were found in the coding region of the six type 1 diabetic patients; four were silent and five were missense changes, but all occurred in the extracellular domain of IA-2 to which autoantibodies are not directed. Few, if any, changes were found in the 5′ upstream (-706 to +135) promoter region. The results of the experiments support the null hypothesis that differences among individuals in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the promoter and coding regions of IA-2, respectively, do not account for why some individuals develop autoantibodies to IA-2 and others do not.
AB - Despite extensive studies on HLA polymorphism, there have been few, if any, studies on allelic forms or mutations in proteins that serve as autoantigens. The present experiments were designed to look for alterations in the coding and promoter regions of the autoantigen IA-2 in type one (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with autoantibodies to IA-2 as compared with siblings without diabetes or autoantibodies to IA-2. Genomic DNA was used as a template and was amplified by polymerase chain reaction, with pairs of primers encompassing the promoter region and the 23 exons of the coding region of IA-2. A total of nine nucleotide changes were found in the coding region of the six type 1 diabetic patients; four were silent and five were missense changes, but all occurred in the extracellular domain of IA-2 to which autoantibodies are not directed. Few, if any, changes were found in the 5′ upstream (-706 to +135) promoter region. The results of the experiments support the null hypothesis that differences among individuals in the nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the promoter and coding regions of IA-2, respectively, do not account for why some individuals develop autoantibodies to IA-2 and others do not.
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U2 - 10.2337/diabetes.50.10.2406
DO - 10.2337/diabetes.50.10.2406
M3 - Article
C2 - 11574427
AN - SCOPUS:0035489779
SN - 0012-1797
VL - 50
SP - 2406
EP - 2409
JO - Diabetes
JF - Diabetes
IS - 10
ER -
