Identification of Novel HLA-A*0201–Restricted Epitopes in Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetic Subjects and Antibody-Positive Relatives
Open Access
- 1 November 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Diabetes Association in Diabetes
- Vol. 55 (11), 3061-3067
- https://doi.org/10.2337/db06-0066
Abstract
Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) are considered to be essential for β-cell destruction in type 1 diabetes. However, few islet-associated peptides have been demonstrated to activate autoreactive CTLs from type 1 diabetic subjects. In an effort to identify novel epitopes, we used matrix-assisted algorithms to predict peptides of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), prepro-islet amyloid polypeptide (ppIAPP), and islet-specific glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit–related protein (IGRP) that likely bind to HLA-A*0201 with a strong affinity and contain a COOH-terminal proteasomal cleavage site. Seven peptides stabilized HLA-A*0201 expression in binding assays and were used to stimulate peripheral blood mononuclear cells and were evaluated for granzyme B secretion. We found that 5 of 13 type 1 diabetic subjects and 4 of 6 antibody-positive relatives exhibited greater numbers of granzyme B–secreting cells in response to at least one putative epitope compared with healthy control subjects. The most prevalent responses in antibody-positive and type 1 diabetic subjects were to ppIAPP(9-17). Other peptides recognized by type 1 diabetic or antibody-positive subjects included GFAP(143-151), IGRP(152-160), and GFAP(214-222). These data implicate peptides of ppIAPP, GFAP, and IGRP as CTL epitopes for a heterogenous CD8+ T-cell response in type 1 subjects and antibody-positive relatives.Keywords
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