CD226 rs763361 is associated with the susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and greater frequency of GAD65 autoantibody in a brazilian cohort

CD226 rs763361 variant increases susceptibility to type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Caucasians. There is no data about CD226 variants in the very heterogeneous Brazilian population bearing a wide degree of admixture. We investigated its association with T1D susceptibility, clinical phenotypes, and autoimmune manifestations (islet and extrapancreatic autoantibodies). Casuistry. 532 T1D patients and 594 controls in a case-control study. Initially, CD226 coding regions and boundaries were sequenced in a subset of 106 T1D patients and 102 controls. In a second step, two CD226 variants, rs763361 (exon 7) and rs727088 (3′ UTR region), involved with CD226 regulation, were genotyped in the entire cohort. C-peptide and autoantibody levels were determined. No new polymorphic variant was found. The variants rs763361 and rs727088 were in strong linkage disequilibrium. The TT genotype of rs763361 was associated with TID risk (;  95%  –1.991; ), mainly in females , greater frequency of anti-GAD autoantibody (31.9% × 24.5%; ; –2.194; ), and lower C-peptide levels when compared to those with TC + CC genotypes ( ng/dL versus  ng/dL ). Conclusions. The rs763361 variant of CD226 gene (TT genotype) was associated with susceptibility to T1D and with the degree of aggressiveness of the disease in T1D patients from Brazil. Ancestry had no effect.FAPESP 2008-04472-

Allelic variant in IL21 promoter region, C1858T PTPN22 frequency and autoantibodies in Brazilian type 1A diabetes patients

As citocinas têm papel importante como mediadores através das respostas imunológicas. A Interleucina-21, importante regulador dos linfócitos T e B, é produzida por linfócitos CD4 ativados, e está implicada na patogênese do diabetes autoimune em modelo animal, o NOD. A região promotora da IL-21, que contempla sítios de controle da expressão gênica em camundongos, o NFATc2, T-bet e c-MAF, foi estudada pela primeira vez em humanos portadores de diabetes tipo 1A, neste trabalho. Foi analisado também a freqüência do polimorfismo C1858T do gene PTPN22, que tem sido associado em estudos recentes como fator de risco importante para diabetes tipo1A e outras doenças autoimunes. Associou-se ainda, autoanticorpos pancreáticos e não-pancreáticos em diabéticos e grupo controle normal, e estes resultados foram analisados com ambos os genes. Foram estudados 612 DM1A e 792 indivíduos do grupo controle. Após extração de DNA genômico, a região 5proximal da região promotora do gene da Il-21, -448+83pb, foi seqüenciada em 309 brasileiros diabéticos tipo 1A e 189 indivíduos do grupo controle. A genotipagem do polimorfismo C1858T do gene PTPN22, por RFLP, foi realizada em 434 diabéticos e 689 controles, bem como os alelos HLA-DRB1. Foi encontrada uma variação alélica, em heterozigoze, na posição g.-241 T>A, em apenas uma paciente, que apresentou idade de diagnóstico aos 30 anos de idade. Esta variante alélica não foi encontrada nos 497 indivíduos (308 DM1A e 189 grupo controle). A freqüência dos alelos polimórficos (CT/TT) foi maior nos diabéticos (18.7%) que no grupo controle (10.6%), OR 1,94 e pA) was found in only one patient, who was 30 years old at the onset of disease. This allelic variant was not found in 497 individuals (308 T1AD patients and 189 healthy controls). The PTPN22 1858T allele frequency was greater in patients (18.7%) than in controls (10.6%): odds ratio of 1.94; p<0.001. An association was found between C1858T polymorphism and higher frequency of GAD65 Ab (p=0.002) and TG Ab (p=0.011), among both T1AD and HC. Type 1 diabetes patients presented higher frequency of the following autoantibodies, compared with HC (p<0.001): GAD65 Ab (46.7% vs 1.7%); IA2 Ab (43.5% vs 1.9%); ANA (25.6% vs 5.4%); TPO Ab (22.9% vs 6.9%); TG Ab (23.4% vs 9.0%); TRAb (7.5% vs 0.3%); 21-OH Ab (5,2% vs 0,6%). The following antibodies were evaluated only in T1AD: tTG Ab (6.8%) anti-Endom (5.7%). Except by GAD65 Ab and TG Ab, no association was found between C1858T polymorphism and these autoantibodies.HLA-DR3/DR4 alleles predominated in T1D patients (p<0.001) Conclusions: C1858T PTPN22 polymorphism and the HLA-DR3 and/or DR4 alleles were associated with proneness to T1AD. Allelic variants at the 5\' proximal region of the IL-21 gene do not seem to predispose to susceptibility to T1AD and other autoimmune endocrine diseases. Autoantibodies specific to other organs and tissues are frequent in T1AD carriers, mainly to the thyroid glands. The 1858T PTPN22 polymorphism was associated with higher frequency of GAD65A and TGA