Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Valdemar Hansens vej 13, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark.
Interdepartmental Laboratory of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology, Department of NeuroFarBa, University of Florence, Via Ugo Schiff 6, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Apr 17;23(8):4424. doi: 10.3390/ijms23084424.
Two isoforms of the glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) enzyme exist, GAD65 and GAD67, which are associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and stiff-person syndrome (SPS), respectively. Interestingly, it has been reported that T1D patients seldom develop SPS, whereas patients with SPS occasionally develop T1D. In addition, coxsackievirus B4 (CVB4) has previously been proposed to be involved in the onset of T1D through molecular mimicry. On this basis, we aimed to examine antibody cross-reactivity between a specific region of GAD65 and GAD67, which has high sequence homology to the nonstructural P2C protein of CVB4 to determine potential correlations at antibody level. Monoclonal peptide antibodies generated in mice specific for a region with high similarity in all three proteins were screened for reactivity along with human sera in immunoassays. In total, six antibodies were generated. Two of the antibodies reacted to both GAD isoforms. However, none of the antibodies were cross-reactive to CVB, suggesting that antibody cross-reactivity between GAD65 and CVB, and GAD67 and CVB may not contribute to the onset of T1D and SPS, respectively.
谷氨酸脱羧酶(GAD)酶有两种同工型,GAD65 和 GAD67,分别与 1 型糖尿病(T1D)和僵人综合征(SPS)有关。有趣的是,据报道,T1D 患者很少发展为 SPS,而 SPS 患者偶尔会发展为 T1D。此外,柯萨奇病毒 B4(CVB4)先前被认为通过分子模拟参与 T1D 的发病。在此基础上,我们旨在检查 GAD65 和 GAD67 特定区域之间的抗体交叉反应性,该区域与 CVB4 的非结构 P2C 蛋白具有高度序列同源性,以确定抗体水平上的潜在相关性。针对三种蛋白质中高度相似区域的小鼠特异性单克隆肽抗体在免疫测定中与人类血清一起进行了反应性筛选。总共生成了六种抗体。两种抗体与两种 GAD 同工型反应。然而,没有一种抗体与 CVB 发生交叉反应,这表明 GAD65 与 CVB 之间以及 GAD67 与 CVB 之间的抗体交叉反应性可能不会分别导致 T1D 和 SPS 的发生。