Distinct monocyte gene-expression profiles in autoimmune diabetes

Roos Padmos, NC Schloot, H Beyan, C (Cindy) Ruwhof, Frank Staal, D (Dirk) de Ridder, HJ Aanstoot, Wai-kwan Tse, Harm Wit, C de Herder, Roosmarijn Drexhage, B Menart, RD Leslie, Hemmo Drexhage

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE-There is evidence that monocytes of patients with type 1 diabetes show proinflammatory activation and disturbed migration/adhesion, but the evidence is inconsistent. Our hypothesis is that monocytes are distinctly activated/disturbed in different subforms of autoimmune diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS-We studied patterns of inflammatory gene expression in monocytes of patients with type 1 diabetes (juvenile onset, n = 30; adult onset, n = 30) and latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult (LADA) (n = 30) (controls subjects, n = 49; type 2 diabetic patients, n = 30) using quantitative PCR. We tested 25 selected genes: 12 genes detected in a prestudy via whole-genome analyses plus an additional 13 genes identified as part of a monocyte inflammatory signature previously reported. RESULTS-We identified two distinct monocyte gene expression clusters in autoimmune diabetes. One cluster (comprising 12 proinflammatory cytokine/compound genes with a putative key gene PDE4B) was detected in 60% of LADA and 28% of adult-onset type 1 diabetic patients but in only 10% of juvenile-onset type 1 diabetic patients. A second cluster (comprising 10 chemotaxis, adhesion, motility, and metabolism genes) was detected in 43% of juvenile-onset type 1 diabetic and 33% of LADA patients but in only 9% of adult-onset type 1 diabetic patients. CONCLUSIONS-Subgroups of type 1 diabetic patients show an abnormal monocyte gene expression with two profiles, supporting a concept of heterogeneity in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes only partly overlapping with the presently known diagnostic categories.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)2768-2773
Number of pages6
JournalDiabetes
Volume57
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

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