Anna Neyman1, Jennifer Nelson1,2,3, Sarah A Tersey1,2,3, Raghavendra G Mirmira1,2,3,4,5,6, Carmella Evans-Molina2,4,5,6,7, Emily K Sims1,2,3. 1. Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 2. Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 3. Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 4. Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 5. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 6. Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. 7. Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, US Department of Veterans Affairs, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate whether β cells continue to undergo death in the later stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fasting banked sera from a cross-section of 90 participants in the T1D Exchange Registry with longstanding T1D (median duration of 9 years) were analysed. Subjects were determined to be C-peptide (-) or (+) based on mixed-meal tolerance testing. Results were compared with 54 adult non-diabetic controls. Stimulated samples were assayed in a subset of subjects. Levels of unmethylated and methylated preproinsulin (INS) DNA were analysed using digital droplet PCR. RESULTS: Fasting and stimulated circulating unmethylated INS DNA levels were increased among both C-peptide (-) and C-peptide (+) subjects with longstanding T1D compared with non-diabetic controls (P < 0.01). Consistent with prior reports, unmethylated INS DNA values correlated with methylated INS DNA values, which were also elevated among T1D subjects (P < 0.001). There was wide variation in the effects of mixed-meal stimulation on DNA levels, with fasting values in the highest quartiles decreasing with stimulation (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results could reflect ongoing β cell death in individuals with longstanding T1D, even in the absence of detectable C-peptide production, suggesting that therapies targeting β cell survival could be beneficial among individuals with longstanding T1D.
AIM: To evaluate whether β cells continue to undergo death in the later stages of type 1 diabetes (T1D). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fasting banked sera from a cross-section of 90 participants in the T1D Exchange Registry with longstanding T1D (median duration of 9 years) were analysed. Subjects were determined to be C-peptide (-) or (+) based on mixed-meal tolerance testing. Results were compared with 54 adult non-diabetic controls. Stimulated samples were assayed in a subset of subjects. Levels of unmethylated and methylated preproinsulin (INS) DNA were analysed using digital droplet PCR. RESULTS: Fasting and stimulated circulating unmethylated INS DNA levels were increased among both C-peptide (-) and C-peptide (+) subjects with longstanding T1D compared with non-diabetic controls (P < 0.01). Consistent with prior reports, unmethylated INS DNA values correlated with methylated INS DNA values, which were also elevated among T1D subjects (P < 0.001). There was wide variation in the effects of mixed-meal stimulation on DNA levels, with fasting values in the highest quartiles decreasing with stimulation (P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: These results could reflect ongoing β cell death in individuals with longstanding T1D, even in the absence of detectable C-peptide production, suggesting that therapies targeting β cell survival could be beneficial among individuals with longstanding T1D.
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