High Frequency of Recessive WFS1 Mutations Among Indian Children With Islet Antibody-negative Type 1 Diabetes

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BACKGROUND: While the frequency of islet antibody-negative (idiopathic) type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is reported to be increased in Indian children, its aetiology has not been studied. We investigated the role of monogenic diabetes in the causation of islet antibody-negative T1DM.

METHODS: We conducted a multicenter, prospective, observational study of 169 Indian children (age 1-18 years) with recent-onset T1DM. All were tested for antibodies against GAD65, islet antigen-2, and zinc transporter 8 using validated ELISA. Thirty-four islet antibody-negative children underwent targeted next-generation sequencing for 31 genes implicated in monogenic diabetes using the Illumina platform. All mutations were confirmed by Sanger sequencing.

RESULTS: Thirty-five (21%) children were negative for all islet antibodies. Twelve patients (7% of entire cohort, 34% of patients with islet antibody-negative T1DM) were detected to have pathogenic or likely pathogenic genetic variants. The most frequently affected locus was WFS1, with 9 patients (5% of entire cohort, 26% of islet antibody-negative). These included 7 children with homozygous and 1 patient each with a compound heterozygous and heterozygous mutation. Children with Wolfram syndrome 1 (WS) presented with severe insulin-requiring diabetes (including 3 patients with ketoacidosis), but other syndromic manifestations were not detected. In 3 patients, heterozygous mutations in HNF4A, ABCC8, and PTF1A loci were detected.

CONCLUSION: Nearly one-quarter of Indian children with islet antibody-negative T1DM had recessive mutations in the WFS1 gene. These patients did not exhibit other features of WS at the time of diagnosis. Testing for monogenic diabetes, especially WS, should be considered in Indian children with antibody-negative T1DM.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

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The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 109(2024), 3 vom: 20. Feb., Seite e1072-e1082

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Menon, Jayakrishnan C [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Pratibha [VerfasserIn]
Archana, Archana [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Preeti [VerfasserIn]
Mittal, Medha [VerfasserIn]
Kanga, Uma [VerfasserIn]
Mandal, Kausik [VerfasserIn]
Seth, Anju [VerfasserIn]
Bhatia, Vijayalakshmi [VerfasserIn]
Dabadghao, Preeti [VerfasserIn]
Sudhanshu, Siddhnath [VerfasserIn]
Garg, Atul [VerfasserIn]
Vishwakarma, Ruchira [VerfasserIn]
Sarangi, Aditya Narayan [VerfasserIn]
Verma, Shivendra [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Surya Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Bhatia, Eesh [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Idiopathic type 1 diabetes
Journal Article
MODY
Monogenic diabetes
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Type 1b diabetes
Wolfram syndrome
Wolframin protein

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Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/clinem/dgad644

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NLM364229624