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J Endocrinol Diabetes. 2016;3(1). doi: 10.15226/2374-6890/3/1/00141. Epub 2016 Mar 08.

Toxic Immunoglobulin Light Chain Autoantibodies are Associated with a Cluster of Severe Complications in Older Adult Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal of endocrinology and diabetes

Mark B Zimering, N Mirkovic, M Pandya, J H Zimering, J A Behnke, S Thakker-Varia, J Alder, R J Donnelly

Affiliations

  1. Medical Service (111), Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, East Orange & Lyons, NJ, USA.
  2. Division of Endocrinology, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
  3. Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
  4. Molecular Resource Facility, Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.

PMID: 29796423 PMCID: PMC5963888 DOI: 10.15226/2374-6890/3/1/00141

Abstract

AIMS: To assess neuronal depolarization evoked by autoantibodies in diabetic depression compared to depolarization evoked by autoantibodies in control patients. To determine whether a subset of severe (late-onset) diabetic complications may be mediated in part by toxic immunoglobulin light chains that may increase in diabetic nephropathy.

METHODS: Protein-A eluates from plasma of 21 diabetic depression patients and 37 age-matched controls were tested for depolarization in hippocampal or immature neurons. Subsets of depolarizing or non-depolarizing autoantibodies were tested for neurite outgrowth inhibition in N2A neuroblastoma cells or the ability to modulate Ca

RESULTS: Diabetic depression (n = 21) autoantibodies caused significantly greater mean depolarization in neuroblastoma cells (

CONCLUSION: These data suggest that autoantibodies in older adult diabetic depression cause long-lasting depolarization in hippocampal neurons including adult dentate gyrus neural progenitor cells. The autoantibodies may impair adult dentate gyrus neurogenesis associated with treatment-refractory depression via several mechanisms including suppression of neurite outgrowth, and alteration of membrane excitability. Stable, toxic light chain autoantibody components may contribute to a cluster of severe (late-onset) complications characterized by dysfunction in highly vascularized tissues.

Keywords: Autoantibodies; Depression; Diabetes mellitus; Light chains; Nephropathy; Neural progenitor cells

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest The authors report no conflict of interest that would affect the objectivity of the present findings.

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