Cytokines in sera from insulin-dependent diabetic patients at diagnosis

Author:

CAVALLO M G12,POZZILLI J P32,BIRD C1,WADHWA M1,MEAGER A1,VISALLI N2,GEARING A J H1,ANDREANI D2,THORPE R1

Affiliation:

1. Division of Immunobiology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, UK

2. Cattedra di Endocrinologia (I), II Clinica Medica, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy

3. Department of Diabetes and Immunogenetics, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK

Abstract

SUMMARY Cytokines are known to play an important role in autoimmunity and have been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM). In the present study we have measured IL-1, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, interferon-gamma(IFN-γ)and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) (using both immunoassays and bioassays) in sera from 50 patients affected by IDDM at the time of clinical diagnosis and 51 age and sex matched controls. Detectable levels of IL-I, IL-2, IL-6 and IFN-μgK were found in the serum of a small percentage of subjects and were not significantly different between patients and controls. IL-4 was detectable in a higher number of both patients and controls and circulating TNF-α (> I U/ml) was found in a percentage of patients (24%) significantly higher than controls (P<0.01). Raised levels of TNF-α were detectable using an immunoenzymatic assay whereas TNF bioactivity in these samples was negligible. We conclude that the presence of immunoreactive TNF-α in the patient’s sera may reflect an increased localized production of this cytokine at pancreatic level. However, the measurement in serum of other cytokines does not add information on the role that they may play in the pathogenesis of IDDM.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Immunology,Immunology and Allergy

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