skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Systematic review of type 1 diabetes biomarkers reveals regulation in circulating proteins related to complement, lipid metabolism, and immune response

Journal Article · · Clinical Proteomics
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States). College of Medicine
  3. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO (United States)
  4. Univ. of Cincinnati, OH (United States). College of Medicine

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from an autoimmune attack of the pancreatic β cells that progresses to dysglycemia and symptomatic hyperglycemia. Current biomarkers to track this evolution are limited, with development of islet autoantibodies marking the onset of autoimmunity and metabolic tests used to detect dysglycemia. Therefore, additional biomarkers are needed to better track disease initiation and progression. Multiple clinical studies have used proteomics to identify biomarker candidates. However, most of the studies were limited to the initial candidate identification, which needs to be further validated and have assays developed for clinical use. Here we curate these studies to help prioritize biomarker candidates for validation studies and to obtain a broader view of processes regulated during disease development. This systematic review was registered with Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/N8TSA). Using PRISMA guidelines, we conducted a systematic search of proteomics studies of T1D in the PubMed to identify putative protein biomarkers of the disease. Studies that performed mass spectrometry-based untargeted/targeted proteomic analysis of human serum/plasma of control, pre-seroconversion, post-seroconversion, and/or T1D-diagnosed subjects were included. For unbiased screening, 3 reviewers screened all the articles independently using the pre-determined criteria. A total of 13 studies met our inclusion criteria, resulting in the identification of 266 unique proteins, with 31 (11.6%) being identified across 3 or more studies. The circulating protein biomarkers were found to be enriched in complement, lipid metabolism, and immune response pathways, all of which are found to be dysregulated in different phases of T1D development. We found 2 subsets: 17 proteins (C3, C1R, C8G, C4B, IBP2, IBP3, ITIH1, ITIH2, BTD, APOE, TETN, C1S, C6A3, SAA4, ALS, SEPP1 and PI16) and 3 proteins (C3, CLUS and C4A) have consistent regulation in at least 2 independent studies at post-seroconversion and post-diagnosis compared to controls, respectively, making them strong candidates for clinical assay development. Biomarkers analyzed in this systematic review highlight alterations in specific biological processes in T1D, including complement, lipid metabolism, and immune response pathways, and may have potential for further use in the clinic as prognostic or diagnostic assays.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
2246638
Report Number(s):
PNNL-ACT-SA-10706
Journal Information:
Clinical Proteomics, Vol. 20, Issue 1; ISSN 1542-6416
Publisher:
BioMed CentralCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (67)

Peptide serum markers in islet autoantibody-positive children journal November 2016
Hemopexin is up-regulated in plasma from type 1 diabetes mellitus patients: Role of glucose-induced ROS journal June 2012
T1D Autoantibodies: room for improvement? journal August 2017
ApoC-III ASO promotes tissue LPL activity in the absence of apoE-mediated TRL clearance journal August 2019
Apolipoprotein A-IV Expression in Mouse Liver Enhances Triglyceride Secretion and Reduces Hepatic Lipid Content by Promoting Very Low Density Lipoprotein Particle Expansion journal November 2013
Complement-Fixing Islet Cell Antibodies in Type-1 Diabetes Can Trigger the Assembly of the Terminal Complement Complex on Human Islet Cells and Are Potentially Cytotoxic journal June 1996
The renaissance of complement therapeutics journal December 2017
Phagocytosis of Enterovirus-Infected Pancreatic β-Cells Triggers Innate Immune Responses in Human Dendritic Cells journal January 2010
Pancreatic beta cell autophagy is impaired in type 1 diabetes journal January 2021
The role of inflammation in insulitis and β-cell loss in type 1 diabetes journal April 2009
Gene expression profiles for the human pancreas and purified islets in Type 1 diabetes: new findings at clinical onset and in long-standing diabetes journal November 2009
The Difference Between High Density Lipoprotein Subfractions and Subspecies: an Evolving Model in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes journal March 2021
Integration of Infant Metabolite, Genetic, and Islet Autoimmunity Signatures to Predict Type 1 Diabetes by Age 6 Years journal April 2022
Apolipoprotein A‐IV, a Putative Satiety/Antiatherogenic Factor, Rises After Gastric Bypass journal January 2009
Tutorial: best practices and considerations for mass-spectrometry-based protein biomarker discovery and validation journal July 2021
Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A journal November 2007
Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015: elaboration and explanation journal January 2015
Predictive Modeling of Type 1 Diabetes Stages Using Disparate Data Sources journal November 2019
Serum Proteomes Distinguish Children Developing Type 1 Diabetes in a Cohort With HLA-Conferred Susceptibility journal January 2015
Clusterin and Its Role in Insulin Resistance and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome journal February 2021
Oxidative stress-mediated beta cell death and dysfunction as a target for diabetes management journal September 2022
Hyperglycaemia slows gastric emptying in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus journal November 1990
The cytoskeleton in phagocytosis and macropinocytosis journal May 2021
Application of Proteomics in the Discovery of Candidate Protein Biomarkers in a Diabetes Autoantibody Standardization Program Sample Subset journal February 2008
ApoA-IV: current and emerging roles in intestinal lipid metabolism, glucose homeostasis, and satiety journal March 2015
Protective Role of Complement C3 Against Cytokine-Mediated β-Cell Apoptosis journal June 2017
Plasma Clusterin as a Potential Link Between Diabetes and Alzheimer Disease journal June 2020
Systematic and integrative analysis of large gene lists using DAVID bioinformatics resources journal December 2008
High density lipoproteins are modulators of protease activity: Implications in inflammation, complement activation, and atherothrombosis journal April 2017
Complement in human diseases: Lessons from complement deficiencies journal September 2009
Modulation of the immune response by extracellular matrix proteins journal November 2006
The risk of progression to type 1 diabetes is highly variable in individuals with multiple autoantibodies following screening journal November 2019
Plasma protein biomarkers predict the development of persistent autoantibodies and type 1 diabetes 6 months prior to the onset of autoimmunity journal July 2023
Apolipoprotein A-IV Reduces Hepatic Gluconeogenesis through Nuclear Receptor NR1D1 journal December 2013
A systematic review of biomarkers to detect active tuberculosis journal February 2019
Dextran Sulfate Protects Pancreatic β-Cells, Reduces Autoimmunity, and Ameliorates Type 1 Diabetes journal May 2020
Apolipoprotein A-IV: a protein intimately involved in metabolism journal August 2015
Functional and proteomic alterations of plasma high density lipoproteins in type 1 diabetes mellitus journal September 2016
Islet autoantibodies in disease prediction and pathogenesis journal October 2019
Serum proteomics reveals systemic dysregulation of innate immunity in type 1 diabetes journal December 2012
Increased Complement Activation in Human Type 1 Diabetes Pancreata journal October 2013
Apolipoprotein A-IV improves glucose homeostasis by enhancing insulin secretion journal May 2012
The Peri-islet Basement Membrane, a Barrier to Infiltrating Leukocytes in Type 1 Diabetes in Mouse and Human journal January 2013
C3aR and C5aR1 act as key regulators of human and mouse β-cell function journal September 2017
Interpretation of Serological Complement Biomarkers in Disease journal October 2018
Pancreatic Tissue Proteomics Unveils Key Proteins, Pathways, and Networks Associated with Type 1 Diabetes journal October 2020
The impact of the extracellular matrix on inflammation journal September 2010
The HDL Proteome Watch: Compilation of studies leads to new insights on HDL function journal February 2022
Complement gene variants in relation to autoantibodies to beta cell specific antigens and type 1 diabetes in the TEDDY Study journal June 2016
Metabolism of apolipoprotein A-II containing triglyceride rich ApoB lipoproteins in humans journal August 2015
Resistance to Streptozotocin-Induced Autoimmune Diabetes in Absence of Complement C3: Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells Play a Role journal June 2013
Prediction of the development of islet autoantibodies through integration of environmental, genetic, and metabolic markers journal August 2020
On regulation of phagosome maturation and antigen presentation journal October 2006
Lipoprotein Lipase Maintains Microglial Innate Immunity in Obesity journal September 2017
Contribution of the Innate Immune System to Autoimmune Diabetes: A Role for the CR1/CR2 Complement Receptors journal July 1999
The role of the complement system in diabetic nephropathy journal March 2017
C3 Glomerulopathy
  • Medjeral-Thomas, Nicholas R.; O’Shaughnessy, Michelle M.; O’Regan, John A.
  • Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.04700513
journal January 2014
Temporal expression profiling of plasma proteins reveals oxidative stress in early stages of Type 1 Diabetes progression journal February 2018
Enteroviruses and Type 1 Diabetes: Multiple Mechanisms and Factors? journal January 2022
Discovery and Validation of Serum Protein Changes in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Using High Throughput Two Dimensional Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Immunoassays journal September 2011
Proteomic alterations of HDL in youth with type 1 diabetes and their associations with glycemic control: a case–control study journal March 2019
Proteomic analysis to identify candidate biomarkers associated with type 1 diabetes
  • do Nascimento de Oliveira, Valzimeire; Barbosa Moreira Lima Neto, Abelardo; Fraga van Tilburg, Maurício
  • Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, Vol. Volume 11 https://doi.org/10.2147/dmso.S162008
journal January 2018
Complement Component C3 Is Highly Expressed in Human Pancreatic Islets and Prevents β Cell Death via ATG16L1 Interaction and Autophagy Regulation journal January 2019
iTRAQ Underestimation in Simple and Complex Mixtures: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” journal November 2009
Diabetes Is Associated with Increased Autoreactivity of Mannan-Binding Lectin journal January 2017
Clusterin induces matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression via ERK1/2 and PI3K/Akt/NF-κB pathways in monocytes/macrophages journal July 2011
Opposing effects of apolipoproteins E and C on lipoprotein binding to low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein. journal June 1990