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DIABETES
Volume 53, Issue 10, Pages 2653-2661Publisher
AMER DIABETES ASSOC
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.53.10.2653
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- NCRR NIH HHS [M01 RR01032] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK62294, R01 DK52855] Funding Source: Medline
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Micro- and macrovascular diseases are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the diabetic population, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms that link hyperglycemia to these complications remain incompletely understood. We proposed that in human diabetes, inhibition by glycation of the complement regulatory protein CD59 increases deposition of the membrane attack complex (MAC) of complement, contributing to the higher vascular risk. We report here 1) the generation and characterization of an anti-glycated human CD59 (hCD59) specific antibody, 2) the detection with this antibody of glycated hCD59 colocalized with MAC in kidneys and nerves from diabetic but not from nondiabetic subjects, and 3) a significantly reduced activity of hCD59 in erythrocytes from diabetic subjects, a finding consistent with glycation inactivation of hCD59 in vivo. Because hCD59 acts as a specific inhibitor of MAC formation, these findings provide a molecular explanation for the increased MAC deposition reportedly found in the target organs of diabetic complications. We conclude that glycation inactivation of hCD59 that leads to increased MAC deposition may contribute to the extensive vascular pathology that complicates human diabetes.
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