Insulin antibodies, insulin complexes, T-cell subsets and T-cells bearing surface antigens indicating early activation were studied in 35 and 24 infants of diabetic and of normal mothers respectively, which were compared with normal adult control subjects. Anti-insulin antibodies were evaluated using a modified version of Andersen's method, insulin complexes were assessed by a method developed by us; total T cells, helper/inducer and cytotoxic/suppressor T lymphocytes, and early activated T lymphocytes were determined using the monoclonal antibodies OKT3, OKT4, OKT8 and 4F2 respectively. The presence of insulin antibodies was correlated to macrosomia, hypoglycaemia and respiratory distress syndrome. Insulin-anti-insulin complexes were found in some of the neonates and were likely to have been formed by maternal antibodies and insulin from the neonate. Modifications of T-cell subsets were found in the neonates both of diabetic and of normal mothers. --Despite the presence of these immune abnormalities in some infants of diabetic mothers, the clinical onset of diabetes was not diagnosed in any of the cases studied. Nevertheless, the immunological abnormalities in neonates of diabetic mothers have short-term pathogenetic effects which raises the question of their possible long-term effect.

Dotta, F., Gargiulo, P., Tiberti, C., Pachi, A., Fallucca, F., Andreani, D., et al. (1987). Humoral and cellular immune abnormalities in neonates of diabetic mothers: any pathological role?. EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, 89(3), 333-339 [10.1055/s-0029-1210659].

Humoral and cellular immune abnormalities in neonates of diabetic mothers: any pathological role?

DOTTA, FRANCESCO;
1987-01-01

Abstract

Insulin antibodies, insulin complexes, T-cell subsets and T-cells bearing surface antigens indicating early activation were studied in 35 and 24 infants of diabetic and of normal mothers respectively, which were compared with normal adult control subjects. Anti-insulin antibodies were evaluated using a modified version of Andersen's method, insulin complexes were assessed by a method developed by us; total T cells, helper/inducer and cytotoxic/suppressor T lymphocytes, and early activated T lymphocytes were determined using the monoclonal antibodies OKT3, OKT4, OKT8 and 4F2 respectively. The presence of insulin antibodies was correlated to macrosomia, hypoglycaemia and respiratory distress syndrome. Insulin-anti-insulin complexes were found in some of the neonates and were likely to have been formed by maternal antibodies and insulin from the neonate. Modifications of T-cell subsets were found in the neonates both of diabetic and of normal mothers. --Despite the presence of these immune abnormalities in some infants of diabetic mothers, the clinical onset of diabetes was not diagnosed in any of the cases studied. Nevertheless, the immunological abnormalities in neonates of diabetic mothers have short-term pathogenetic effects which raises the question of their possible long-term effect.
1987
Dotta, F., Gargiulo, P., Tiberti, C., Pachi, A., Fallucca, F., Andreani, D., et al. (1987). Humoral and cellular immune abnormalities in neonates of diabetic mothers: any pathological role?. EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, 89(3), 333-339 [10.1055/s-0029-1210659].
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