Review Article

Etiopathogenesis of Insulin Autoimmunity

Table 3

Proinsulin and insulin peptides recognized by HLA-DQ, HLA-DR, and HLA-A2 compared to the epitopes recognized by IAA.

Binding moleculeProinsulin/insulin sequenceReference

HLA—Class II
 DQ8 (B1*03:02)B9–B23[62]
 DQ8c (A1*03:01-B1*03:02)B13–B21[63]
 DQ2c (A1*05:01-B1*02:01)B13–B21[63]
 DQ2t (A1*03:01-B1*02:01)B13–B21[63]
 DQ8t (A1*05:01-B1*03:02)B13–B21[63]
 DQ6.2 (A1*01:02-B1*06:02)B6–B14[63]
 DRB1*04:01A1–A15[42]
 DR 04:01C19-A3, C35-A19[64]
 DR 04:03C35-A19, A8–A21[64]
 DR4A1–A13[65]
 DRB1*04-DQ8B11-C24, C28-A21, B20-C4, C18-A1[66]
 DRB1*04-DQ8B1–B16, B11–B27, C13–C29[67]

HLA—Class I
 A2C6(5)–C14 [68]
C6–C15
 A2 (A*02:01)B10–B18[69]
 A2-B8B10–B18[70]
 A1-B8B17–B26[70]
 A2B5–B14[71]
 A3C22–C30, C25–C34[71]
 B7S4–S13[71]
 A2S15–23[52]

IAA
DRB1*04:06B3 (asp)[72, 73]
DRB1*04-DQB1*03:02A8–A13[74]
UnknownInsulin, not proinsulin[75]
UnknownA8–A10[76, 77]
UnknownB1–B3, A17
UnknownB1–B3, A8–A13[78]

c is cis and t is trans in transcription. S is signal peptide.