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Characterization of multiple antibody epitopes has revealed the necessity of specific groups of amino acid residues for reactivity. This applies to the majority of antibody-antigen interactions, where especially charged and hydrophilic amino acids have been reported to be essential for antibody reactivity. This study describes thorough characterization of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) 65 antigenic epitopes, an immunodominant autoantigen in type 1 diabetes (T1D). As linear epitopes are sparsely described for GAD65 in T1D, we aimed to identify and thoroughly characterize two GAD65 antibodies using immunoassays. A monoclonal antibody recognized an epitope in the N-terminal domain of GAD65, 8 FWSFGSE 14 , whereas a polyclonal antibody recognized two continuous epitopes in the C-terminal domain, corresponding to amino acids 514 RTLED 518 and 549 PLGDKVNF 556 . Hydrophobic amino acids were essential for antibody reactivity, which was verified by competitive inhibition assays. Moreover, the epitopes were located in flexible linker regions and turn structures. These findings confirm the versatile nature of antibody-antigen interactions and describe potential continuous epitopes related to T1D, which predominantly have been proposed to be of discontinuous nature.

Fine Mapping of Glutamate Decarboxylase 65 Epitopes Reveals Dependency on Hydrophobic Amino Acids for Specific Interactions