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Venkatesh J, Yoshifuji H, Kawabata D, Chinnasamy P, Stanevsky A, Grimaldi CM, Cohen-Solal J, Diamond B. Antigen is required for maturation and activation of pathogenic anti-DNA antibodies and systemic inflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 186:5304-12. [PMID: 21444762 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease characterized by autoantibodies and systemic inflammation that results in part from dendritic cell activation by nucleic acid containing immune complexes. There are many mouse models of lupus, some spontaneous and some induced. We have been interested in an induced model in which estrogen is the trigger for development of a lupus-like serology. The R4A transgenic mouse expresses a transgene-encoded H chain of an anti-DNA Ab. This mouse maintains normal B cell tolerance with deletion of high-affinity DNA-reactive B cells and maturation to immunocompetence of B cells making nonglomerulotropic, low-affinity DNA-reactive Abs. When this mouse is given estradiol, normal tolerance mechanisms are altered; high-affinity DNA-reactive B cells mature to a marginal zone phenotype, and the mice are induced to make high titers of anti-DNA Abs. We now show that estradiol administration also leads to systemic inflammation with increased B cell-activating factor and IFN levels and induction of an IFN signature. DNA must be accessible to B cells for both the production of high-affinity anti-DNA Abs and the generation of the proinflammatory milieu. When DNase is delivered to the mice at the same time as estradiol, there is no evidence for an abrogation of tolerance, no increased B cell-activating factor and IFN, and no IFN signature. Thus, the presence of autoantigen is required for positive selection of autoreactive B cells and for the subsequent positive feedback loop that occurs secondary to dendritic cell activation by DNA-containing immune complexes.
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- Jeganathan Venkatesh
- Center for Autoimmune and Musculoskeletal Disease, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA
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Petrakova N, Gudmundsdotter L, Yermalovich M, Belikov S, Eriksson L, Pyakurel P, Johansson O, Biberfeld P, Andersson S, Isaguliants M. Autoimmunogenicity of the helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:1467-80. [PMID: 19181386 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2008] [Revised: 12/16/2008] [Accepted: 12/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nonimmunogenic character of native DNA, and its high immunogenicity when presented in complex with the DNA-binding proteins indicate that the latter might contain molecular triggers of anti-DNA response. To find if this is the case, we have evaluated the autoimmunogenic potential of the main DNA-binding domain of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase that belongs to the canonical helix-loop-helix type. BALB/c mice were immunized with a peptide representing the domain, alone or in complex with the fragmented human DNA in the presence of an adjuvant. Mice were assessed for specific antibodies, autoantibodies against a panel of self-antigens; glomerular immunoglobulin deposition; and for the signs of autoimmune disease, such as proteinuria, and changes in the blood components. Immunization with the adjuvanted peptide-DNA complex induced autoantibodies against double-stranded DNA, histones, heterochromatin, and kidney proteins; glomerular IgG and IgA deposition; proteinuria; thrombocytopenia, and anemia. Altogether, this identifies the helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain as one of the molecular triggers of autoimmunity to DNA and DNA-associated proteins. The experiments cast new light on the role of the DNA-binding retroviral proteins in the induction of autoimmunity, and on the origins of autoimmune complications in the microbial infections in general. It also implies that choosing the DNA-binding proteins as vaccine candidates should be done with precaution.
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Becker-Merok A, Kalaaji M, Haugbro K, Nikolaisen C, Nilsen K, Rekvig OP, Nossent JC. Alpha-actinin-binding antibodies in relation to systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis. Arthritis Res Ther 2007; 8:R162. [PMID: 17062137 PMCID: PMC1794505 DOI: 10.1186/ar2070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2006] [Revised: 09/25/2006] [Accepted: 10/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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This study investigated the overall clinical impact of anti-α-actinin antibodies in patients with pre-selected autoimmune diseases and in a random group of anti-nuclear antibody (ANA)-positive individuals. The relation of anti-α-actinin antibodies with lupus nephritis and anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) antibodies represented a particular focus for the study. Using a cross-sectional design, the presence of antibodies to α-actinin was studied in selected groups, classified according to the relevant American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) (n = 99), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (n = 68), Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) (n = 85), and fibromyalgia (FM) (n = 29), and in a random group of ANA-positive individuals (n = 142). Renal disease was defined as (increased) proteinuria with haematuria or presence of cellular casts. Sera from SLE, RA, and Sjøgren's syndrome (SS) patients had significantly higher levels of anti-α-actinin antibodies than the other patient groups. Using the geometric mean (± 2 standard deviations) in FM patients as the upper cutoff, 20% of SLE patients, 12% of RA patients, 4% of SS patients, and none of the WG patients were positive for anti-α-actinin antibodies. Within the SLE cohort, anti-α-actinin antibody levels were higher in patients with renal flares (p = 0.02) and correlated independently with anti-dsDNA antibody levels by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (p < 0.007) but not with other disease features. In the random ANA group, 14 individuals had anti-α-actinin antibodies. Of these, 36% had SLE, while 64% suffered from other, mostly autoimmune, disorders. Antibodies binding to α-actinin were detected in 20% of SLE patients but were not specific for SLE. They correlate with anti-dsDNA antibody levels, implying in vitro cross-reactivity of anti-dsDNA antibodies, which may explain the observed association with renal disease in SLE.
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- Andrea Becker-Merok
- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Breivika, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Breivika, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
- Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Breivika, N-9038 Tromsø, Norway
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Isaguliants MG, Iakimtchouk K, Petrakova NV, Yermalovich MA, Zuber AK, Kashuba VI, Belikov SV, Andersson S, Kochetkov SN, Klinman DM, Wahren B. Gene immunization may induce secondary antibodies reacting with DNA. Vaccine 2004; 22:1576-85. [PMID: 15063584 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2003.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2002] [Revised: 05/12/2003] [Accepted: 09/18/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The fear of autoimmunity in DNA-vaccine recipients initiated screening for anti-DNA antibodies in rabbits immunized with genes of viral nucleic acid-binding and adapter proteins. Of 11 DNA/protein-immunized rabbits, seven had developed secondary antibodies against DNA detected at weeks 11-50 from the on-start of immunization. Two rabbits immunized with HIV-1 reverse transcriptase gene developed transient anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies of high avidity that recognized DNA in the kinetoplasts of Crithidia luciliae. Others developed antibodies reacting with DNA in ELISA and targeting nuclear-associated antigens in the immunofluoresence test. No anti-DNA antibodies were detected at these time-points in any of the controls (P=0.036). Induction of anti-DNA antibodies by epitope spreading from protein domains involved in nucleic acid-binding versus maturation of anti-protein antibodies to dual protein-DNA specificity is discussed. (126 words).
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- Maria G Isaguliants
- Swedish Istitute for Ifectious Disease Control and Microbiology and Tumour Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden.
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Poletaev A, Osipenko L. General network of natural autoantibodies as immunological homunculus (Immunculus). Autoimmun Rev 2003; 2:264-71. [PMID: 12965177 DOI: 10.1016/s1568-9972(03)00033-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The term 'Immunculus' has been proposed for designation of the global system (network) of constitutively expressed natural autoantibodies (na-Ab) interacting specifically with different extracellular, membrane, cytoplasmic, and nuclear self-antigens. In healthy persons the repertoires of such na-Ab are surprisingly constant and characterized by minimal individual quantitative variations. On the other hand, abnormal metabolic deviations, which precede or accompany different diseases show easily detectable prominent changes, rather quantitative than qualitative, in the network of na-Ab in the patient's sera (Immunculus distortions). This phenomenon can be used for 'mapping' the state of physiological norm in terms of the millennia of na-Ab repertoires, and for the elaboration of methods for an early (pre-clinical) detection of potentially pathogenic metabolic changes. Can the individual features of the general network of constitutively expressed na-Ab reflect the functional state of the body and be used for 'mapping' of normal and pathological functional state? Can the changes in production of some biologically active na-Ab not only reflect the state of the body, but also be used for partial compensation of functional deficiency of certain molecular systems? These and related questions are discussed in this article. The research project 'Immunculus' is proposed for international cooperative investigations.
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- Alexander Poletaev
- Medical Research Center 'Immunculus', Otkrytoye Shosse 14, 107370 Moscow, Russia.
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Rekvig OP, Nossent JC. Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies, nucleosomes, and systemic lupus erythematosus: a time for new paradigms? ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2003; 48:300-12. [PMID: 12571837 DOI: 10.1002/art.10739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- O P Rekvig
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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Tanner JJ, Komissarov AA, Deutscher SL. Crystal structure of an antigen-binding fragment bound to single-stranded DNA. J Mol Biol 2001; 314:807-22. [PMID: 11733999 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Antibodies to DNA are characteristic of the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and they also serve as models for the study of protein-DNA recognition. Anti-DNA antibodies often play an important role in disease pathogenesis by mediating kidney damage via antibody-DNA immune complex formation. The structural underpinnings of anti-DNA antibody pathogenicity and antibody-DNA recognition, however, are not well understood, due in part to the lack of direct, experimental three-dimensional structural information on antibody-DNA complexes. To address these issues for anti-single-stranded DNA antibodies, we have determined the 2.1 A crystal structure of a recombinant Fab (DNA-1) in complex with dT5. DNA-1 was previously isolated from a bacteriophage Fab display library from the immunoglobulin repertoire of an SLE-prone mouse. The structure shows that DNA-1 binds oligo(dT) primarily by sandwiching thymine bases between Tyr side-chains, which allows the bases to make sequence-specific hydrogen bonds. The critical stacking Tyr residues are L32, L49, H100, and H100A, while His L91 and Asn L50 contribute hydrogen bonds. Comparison of the DNA-1 structure to other anti-nucleic acid Fab structures reveals a common ssDNA recognition module consisting of Tyr L32, a hydrogen bonding residue at position L91, and an aromatic side-chain from the tip of complementarity determining region H3. The structure also provides a framework for interpreting previously determined thermodynamics data, and this analysis suggests that hydrophobic desolvation might underlie the observed negative enthalpy of binding. Finally, Arg side-chains from complementarity determining region H3 appear to play a novel role in DNA-1. Rather than forming ion pairs with dT5, Arg contributes to oligo(dT) recognition by helping to maintain the structural integrity of the combining site. This result is significant because antibody pathogenicity is thought to be correlated to the Arg content of anti-DNA antibody hypervariable loops.
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- J J Tanner
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Wang Y, Mi J, Cao X. Anti-DNA antibodies exhibit different binding motif preferences for single stranded or double stranded DNA. Immunol Lett 2000; 73:29-34. [PMID: 10963808 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(00)00194-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A common feature for most anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) is their induction in an antigen (Ag)-driven specific clonal expansion pattern though crossreactivity. However, the fine sequences in DNA Ags that interact directly with immune system and the ability of DNA to induce immune responses is poorly understood. In order to define the characteristics of possible antigenic determinants in DNA Ags, we immunized mice with the pBR322 plasmid and used antisera as source of anti-DNA Abs. A systemic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) procedure was performed on an oligodeoxynucleotide library either in single stranded (ss-) or double stranded (ds-) form. The SELEXed fragments were cloned and sequenced. The resulting sequences were analyzed using the Multiple Alignment Construction and Analysis Workbench program. We show that the fragments of ss- or ds- form bound by a same stock of antibodies were different in their conserved sequences. ss-DNA fragments recognized by anti-DNA Abs were rich in cacc, caccc, accc or cccc blocks, while the same stock of Abs exhibited significant preference for the (5'gcg3'/3'cgc5') motif located in ds-DNA. At the same time sera from unimmunized control mice showed no sequence preference in either ss-DNA or ds-DNA. Future improvement of this work and the potential use of SELEX for studies of DNA Ags are also discussed.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Thebault S, Gilbert D, Machour N, Marvin L, Lange C, Tron F, Charlionet R. Two-dimensional electrophoresis and mass spectrometry identification of proteins bound by a murine monoclonal anti-cardiolipin antibody: a powerful technique to characterize the cross-reactivity of a single autoantibody. Electrophoresis 2000; 21:2531-9. [PMID: 10939468 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(20000701)21:12<2531::aid-elps2531>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Antigenic cross-reactivity, i.e., the capacity of a single antibody to react with apparently dissimilar structures, is a common characteristic of autoantibodies produced during systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune disease developed by humans and certain strains of mice. Characterization of the extent of cross-reactivity of SLE-related autoantibodies may help identify the immunogenic stimulus, or stimuli, of autoantibody-secreting B-lymphocytes. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-D PAGE) was combined with mass spectrometry (MS) to identify cell proteins recognized by a single monoclonal autoantibody (mAb 4B7), derived from an (NZW x BXSB)F1 mouse and selected based on its capacity to react with cardiolipin, that binds to elements in the cytoplasm and nucleoli of HEp-2 cells as assessed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. Proteins from HL-60 extract were separated by 1-D and 2-D PAGE. Western blotting with mAb 4B7 after SDS-PAGE revealed four bands, two intensely labeled at 35 and 32 kDa, and two weaker ones at 20 and 60 kDa; three spots were detected after 2-D PAGE. After trypsin in-gel digestion of the three protein spots, MS yielded representative matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) Reflector or quadrupole-time of flight (Q-TOF) spectra. The three corresponding proteins were identified as the nucleolar phosphoprotein B23 (nucleophosmin), heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 (hnRNP A2) and the 60 kDa Ro/SS-A RNP. Thus, these results showed that 2-D PAGE combined with MS constitutes a sensitive and powerful technique to characterize the full extent of cross-reactivity of a single mAb and may constitute a new approach to further characterize the immunogenic cellular components involved in the breakage of B-cell tolerance observed in SLE.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Autoantibodies/immunology
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Blotting, Western/methods
- Cardiolipins/immunology
- Cell Extracts
- Cross Reactions
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional/methods
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel/methods
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
- Glycoproteins/immunology
- HL-60 Cells
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-B
- Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins
- Humans
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Proteins/immunology
- Nucleophosmin
- Phosphoproteins/immunology
- RNA, Small Cytoplasmic
- Ribonucleoproteins/immunology
- Serum Albumin, Bovine/immunology
- Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization/methods
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- beta 2-Glycoprotein I
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- S Thebault
- INSERM U519, Faculté Mixte de Médecine-Pharmacie, Hôpital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
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Hoet RMA, Pieffers M, Stassen MHW, Raats J, de Wildt R, Pruijn GJM, van den Hoogen F, van Venrooij WJ. The Importance of the Light Chain for the Epitope Specificity of Human Anti-U1 Small Nuclear RNA Autoantibodies Present in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.6.3304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Abs to U1 RNA are frequently found in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus overlap syndromes and Ab titers correlate with disease activity. We describe the isolation of the first human anti-U1 RNA autoantibodies from a combinatorial IgG library made from the bone marrow of a systemic lupus erythematosus patient. With the use of phage display technology, two anti-U1 RNA single-chain variable fragment (scFv) Abs were selected. Both high affinity anti-U1 RNA Ab fragments (Kd ∼ 1 nM) recognize stem II of U1 RNA and were derived from the same heavy chain gene (VH3–11) and the same λ (3r) light chain gene although somatic mutations, predominantly present in the complementarity-determining regions, are different. Experiments, in which the heavy chain genes of both anti-U1 RNA scFvs were reshuffled with the original light chain repertoire of the patient resulted, after selection on stem loop II, in a large number of RNA-binding Ab fragments. All these stem loop II-specific RNA binding clones used a similar, but not identical, 3r λ light chain. When scFvs were selected from the reshuffled libraries by stem loop IV, representing the other autoantigenic site of U1 RNA, most selected Ab clones did react with stem loop IV, but no longer with stem loop II. The stem loop IV-reactive Ab clones contained different, not 3r-related, light chains. These results point to a major role for the light chain in determining the sequence specificity of these disease-related anti-U1 RNA Abs. The possibility that secondary light chain rearrangements are involved in this autoimmune response is discussed.
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- René M. A. Hoet
- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
- ‡Department of Pathology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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- ‡Department of Pathology, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and
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Okamoto T, Irie RF, Fujii S, Huang SK, Nizze AJ, Morton DL, Hoon DS. Anti-tyrosinase-related protein-2 immune response in vitiligo patients and melanoma patients receiving active-specific immunotherapy. J Invest Dermatol 1998; 111:1034-9. [PMID: 9856813 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Several melanosome glycoproteins have been shown to be antigenic in humans. Correlation of antigen-specific immune responses in patients with the autoimmune disease vitiligo, therapy-induced hypopigmentation, and cutaneous melanoma has not been well studied. We examined antibody responses to a melanocyte autoantigen, tyrosinase-related protein-2 (TRP-2), as it is highly expressed in cutaneous melanoma and melanocytes. TRP-2 recombinant protein was synthesized for western blot and affinity anti-TRP-2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. We demonstrated that patients with malignant melanoma, vitiligo, and active-specific immunotherapy-induced depigmentation had significant anti-TRP-2 IgG titers. The highest level of anti-TRP-2 IgG response was found in vitiligo patients. Induction and enhancement of anti-TRP-2 IgG responses were observed in melanoma patients treated with a polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine containing TRP-2. Active-specific immunotherapy could induce and/or augment the TRP-2 IgG antibody titers. Melanoma patients who developed hypopigmentation and had improved survival after polyvalent melanoma cell vaccine had significantly augmented anti-TRP-2 antibody responses compared with patients with poor prognosis. This study demonstrates that TRP-2 autoantigen is immunogenic in humans. TRP-2 antibody responses provide a linkage between autoimmune responses by vitiligo patients and melanoma patients responding to immunotherapy who have induced hypopigmentation.
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- T Okamoto
- Department of Molecular Oncology, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, California 90404, USA
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Niedbala WG, Stott DI. A comparison of three methods for production of human hybridomas secreting autoantibodies. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 1998; 17:299-304. [PMID: 9708833 DOI: 10.1089/hyb.1998.17.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Human hybridomas that secrete monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) in a stable manner are technically difficult to obtain. The problems limiting their production are the low numbers of sensitized B cells in peripheral blood, the limited choice of techniques for B cell immortalization, the limited number of suitable human myeloma or lymphoblastoid fusion partners, and the inability to immunize humans with most antigens. In order to circumvent these problems, we have compared the efficiency of different methods for production of B cell lines secreting human MAbs against the nuclear antigens dsDNA, ssDNA, and Sm/RNP from patients with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We have tested various combinations of the following procedures: (1) EBV infection for immortalization of activated B lymphocytes, (2) activation of human resting B lymphocytes by anti-CD40, and (3) direct fusion of lymphocytes with a myeloma cell line using PBL or splenocytes from SLE patients. The methodological aspects of this investigation include optimization of the CD40 system and the generation of human hybridomas specific for nuclear antigens by fusion between sensitized lymphocytes and the human/mouse heteromyeloma cell line CBF7. The most efficient method for producing stable, IgG autoantibody-secreting human hybridomas was fusion of lymphocytes with cell line CBF7; human spleen was the best source of lymphocytes.
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- W G Niedbala
- Department of Immunology, University of Glasgow, Western Infirmary, Scotland, UK
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Dörner T, Foster SJ, Brezinschek HP, Lipsky PE. Analysis of the targeting of the hypermutational machinery and the impact of subsequent selection on the distribution of nucleotide changes in human VHDJH rearrangements. Immunol Rev 1998; 162:161-71. [PMID: 9602362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1998.tb01439.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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B cells are unique in that they generate and tolerate a high rate of mutations in their antigen receptor genes and employ these mutations as a basis of avidity maturation. The precise role of the mutational machinery versus subsequent selection in determining the frequency and distribution of mutations has not been fully analyzed. To address these issues, the influence of the intrinsic mutational machinery and subsequent selection on the frequency and distribution of mutations in the expressed human immunoglobulin repertoire was analyzed. Analysis of non-productively rearranged VH genes from individual human B cells provided an opportunity to examine the immediate impact of somatic hypermutation without superimposed selective influences. Comparison with the frequency and distribution of mutations in the productively rearranged human VH genes permitted an estimate of the influences of subsequent selection.
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- T Dörner
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 75235-8884, USA
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Dörner T, Brezinschek HP, Foster SJ, Brezinschek RI, Farner NL, Lipsky PE. Delineation of Selective Influences Shaping the Mutated Expressed Human Ig Heavy Chain Repertoire. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Abstract
After Ag exposure, somatic hypermutation and subsequent selection play significant roles in shaping the peripheral B cell repertoire. However, the disparate impact of each process has not been completely delineated. To address this, the mutational patterns of a large panel of productive VHDJH rearrangements of individual human B cells were analyzed and compared with those of a previously reported panel of nonproductive VHDJH rearrangements. The productive VH rearrangements exhibited a significantly lower mutational frequency and a significantly smaller number of replacement mutations than the nonproductively rearranged genes, suggesting that structural constraints of the Ig molecule and selective influences both impacted the repertoire, militating against replacement mutations. Positive selection favored a mean of four to six replacements in complementarity-determining region 1 (CDR1) and CDR2, and less than two replacements in the framework regions (FRs). In contrast, the negative impact of replacement mutations generated an increased number of silent mutations within both the CDRs and FRs of the productive repertoire accompanied by a net increase in the ratio of replacement to silent mutations in the CDRs compared with that in the FRs. Moreover, there was a negative influence on the distribution of amino acid changes resulting from mutations of highly mutable codons, such as AGY, TAY, GTA, and GCT, preferentially leading to conservative changes in the expressed Ig repertoire. The results are consistent with the conclusion that the expressed repertoire is limited, compared with the potential generated by the mutational machinery, by the dual requirements of avoiding autoreactivity and satisfying structural constraints of an intact Ig molecule.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thomas Dörner
- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
| | - Sandra J. Foster
- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
| | - Ruth I. Brezinschek
- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
| | - Nancy L. Farner
- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
| | - Peter E. Lipsky
- Department of Internal Medicine and Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75235
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