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Rahman A, Giles I, Haley J, Isenberg D. Systematic analysis of sequences of anti-DNA antibodies--relevance to theories of origin and pathogenicity. Lupus 2003; 11:807-23. [PMID: 12529046 DOI: 10.1191/0961203302lu302rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Sequence analysis of anti-DNA antibodies is important in determining the molecular features which distinguish potentially pathogenic antibodies from those which are less likely to be pathogenic. Previous analysis of murine anti-DNA antibody sequences suggested that particular murine immunoglobulin genes are used preferentially to encode such antibodies and that somatic mutations to arginine, asparagine and lysine may be important in the creation of DNA binding sites. In this paper, a systematic analysis of published human anti-DNA sequences shows no strong evidence for preferential usage of particular human V(H) or V(L) genes in anti-DNA antibodies. Somatic mutations in IgG and IgA antibodies are clustered in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs) due to the effect of antigen drive. This process contributes to an excess of arginine, asparagine and lysine residues in these CDRs, some of which are likely to play an important role in binding to DNA. Computer modeling and in-vitro expression experiments are likely to help define the roles played by these residues in antigen binding and pathogenicity more clearly.
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- A Rahman
- Centre for Rheumatology, London, UK.
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Suzuki Y, Funato T, Munakata Y, Sato K, Hirabayashi Y, Ishii T, Takasawa N, Ootaka T, Saito T, Sasaki T. Chemically modified ribozyme to V gene inhibits anti-DNA production and the formation of immune deposits caused by lupus lymphocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 165:5900-5. [PMID: 11067951 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.10.5900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A variety of autoantibodies is responsible for the tissue injury in autoimmune diseases. We have demonstrated that the human anti-DNA Ab O-81, of which Ids are commonly detected in renal glomeruli of active lupus nephritis, uses the V3-7 gene. We tried to develop a new therapy for lupus nephritis by using chemically modified ribozymes to specifically inhibit the expression of the mRNA of Ig V gene. The transfection of hammerhead ribozyme or the addition of chemically modified ribozyme against the flanking region of V3-7 caused a potent and selective inhibition of anti-DNA production in V3-7-using B cell clones, but not in irrelevant V gene-using clones in vitro. Chemically modified ribozyme was long-acting and resistant to RNase, and nonspecific cytotoxicity of the ribozyme was negligible. To know the efficacy of the ribozyme in vivo, we used a model of immune complex nephritis in SCID mice in which 5 x 10(6) PBLs from patients with active lupus nephritis (lupus PBL) were transferred twice. The injection of lupus PBL in combination with chemically modified ribozyme to increase resistance to RNase significantly reduced anti-DNA Ab levels in blood and decreased levels of urinary protein in the immune deposit models. Immunofluorescence study also revealed a marked decrease in IgG deposits at renal glomeruli in the ribozyme-treated group. These results indicate an efficacy of chemically modified ribozyme therapy for autoantibody-mediated immune diseases.
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- Y Suzuki
- Second Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Clinical and Laboratory Medicine, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aobaku Sendai, Japan
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Chukwuocha RU, Hsiao ET, Shaw P, Witztum JL, Chen PP. Isolation, Characterization and Sequence Analysis of Five IgG Monoclonal Anti-β2-Glycoprotein-1 and Anti-Prothrombin Antigen-Binding Fragments Generated by Phage Display. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.8.4604] [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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We have isolated five monoclonal IgG anti-β2-glycoprotein-1 (anti-β2G-1) and anti-prothrombin Fab from a patient with autoantibodies to oxidized low-density lipoproteins by phage display method. Analysis of their binding specificity revealed that all three β2GP-1-enriched mAbs (B14, B22, B27) reacted with β2GP-1 while both prothrombin-isolated mAbs (P11 and P13) reacted with prothrombin. Intriguingly, mAb P11 reacted with β2GP-1 and prothrombin and showed comparable binding affinity to both Ags, with Kd values of 1.6 × 10−6 M for β2GP-1 vs 3.2 × 10−6 M for prothrombin. This clone may thus, define a hitherto unknown shared epitope between β2GP-1 and prothrombin. Sequence analysis of all five clones showed significant mutations of the expressed genes. One rearranged V-D-J segment was repeatedly employed by three clones (mAbs B22, B27, and P13). However, all three clones used different L chains. Of note, the pairing of VH6-D-J with the L5-Vk1 L chain in mAb P13 resulted in the loss of binding to β2GP-1 and specific reactivity to prothrombin. Together, these data suggest that while the VH6-D-J chain may be important in the binding to β2GP-1, pairing with certain L chains may influence this binding. These data are the first human IgG anti-β2GP-1 and anti-prothrombin sequences reported; both represent the major subsets of antiphospholipid Abs present in antiphospholipid syndrome patients.
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- Reginald U. Chukwuocha
- *Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- †Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205; and
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- ‡Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- ‡Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- *Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Rahman A, Latchman DS, Isenberg DA. Immunoglobulin variable region sequences of human monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies. Semin Arthritis Rheum 1998; 28:141-54. [PMID: 9872475 DOI: 10.1016/s0049-0172(98)80031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Anti-DNA antibodies are believed to be important in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Antibodies that bind specifically and with high affinity to dsDNA are most closely involved in tissue damage. Analysis of the sequences of the variable regions of human monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies is useful in defining the structural features that give rise to these binding properties. This article systematically reviews the evidence derived from such sequences. METHOD Previous reviews of this subject have been hampered by incomplete knowledge of the human immunoglobulin variable region repertoire. In this article, the original sequence data from reports of over 50 human monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are reinterpreted by alignment to the most similar alleles of the most similar germline genes. This allows accurate estimation of the site and nature of somatic mutations. RESULTS Human IgG monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies generally carry more mutations than IgM. In many cases these have been selected by an antigen-driven process. In many of the more specific, higher affinity dsDNA binders, there is an accumulation of basic residues in the complementarity determining regions. However, many exceptions to this rule exist, particularly among IgM mAb. CONCLUSIONS Unlike murine anti-DNA antibodies, these human mAb show little evidence for preferential use of particular V(H), V(K) and V(lambda) genes or families to encode antibodies of this specificity.
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- A Rahman
- Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College, London, UK
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Foster MH, Liu Q, Chen H, Nemazee D, Cooperstone BG. Anti-laminin reactivity and glomerular immune deposition by in vitro recombinant antibodies. Autoimmunity 1998; 26:231-43. [PMID: 9543184 DOI: 10.3109/08916939709008029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Growing evidence suggests that recombinatorial events prior to antigen contact can generate pathogenic autoantibodies in the nonautoimmune individual, thus providing potential disease mediators if conditions arise that permit bypass of tolerance and activation of autoreactive lymphocytes. To examine the disease potential of selected germline antibody genes, Ig were created de novo by in vitro recombination of Ig H and L chains. H chain loss variant (i.e., L-chain only) cell lines were transfected with a DNA construct encoding the variable region and regulatory sequences (LamH) of a nephrotropic murine lupus anti-laminin Ig, and the resultant Ig were examined for in vitro antigen reactivity and in vivo glomerular immune deposition. The results indicate that two light chains, LamL (Vk8, Jk5) and 238L (Vk4, Jk5), expressing unrelated germline V1 genes, combine with LamH to generate Ig that bind basement membrane laminin in vitro, diverge in their capacity to bind ssDNA, and produce two distinct patterns of glomerular immune deposits in vivo: dense mesangial matrix (LamH/LamL) and dramatic linear glomerular basement membrane (LamH/238L) deposits. The Ig genes used by both LamH and 238L are present in nonautoimmune mice as well as in lupus-prone strains. We conclude that certain unmutated Ig genes can contribute to multiple distinct disease associated specificities, including binding to intrinsic kidney antigens, and that mutation is not essential to generate these Ig. Collectively, these observations suggest that pathogenic autoantibodies can be generated in the normal preimmune repertoire by random recombinatorial and somatic events in the absence of mutation.
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- M H Foster
- Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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Wang H, Shlomchik MJ. Maternal Ig Mediates Neonatal Tolerance in Rheumatoid Factor Transgenic Mice but Tolerance Breaks Down in Adult Mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.5.2263] [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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We have recently demonstrated that B cell deletion occurs in the bone marrow of IgHa high affinity anti-IgG2aa (RF) transgenic mice. Here we demonstrate via genetic crosses that the source of IgG2a is the mother, thus establishing a transplacental mechanism that ensures tolerance to developmentally expressed Ags. Since maternal IgG can mediate tolerance in young mice, whether tolerance is maintained or, instead, autoimmunity ensues after weaning was investigated. We find that deletion remits abruptly in these RF transgenic mice beginning at 2 to 3 wk postweaning, and some degree of autoreactivity can be observed thereafter for weeks to months. The mechanism of sustained expression of autoreactive RF B cells in normal mice is unclear as yet, but a plausible mechanism is that once self-reactive cells are present, the antibody they secrete markedly reduces the autoantigen levels, presumably allowing further development, rather than deletion, of newly arising B lineage cells. The phenotype of these RF transgenic mice suggests a positive feedback mechanism that tends to perpetuate autoimmunity once it has been established. If such a mechanism were to exist in autoimmune animals, it could have important implications for the establishment and maintenance of B and T cell tolerance in chronic autoimmune diseases.
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- Haowei Wang
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Section of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520
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Suenaga R, Mitamura K, Abdou NI. V gene sequences of lupus-derived human IgM anti-ssDNA antibody: implication for the importance of the location of DNA-binding amino acids. CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY 1998; 86:72-80. [PMID: 9434798 DOI: 10.1006/clin.1997.4448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Binding and structural characteristics of human IgMk anti-ssDNA antibody 7B3 were determined. 7B3 was derived from Epstein-Barr virus-transformed peripheral blood B cells of a lupus nephritis patient. Purified 7B3 bound ssDNA from various species, but not dsDNA or structurally unrelated antigens. The relative avidity of 7B3 was high in comparison with IgM anti-DNA antibodies previously described by other investigators. Sequence analysis showed that 7B3 used VH26/D35/JH3 and Humkv328h5/JK1 germline genes, and had a few mutations in the complementarity determining regions (CDRs). No arginine was expressed in the heavy-chain CDR3. However, the putative DNA contact sites, based on the previous crystallographic and computer modeling studies, were occupied by mutated or germline-derived basic and polar amino acids. These results suggest that a minimally mutated IgM anti-ssDNA antibody with a paucity of arginines could display monospecificity and high avidity if DNA-binding amino acids are enriched at the critical DNA contact sites.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/genetics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/genetics
- Antibody Affinity
- Arginine/metabolism
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Base Sequence
- Cell Line, Transformed
- DNA, Single-Stranded/immunology
- DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin J-Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin M/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Lupus Nephritis/genetics
- Lupus Nephritis/immunology
- Lupus Nephritis/pathology
- Lysine/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology
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- R Suenaga
- Immunology Research Laboratory, St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 64111, USA
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Suzuki H, Takemura H, Suzuki M, Sekine Y, Kashiwagi H. Molecular cloning of anti-SS-A/Ro 60-kDa peptide Fab fragments from infiltrating salivary gland lymphocytes of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1997; 232:101-6. [PMID: 9125110 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.6233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies are commonly found in systemic autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren's syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus, and some of these antibodies appear to be responsible for certain pathological lesions including congenital heart block in neonatal lupus. In this study, we generated three human antibody Fab fragments that specifically bind to SS-A/Ro 60-kd peptide from salivary gland lymphocytes of a patient with Sjögren's syndrome by using a phage-display technique. Sequence analysis demonstrated that two of the three Fab clones (E-42 and E-60) used homologous heavy chains derived from the germline VH gene DP73 in combination with different light chains which were derived from germline V kappa gene L6 and V lambda gene DPL23. The third Fab clone (E-56) used another heavy chain derived from the germline VH gene DP31 in combination with the identical light chain as that of E-42. All three Fab clones revealed a high number of somatic mutations that likely occurred in the context of antigen selection. These findings suggest the restricted usage of VH and VL genes of anti-SS-A/Ro antibodies in salivary gland lymphocytes of the patient.
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- H Suzuki
- Department of Rheumatology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Spellerberg M, Chapman C, Hamblin T, Stevenson F. Dual recognition of lipid A and DNA by human antibodies encoded by the VH4-21 gene. A possible link between infection and lupus. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1995; 764:427-32. [PMID: 7486558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1995.tb55858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune/genetics
- Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune/immunology
- Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic/immunology
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/genetics
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoimmune Diseases/etiology
- Autoimmune Diseases/genetics
- Autoimmune Diseases/immunology
- Bacterial Infections/immunology
- Cross Reactions
- DNA/immunology
- Erythrocytes/immunology
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Hemagglutinins/genetics
- Hemagglutinins/immunology
- Humans
- I Blood-Group System/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin M/genetics
- Immunoglobulin M/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Lipid A/immunology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/etiology
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/genetics
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology
- Molecular Mimicry
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- M Spellerberg
- Molecular Immunology Group, Tenovus Laboratory, Southampton University Hospitals, United Kingdom
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Mahmoudi M, Denomme GA, Edwards JY, Bell DA, Cairns E. The role of the immunoglobulin heavy chain in human anti-DNA antibody binding specificity. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1995; 38:389-95. [PMID: 7880195 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the structural basis for DNA binding of the natural human IgM lambda monoclonal antibody KIM4.6. METHODS An IgM lambda, non-DNA-reactive variant hybridoma was derived during in vitro subcloning of the anti-DNA antibody KIM4.6. The variable (V)-region heavy (H) and light (L) chain genes expressed by the variant hybridoma were amplified by polymerase chain reaction, cloned, sequenced, and compared with those of the KIM4.6 parent and other DNA-binding and non-DNA-binding antibodies. RESULTS The VL chain of the variant was identical to that of KIM4.6. In contrast, the VH chain was completely different from the VH chain of the parent but was similar or identical, except in the diversity (D) and joining regions, to the VH chain of the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) IgG anti-DNA antibody T14 and SLE IgM nephritogenic anti-DNA antibodies NE-1 and NE-13. CONCLUSION The expression of the KIM4.6 VL chain is not sufficient for DNA specificity. The VH chain and its D region play a key role in conferring DNA binding of the KIM4.6 anti-DNA antibody.
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- M Mahmoudi
- University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
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Hohmann A, Cairns E, Brisco M, Bell DA, Diamond B. Immunoglobulin gene sequence analysis of anti-cardiolipin and anti-cardiolipin idiotype (H3) human monoclonal antibodies. Autoimmunity 1995; 22:49-58. [PMID: 8882422 DOI: 10.3109/08916939508995299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Heavy and light chain variable region nucleotide sequences were derived from 6 human hybridoma antibodies which bear characteristics of antibodies associated with the phospholipid antibody syndrome. All antibodies originated from non-autoimmune individuals and were polyspecific. Four of these reacted with cardiolipin (and other antigens) and three carried the H3 idiotype which is expressed on a high percentage of disease-associated anti-cardiolipin antibodies. This idiotype was localized to the lambda light chain of the H3 monoclonal antibody and found on two other antibodies which like H3 expressed V lambda 4 or the related V lambda 3 subgroup light chains. The H3 idiotype however did not define these subgroups nor was it required or sufficient for anti-cardiolipin activity. Anti-cardiolipin binding was found in VH1, VH3 and VH4 heavy chain families and in a V kappa 1 light chain. The D region was diverse in both length and gene usage. Although all cardiolipin binding antibodies showed little deviation from germline variable (V) gene sequences, where mutations occurred they tended to be replacement mutations and clustered in complementarity determining regions (CDR) suggesting these B cells were derived from antigen-driven responses. These results from our panel of hybridomas and their comparison to other human antibodies provide extensive information on the diversity of genetic elements which can be used by cardiolipin-binding antibodies. We also show gene sequences which encode the disease-associated H3 idiotype and its location on lambda light chains, which imply that some labda light chains may be preferentially utilized in auto-reactive hybridomas.
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- A Hohmann
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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Unique characteristics of the molecular structure of V regions encoding pathogenic anti-DNA autoantibodies have become apparent upon comparison of a large number of nucleotide sequences encoding this autospecificity. Moreover, the generation of transgenic animals expressing V regions encoding anti-DNA autoantibodies has shed light on the tolerizing mechanisms that regulate B cells producing antibodies against DNA.
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- T Logtenberg
- Department of Immunology, University Hospital Utrecht, Medical School, The Netherlands
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