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Durlik-Popińska K, Żarnowiec P, Lechowicz Ł, Gawęda J, Kaca W. Antibodies Isolated from Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients against Lysine-Containing Proteus mirabilis O3 (S1959) Lipopolysaccharide May React with Collagen Type I. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21249635. [PMID: 33348817 PMCID: PMC7767033 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21249635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Most rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), are characterized by immune disorders that affect antibody activity. In the present study, using Dot blot and ELISA assay, we showed that patients with rheumatic disease produced significantly more antibodies against lipopolysaccharide (LPS) P. mirabilis O3 compared to healthy donors (p < 0.05), and affinity purified antibodies against LPS O3 may cross-react with collagen type I. It was demonstrated that purified of antibodies isolated from RA patients sera, reacted stronger with the collagen than healthy donors (p = 0.015), and cross-reaction was correlated with level of anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (r = 0.7, p = 0.003). Moreover, using six different lipopolysaccharides were demonstrated the significant correlations in sera reactivity among lysine-containing lipopolysaccharides observed in patients’ sera (p < 0.05). Using Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) it was shown that unique wavenumbers of sera spectra correlate with reactivity with lipopolysaccharides allowing distinguish patients from healthy blood donors. Antibodies adsorption by synthetic antigens shows that in patients’ group anti-LPS O3 antibodies can be adsorbed by both amides of galacturonic acid and lysine or threonine, which suggests less specificity of antibodies binding with non-carbohydrate LPS component. The observed correlations suggest that non-carbohydrate components of LPS may be an important epitope for less specific anti-LPS antibodies, which might lead to cross-reactions and affect disease development.
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- Katarzyna Durlik-Popińska
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland; (P.Ż.); (Ł.L.); (W.K.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland; (P.Ż.); (Ł.L.); (W.K.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland; (P.Ż.); (Ł.L.); (W.K.)
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- Rheumatology Clinic ARTIMED, 25-022 Kielce, Poland;
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-369 Kielce, Poland; (P.Ż.); (Ł.L.); (W.K.)
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Scher JU, Littman DR, Abramson SB. Microbiome in Inflammatory Arthritis and Human Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Rheumatol 2016; 68:35-45. [PMID: 26331579 DOI: 10.1002/art.39259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Jose U Scher
- New York University School of Medicine and New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York
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- Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- New York University School of Medicine and New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, New York
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Disaanayake DMBT, Faoagali J, Laroo H, Hancock G, Whitehouse M. Efficacy of some colloidal silver preparations and silver salts against Proteus bacteria, one possible cause of rheumatoid arthritis. Inflammopharmacology 2014; 22:73-7. [PMID: 24390313 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-013-0198-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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There has been increased interest in the role of anti-Proteus antibodies in the aetiology of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and whether chemotherapeutic agents active against Proteus species might reduce the risk and/or exacerbations of RA. We examined the in vitro antibacterial effects of ten different silver preparations which were either ionic silver [Ag(I)] solutions or nanoparticulate silver (NPS) (Ag(0)) suspensions against ATCC and two wild (clinical) strains of Proteus. The data establish the low minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration of all the silver formulations tested against these four Proteus strains. In a pilot study, a potent NPS preparation ex vivo showed long-lasting anti-Proteus activity in a normal human volunteer.
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- D M B T Disaanayake
- Pathology Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, 4102, Australia
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Ebringer A, Rashid T, Wilson C. Rheumatoid arthritis, Proteus, anti-CCP antibodies and Karl Popper. Autoimmun Rev 2009; 9:216-23. [PMID: 19895906 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2009.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a crippling joint disease affecting over 20 million people worldwide. The cause of RA is most probably linked to the triad of microbial trigger, genetic association and autoimmunity and can be explained using the philosophical method of Karl Popper or Popperian sequences. Ten "Popper sequences" have been identified which point to the urinary microbe Proteus mirabilis as the cause of RA: Popper sequence 1 establishes that HLA-DR4 lymphocytes injected into a rabbit evoke specific antibodies against Proteus bacteria. Popper sequence 2 establishes that antibodies to Proteus bacteria are present in RA patients from 14 different countries. Popper sequence 3 establishes that antibodies to Proteus bacteria in RA patients are disease specific since no such antibodies are found in other conditions. Popper sequence 4 establishes that when RA patients have high titres of antibodies to Proteus such bacteria are found in urinary cultures. Popper sequence 5 establishes that only Proteus bacteria and no other microbes evoke significantly elevated antibodies in RA patients. Popper sequence 6 establishes that the "shared epitope" EQR(K)RAA shows "molecular mimicry" with the sequence ESRRAL found in Proteus haemolysin. Popper sequence 7 establishes that Proteus urease contains a sequence IRRET which has "molecular mimicry" with LRREI found in collagen XI of hyaline cartilage. Popper sequence 8 establishes that sera obtained from RA patients have cytopathic properties against sheep red cells coated with the cross-reacting EQR(K)RAA and LRREI self-antigen peptides. Popper sequence 9 establishes that Proteus sequences in haemolysin and urease as well as the self antigens, HLA-DR1/4 and collagen XI, each contain an arginine doublet, thereby providing a substrate for peptidyl arginine deiminase (PAD) to give rise to citrulline, which is the main antigenic component of CCP, antibodies to which are found in early cases of RA. Popper sequence 10 establishes that antibodies to Proteus come not only from sequences crossreacting to self antigens but also from non-crossreacting sequences, thereby indicating that active RA patients have been exposed to infection by Proteus. The ten Popper sequences establish that RA is most probably caused by Proteus upper urinary tract infections, which can possibly be treated with anti-Proteus therapy.
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- Alan Ebringer
- King's College, Analytical Sciences Group, London SE1 9NN, UK.
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MOHAMED SAID MS. Reply. Int J Rheum Dis 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185x.2009.01404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Production of H2O2 and NO by rat peritoneal macrophages in response to gut commensal bacteria. ACTA VET-BEOGRAD 2009. [DOI: 10.2298/avb0903111k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Rashid T, Ebringer A. Rheumatoid arthritis is linked to Proteus--the evidence. Clin Rheumatol 2007; 26:1036-43. [PMID: 17206398 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0491-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Accepted: 11/07/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory arthritic and potentially disabling condition, mainly affecting women of middle age and having characteristic clinical features. Various microbial agents were implicated in the causation of RA. Extensive literature based on the results of various genetic, microbiological, molecular, and immunological studies carried out by independent research groups supports the role of Proteus mirabilis bacteria in the etiopathogenesis of RA. New diagnostic markers and criteria and the use of a novel therapeutic protocol in the form of antibiotic and dietary measures are suggested to be used together with current treatments in the management of RA. Prospective longitudinal studies with the use of antimicrobial measures in patients with RA are required to establish the therapeutic benefit of this microbe-disease association.
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- Taha Rashid
- School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NN, UK
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Rashid T, Ebringer A, Wilson C, Bansal S, Paimela L, Binder A. The potential use of antibacterial peptide antibody indices in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis. J Clin Rheumatol 2006; 12:11-6. [PMID: 16484874 DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000200374.14619.f2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are potentially disabling arthritic disorders for which as yet no highly sensitive and reliable diagnostic laboratory markers are available. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate the levels of antibodies against Proteus and Klebsiella antigenic peptides in an endeavor to develop diagnostic indices for the identification of patients with RA and AS, respectively. METHODS Sera from 50 patients with RA, 34 patients with AS, and 38 healthy subjects were screened for antibodies against "ESRRAL" and "IRRET" synthetic amino acid peptides obtained from Proteus hemolysin and urease (HU) as well as against "QTDRED" and "DRDE" peptides from Klebsiella nitrogenase and pullulanase (NP) proteins, respectively. Multiplication of the 2 antibodies against each organism produced indices for RA-HU and AS-NP. RESULTS Significantly increased levels of anti-HU antibodies (P<0.0001) were observed in patients with RA when compared with patients with AS or with healthy control subjects. Patients with AS were found to have significantly elevated levels of anti-NP (P<0.0001) antibodies when compared with patients with RA or with healthy subjects. Furthermore, all patients with RA were found to have values of anti-HU antibody (RA-HU) index above 95% confidence limit (CL) of the mean of healthy control subjects; meanwhile, all patients with AS were having values of anti-NP antibody (AS-NP) index above the 95% CL of the mean of healthy control subjects (100% sensitivity). However, the specificity of the RA-HU index in RA and the AS-NP index in patients with AS were 92% and 95%, respectively. CONCLUSION The use of the RA-HU or AS-NP diagnostic index as a sole marker or in combination with other autoantibody markers could be used in the identification of patients with RA or AS, respectively. Longitudinal investigations starting with patients with early disease will be needed.
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- Taha Rashid
- Division of Health and Life Sciences and the Department of Pharmacy, King's College London, and the Department of Rheumatology, University College Medical School, Middlesex Hospital, London, UK
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Ebringer A, Rashid T. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease triggered by Proteus urinary tract infection. Clin Dev Immunol 2006; 13:41-8. [PMID: 16603443 PMCID: PMC2270745 DOI: 10.1080/17402520600576578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic and disabling polyarthritic disease, which affects mainly women in middle and old age. Extensive evidence based on the results of various microbial, immunological and molecular studies from different parts of the world, shows that a strong link exists between Proteus mirabilis microbes and RA. We propose that sub-clinical Proteus urinary tract infections are the main triggering factors and that the presence of molecular mimicry and cross-reactivity between these bacteria and RA-targeted tissue antigens assists in the perpetuation of the disease process through production of cytopathic auto-antibodies. Patients with RA especially during the early stages of the disease could benefit from Proteus anti-bacterial measures involving the use of antibiotics, vegetarian diets and high intake of water and fruit juices such as cranberry juice in addition to the currently employed treatments.
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- Alan Ebringer
- School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Kings College London, London, UK.
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Ebringer A, Rashid T, Wilson C. Rheumatoid arthritis: proposal for the use of anti-microbial therapy in early cases. Scand J Rheumatol 2003; 32:2-11. [PMID: 12635939 DOI: 10.1080/03009740310000337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease, affecting women more than men, especially in those possessing the "shared epitope" (EQK/RRAA) amino acid sequences present in HLA-DR1/4 molecules. Proteus mirabilis carries sequences showing molecular mimicry to the "shared epitope" and to type XI collagen of hyaline cartilage. Elevated levels of antibodies to P. mirabilis have been reported from 14 different countries involving 1375 RA patients and the microbe has been isolated from urine cultures of such patients. Our working hypothesis is that the disease develops as a result of repeated episodes of Proteus upper urinary tract infections. Prospective studies involving the trial of anti-Proteus measures in RA patients should be evaluated in the management of this disease. Antibiotics, high fluid intake, and fruit extracts, such as cranberry juice, have all been found to be effective in the treatment of urinary tract infections. Such measures could be used as possible additional adjuncts to the standard therapy with NSAIDs and DMARDs.
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- Alan Ebringer
- Division of Life Sciences, Infection and Immunity Group, King's College London, UK.
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- H Mangge
- Department of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnosis, School of Medicine, University of Graz, Austria
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OBJECTIVES To provide: 1) a brief review of current thought on the role of T cells in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); and 2) To provide an overview of RA therapies directed against T cells. METHODS The following papers in relevant American and European medical journals were reviewed. Those related to: the role of T cells in the pathogenesis of RA; to biological therapy directed against cell surface markers specific to T cell populations implicated in RA; and to treatment of RA with cyclosporin A and leflunomide, pharmacological agents known to interfere with the T cell response to antigens. RESULTS Although a variety of cell types are now recognized as contributors to the progressive joint destruction that is a hallmark of RA, T cell activation is still thought to be a central event in the initiation and progression of this disease. As a result, various therapeutic options directed against T cells have been developed. These include biological agents directed against specific populations of activated T cells and pharmacological agents that have specific T cell-modulatory actions. CONCLUSIONS Use of T cell-directed biological therapies for RA has been disappointing, as a result of both lack of efficacy and serious toxicity. Treatment of RA with pharmacological agents that interfere with antigen-driven T cell proliferation has been more successful.
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- D E Yocum
- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson 85724, USA
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Tiwana H, Wilson C, Alvarez A, Abuknesha R, Bansal S, Ebringer A. Cross-reactivity between the rheumatoid arthritis-associated motif EQKRAA and structurally related sequences found in Proteus mirabilis. Infect Immun 1999; 67:2769-75. [PMID: 10338479 PMCID: PMC96580 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.2769-2775.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cross-reactivity or molecular mimicry may be one of the underlying mechanisms involved in the etiopathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Antiserum against the RA susceptibility sequence EQKRAA was shown to bind to a similar peptide ESRRAL present in the hemolysin of the gram-negative bacterium Proteus mirabilis, and an anti-ESRRAL serum reacted with EQKRAA. There was no reactivity with either anti-EQKRAA or anti-ESRRAL to a peptide containing the EDERAA sequence which is present in HLA-DRB1*0402, an allele not associated with RA. Furthermore, the EQKRAA and ESRRAL antisera bound to a mouse fibroblast transfectant cell line (Dap.3) expressing HLA-DRB1*0401 but not to DRB1*0402. However, peptide sequences structurally related to the RA susceptibility motif LEIEKDFTTYGEE (P. mirabilis urease), VEIRAEGNRFTY (collagen type II) and DELSPETSPYVKE (collagen type XI) did not bind significantly to cell lines expressing HLA-DRB1*0401 or HLA-DRB1*0402 compared to the control peptide YASGASGASGAS. It is suggested here that molecular mimicry between HLA alleles associated with RA and P. mirabilis may be relevant in the etiopathogenesis of the disease.
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- H Tiwana
- Infection and Immunity Group, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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Fielder M, Tiwana H, Youinou P, Le Goff P, Deonarain R, Wilson C, Ebringer A. The specificity of the anti-Proteus antibody response in tissue-typed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from Brest. Rheumatol Int 1995; 15:79-82. [PMID: 7481485 DOI: 10.1007/bf00262713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Anti-Proteus mirabilis antibody titres were found to be elevated in 50 active tissue-typed French rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients from Brest when compared to 49 healthy French controls using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; P < 0.001) and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIFA; P < 0.001). However, there was no significant elevation in antibody titres against Escherichia coli or Salmonella typhimurium in the RA patients compared to the controls when measured by ELISA. Serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) were also found to be significantly higher in RA patients when compared to healthy control subjects (P < 0.001). These results suggest that P. mirabilis may play an important and specific role in the triggering and persistence of RA.
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- M Fielder
- Immunology Section, Division of Biomolecular Sciences, King's College, London, UK
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Kjeldsen-Kragh J, Rashid T, Dybwad A, Sioud M, Haugen M, Førre O, Ebringer A. Decrease in anti-Proteus mirabilis but not anti-Escherichia coli antibody levels in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with fasting and a one year vegetarian diet. Ann Rheum Dis 1995; 54:221-4. [PMID: 7748020 PMCID: PMC1005560 DOI: 10.1136/ard.54.3.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To measure Proteus mirabilis and Escherichia coli antibody levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) during treatment by vegetarian diet. METHODS Sera were collected from 53 RA patients who took part in a controlled clinical trial of fasting and a one year vegetarian diet. P mirabilis and E coli antibody levels were measured by an indirect immunofluorescence technique and an enzyme immunoassay, respectively. RESULTS The patients on the vegetarian diet had a significant reduction in the mean anti-proteus titres at all time points during the study, compared with baseline values (all p < 0.05). No significant change in titre was observed in patients who followed an omnivorous diet. The decrease in anti-proteus titre was greater in the patients who responded well to the vegetarian diet compared with diet non-responders and omnivores. The total IgG concentration and levels of antibody against E coli, however, were almost unchanged in all patient groups during the trial. The decrease from baseline in proteus antibody levels correlated significantly (p < 0.001) with the decrease in a modified Stoke disease activity index. CONCLUSION The decrease in P mirabilis antibody levels in the diet responders and the correlation between the decrease in proteus antibody level and decrease in disease activity supports the suggestion of an aetiopathogenetic role for P mirabilis in RA.
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- J Kjeldsen-Kragh
- Institute of Immunology and Rheumatology, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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