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Zhao C, Gao Y, Yu N, Li T, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Lu G, Gao Y, Guo X. Unidirectional transport of IgG by neonatal Fc receptor in human thyrocytes varies across different IgG subclasses. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2018; 477:103-111. [PMID: 29908223 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 05/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) is down-regulated in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) thyrocytes and mediates IgG endocytosis in thyrocytes. The serum distribution of IgG subclasses (of TgAb and TPOAb) differs between HT patients and normal individuals. We aimed to explore the direction and regulation of FcRn-mediated IgG transport in thyrocyte monolayers and the difference between various IgG subclass transport. IgG was transported by FcRn from the basolateral to apical side in the thyrocyte monolayers grown on Transwell filters and the transport was inhibited by IFN-γ and TNF-α. Stimulation by T3 and TSH down-regulated FcRn expression in thyrocytes. IgG1 was transported preferentially over IgG2 and IgG4, which might be related to the differences in FcRn-binding affinities as shown by SPR. FcRn mediates unidirectional IgG transport in thyrocytes in a tissue-specific manner. Down-regulation of FcRn is speculated to play a protective role in HT pathogenesis by mainly reducing IgG1 transport in thyrocytes.
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- Chenxu Zhao
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China; Centre for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02129, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, China
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Sinha AA, Sajda T. The Evolving Story of Autoantibodies in Pemphigus Vulgaris: Development of the "Super Compensation Hypothesis". Front Med (Lausanne) 2018; 5:218. [PMID: 30155465 PMCID: PMC6102394 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2018.00218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Emerging data and innovative technologies are re-shaping our understanding of the scope and specificity of the autoimmune response in Pemphigus vulgaris (PV), a prototypical humorally mediated autoimmune skin blistering disorder. Seminal studies identified the desmosomal proteins Desmoglein 3 and 1 (Dsg3 and Dsg1), cadherin family proteins which function to maintain cell adhesion, as the primary targets of pathogenic autoAbs. Consequently, pathogenesis in PV has primarily considered to be the result of anti-Dsg autoAbs alone. However, accumulating data suggesting that anti-Dsg autoAbs by themselves cannot adequately explain the loss of cell-cell adhesion seen in PV, nor account for the disease heterogeneity exhibited across PV patients has spurred the notion that additional autoAb specificities may contribute to disease. To investigate the role of non-Dsg autoAbs in PV, an increasing number of studies have attempted to characterize additional targets of PV autoAbs. The recent advent of protein microarray technology, which allows for the rapid, highly sensitive, and multiplexed assessment of autoAb specificity has facilitated the comprehensive classification of the scope and specificity of the autoAb response in PV. Such detailed deconstruction of the autoimmune response in PV, beyond simply tracking anti-Dsg autoAbs, has provided invaluable new insights concerning disease mechanisms and enhanced disease classification which could directly translate into superior tools for prognostics and clinical management, as well as the development of novel, disease specific treatments.
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- Animesh A Sinha
- Department of Dermatology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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- Department of Dermatology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
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Human recombinant anti-thyroperoxidase autoantibodies: in vitro cytotoxic activity on papillary thyroid cancer expressing TPO. Br J Cancer 2010; 102:852-61. [PMID: 20145622 PMCID: PMC2833240 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background: Thyroid cancers are difficult to treat due to their limited responsiveness to chemo- and radiotherapy. There is thus a great interest in and a need for alternative therapeutic approaches. Results: We studied the cytotoxic activity of anti-thyroperoxidase autoantibodies (anti-TPO aAbs, expressed in baculovirus/insect cell (B4) and CHO cells (B4′) or purified from patients' sera) against a papillary thyroid cancer (NPA) cell line. Anti-TPO aAbs from patients' sera led to a partial destruction of NPA cell line by complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and exhibited an anti-proliferative activity. Comparison of the cytotoxic activity of anti-TPO aAbs shows that B4′ induced an anti-proliferative effect and a better ADCC than B4, but a lower one than anti-TPO aAbs from patients' sera. Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity was increased when human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were used as effector cells, suggesting that FcγRs, CD64, CD32 and CD16 are involved. Indeed, anti-TPO aAbs from patients' sera, but not B4 and B4′, exhibited CDC activity. Conclusions: These data indicate that anti-TPO aAbs display moderate ADCC and anti-proliferative activities on NPA cells; IgG glycosylation appears to be important for cytotoxic activity and ADCC efficiency depends on FcγR-bearing cells. Finally, recombinant human anti-TPO aAbs cannot yet be considered as an optimal tool for the development of a novel therapeutic approach for thyroid cancer.
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Nielsen CH, Brix TH, Leslie RGQ, Hegedüs L. A role for autoantibodies in enhancement of pro-inflammatory cytokine responses to a self-antigen, thyroid peroxidase. Clin Immunol 2009; 133:218-27. [PMID: 19726232 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2009.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2009] [Revised: 07/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The role of thyroid peroxidase (TPO) antibodies (TPOAbs) in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease is unclear. We selected sera with a high concentration of TPOAbs from eleven patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), ten healthy monozygotic co-twins to HT patients, and twelve healthy individuals with no familiar disposition to AITD, and mixed each serum with normal mononuclear cells (MNCs). Following challenge with TPO, the MNCs' production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IFN-gamma, and the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10, correlated with the TPOAb content of the serum present in the culture (p=0.0002-0.05). Enrichment of foetal calf serum-containing media with IgG with a high content of TPOAbs enhanced the TPO-elicited production of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IFN-gamma by normal MNCs in a dose- and Fcgamma-receptor dependent manner (p<0.0002-0.05). The data indicate that TPO-induced release of pro-inflammatory cytokines from phagocytic cells and T-cell responses to TPO are promoted by TPOAbs.
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- Claus H Nielsen
- Department of Clinical Immunology, section 7631, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Xie LD, Gao Y, Li MR, Lu GZ, Guo XH. Distribution of immunoglobulin G subclasses of anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody in sera from patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis with different thyroid functional status. Clin Exp Immunol 2008; 154:172-6. [PMID: 18778360 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03756.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The mechanism of disease progression in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is still unclear. Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody (TPOAb), a diagnostic hallmark of HT, is principally of the immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype, and it appears to be a response to thyroid injury. The aim of our study was to evaluate the distribution of IgG subclasses of TPOAb in sera from patients with HT with different thyroid functional status. Sera from 168 patients with newly diagnosed HT were collected and divided into three groups according to thyroid function: patients with hypothyroidism (n = 66), subclinical hypothyroidism (n = 60) and euthyroidism (n = 42). Antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to detect the distribution of TPOAb IgG subclasses. The prevalence of TPOAb IgG subclasses in all patients' sera with HT was IgG1 70.2%, IgG2 35.1%, IgG3 19.6% and IgG4 66.1% respectively. The prevalence of IgG2 in sera from patients with hypothyroidism (51.5%) was significantly higher than that of subclinical hypothyroidism (33.3%) (P < 0.05), and the latter was also significantly higher than that of euthyroidism (11.9%) (P < 0.05). The positive percentage of IgG2 subclass in sera from patients with hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism was significantly higher than that of euthyroidism (P < 0.05), the prevalence and positive percentage of IgG4 subclass in sera from patients with hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism was significantly higher than that of euthyroidism respectively (P < 0.05). The predominant TPOAb IgG subclasses in sera from patients with HT were IgG1 and IgG4. Patients with high levels of TPOAb IgG2, IgG4 subclasses might be at high risk of developing overt hypothyroidism.
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- L-D Xie
- Department of Endocrinology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Rebuffat SA, Nguyen B, Robert B, Castex F, Peraldi-Roux S. Antithyroperoxidase antibody-dependent cytotoxicity in autoimmune thyroid disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008; 93:929-34. [PMID: 18073303 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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CONTEXT Thyroid antibody-dependent cytotoxicity has been reported in autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). Indeed, the role of thyroperoxidase (TPO) autoantibodies (aAbs) in complement-mediated damage by binding to TPO expressed on the surface of human thyroid cells was demonstrated, whereas their activity in antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) is not well established. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to define the partners involved in antibody and complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) in AITD and characterize which effector cells are involved in cytotoxicity mediated by anti-TPO aAbs using a chromium release assay. RESULTS The relative capability of anti-TPO aAbs to mediate ADCC using human thyroid cells in culture varies from 11 to 74.5%, depending on the effectors cells used. The human monocyte cell line HL60 gives a better lysis than the THP-1 cell line as effector cells. It seems obvious that the mechanism of ADCC is mediated quite exclusively by FcgammaRI. Indeed, the two effector cell lines differ by the level of the FcgammaRI expression (91.83% for HL-60 cells and 22.55%t for the THP-1). In addition to ADCC, the anti-TPO aAbs mediate the destruction of thyrocytes by CDC (56%). CONCLUSIONS These results demonstrate that anti-TPO aAbs can damage cultured thyroid cells by ADCC and CDC mechanisms. The monocytes, via their FcgammaRI, are important effector cells in ADCC mediated by anti-TPO aAbs and may contribute with T cells to the destruction of thyroid gland in AITD.
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- Sandra A Rebuffat
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unit Mixté de Recherche 5232, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 Avenue Charles Flahaut, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Blanchin S, Coffin C, Viader F, Ruf J, Carayon P, Potier F, Portier E, Comby E, Allouche S, Ollivier Y, Reznik Y, Ballet JJ. Anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies from patients with Hashimoto's encephalopathy bind to cerebellar astrocytes. J Neuroimmunol 2007; 192:13-20. [PMID: 17963848 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2007] [Revised: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 08/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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A cohort of 10 Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) patients, 33 patients with unrelated neurological symptoms, 12 Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients and 4 healthy adult donors was studied to explore the neurological targets of anti-thyroperoxidase (TPO) autoantibodies (aAb) in HE. High levels of anti-TPO aAb were only detected in HE group's cerebrospinal fluids. In immunofluorescence assays on monkey brain cerebellum sections, both HE patients' sera and anti-TPO monoclonal antibodies (mAb) were able to bind cerebellar cells expressing glial fibrillary acid protein. Normal human astrocytes from primary cultures also reacted with anti-TPO mAb. Specific astrocyte binding of anti-TPO aAb suggests a role of these aAb in the HE pathogenesis.
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- Stéphanie Blanchin
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Immunopathologie, UPRES-EA 2128, CHU Clémenceau, 14033 Caen cedex, France.
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Ruf J, Carayon P. Structural and functional aspects of thyroid peroxidase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2005; 445:269-77. [PMID: 16098474 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2005.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2005] [Revised: 06/16/2005] [Accepted: 06/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Thyroperoxidase (TPO) is the enzyme involved in thyroid hormone synthesis. Although many studies have been carried out on TPO since it was first identified as being the thyroid microsomal antigen involved in autoimmune thyroid disease, previous authors have focused more on the immunological than on the biochemical aspects of TPO during the last few years. Here, we review the latest contributions in the field of TPO research and provide a large reference list of original publications. Given this promising background, scientists and clinicians will certainly continue in the future to investigate the mechanisms whereby TPO contributes to hormone synthesis and constitutes an important autoantigen involved in autoimmune thyroid disease, and the circumstances under which the normal physiological function of this enzyme takes on a pathological role.
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- Jean Ruf
- INSERM Unit U555, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France.
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Bresson D, Rebuffat SA, Nguyen B, Banga JP, Gardas A, Peraldi-Roux S. New insights into the conformational dominant epitopes on thyroid peroxidase recognized by human autoantibodies. Endocrinology 2005; 146:2834-44. [PMID: 15761037 DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-0038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human anti-thyroperoxidase (TPO) autoantibodies (aAbs) are a major hallmark of autoimmune thyroid diseases. Their epitopes are discontinuous and mainly restricted to an immunodominant region (IDR) consisting of two overlapping regions (IDR/A and B). To shed light on the relationship between these regions, we first performed competitive studies using all available reference anti-TPO antibodies. Interestingly, we showed that human IDR/A- and B-specific anti-TPO aAbs recognized essentially the same regions on the TPO molecule. However, our data also indicated that IDR/A-specific human aAbs strongly recognized the region containing residues 599-617, whereas the IDR/B-specific aAbs bind to several regions as well as region 599-617. Next, we scanned this key region to identify the residues involved in the immunodominant autoepitope. Using peptide spot technology together with competitive ELISA experiments, we demonstrated that residues (604)ETP-DL(609) play a major role in the anti-peptide P14 epitope and that IDR/A-specific human anti-TPO aAbs, either expressed as recombinant Fab or obtained from Graves' disease patients, specifically recognize the sequences (597)FCGLPRLE(604) and (611)TAIASRSV(618). All together our data emphasize that both the IDRs involve the same surface area on human TPO, but the differential usage of one or the other regions leads to different inhibition patterns in competitive experiments. In conclusion, our data help to resolve the long-sought issue on the molecular immunology of the two IDRs on TPO and provide new clues to design efficient peptides that may be part of a combinatorial treatment aiming at delaying development of autoimmune thyroiditis when used prophylactically.
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- Damien Bresson
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR 5160, Centre de Pharmacologie et Biotechnologie pour la Santé, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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Bresson D, Rebuffat SA, Péraldi-Roux S. Localization of the immunodominant region on human thyroid peroxidase in autoimmune thyroid diseases: an update. JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES 2005; 2:2. [PMID: 15769293 PMCID: PMC1084359 DOI: 10.1186/1740-2557-2-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Recent studies in the field of autoimmune thyroid diseases have largely focused on the delineation of B-cell auto-epitopes recognized by the main autoantigens to improve our understanding of how these molecules are seen by the immune system. Among these autoantigens which are targeted by autoantibodies during the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases, thyroid peroxidase is a major player. Indeed, high amounts of anti-thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies are found in the sera of patients suffering from Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, respectively hyper and hypothyroidism. Since anti-thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies from patients'sera mainly recognize a discontinuous immunodominant region on thyroid peroxidase and due to the complexity of the three dimensional structure of human thyroid peroxidase, numerous investigations have been necessary to closely localize this immunodominant region. The aim of the present review is to summarize the current knowledge regarding the localization of the immunodominant region recognized by human thyroid peroxidase-specific autoantibodies generated during the development of autoimmune thyroid diseases.
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- Damien Bresson
- CNRS UMR 5160, Centre de Pharmacologie et Biotechnologie pour la Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, Department of Developmental Immunology-3, 10355 Science Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, USA
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- CNRS UMR 5160, Centre de Pharmacologie et Biotechnologie pour la Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CNRS UMR 5160, Centre de Pharmacologie et Biotechnologie pour la Santé, Faculté de Pharmacie, 15 avenue Charles Flahault, BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Blanchin S, Estienne V, Guo J, Rapoport B, McLachlan SM, Carayon P, Ruf J. Human thyroperoxidase folds in one complex B-cell immunodominant region. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 295:1118-24. [PMID: 12135610 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00827-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Human thyroperoxidase (TPO) ectodomain is successively made of myeloperoxidase-, complement control protein repeat-, and epidermal growth factor-like gene modules. However, the TPO immunodominant region targeted by autoantibodies from patients with an autoimmune thyroid disease has not been mapped on the molecule. Here, we used two purified recombinant TPO peptides produced in eukaryotic cells, which correspond to the major first and the further two gene modules of TPO. We compared by ELISA their respective immunoreactivity with that of the recombinant soluble TPO containing all the three gene modules. We used well-characterized murine and human TPO monoclonal antibodies and human autoantibodies affinity-purified from a large pool of patients' sera. We found that the TPO immunodominant region was susceptible to denaturation and required the integrity of the molecule to be correctly expressed. We concluded that TPO B-cell autoepitopes are made by amino acids from the three gene modules, which fold in one highly conformational immunodominant region.
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- Stéphanie Blanchin
- U555 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, F-13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
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Estienne V, Duthoit C, Blanchin S, Montserret R, Durand-Gorde JM, Chartier M, Baty D, Carayon P, Ruf J. Analysis of a conformational B cell epitope of human thyroid peroxidase: identification of a tyrosine residue at a strategic location for immunodominance. Int Immunol 2002; 14:359-66. [PMID: 11934872 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/14.4.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) is involved in autoimmune thyroid diseases and high titers of TPO autoantibodies directed to various conformational B cell epitopes are frequently present in patients' sera. Deciphering these epitopes is a difficult task, but can give insight into the structural basis of autoimmune recognition. TPO is a membrane-bound enzyme with the extracellular part organized in three protein domains, but of unknown three-dimensional structure. We previously localized a TPO B cell epitope within amino acid residues 742-848, a region encompassing the two C-terminal, extracellular domains of the protein. We found that at least one of the three tyrosine residues of the peptide 742-848 might be involved in autoantibody binding. In this study, we show by site-directed mutagenesis that the autoepitope contains tyrosine 772 located near the hinge area between the two protein domains, suggesting they are both involved in the epitope structure. The B cell epitopes of TPO are clustered in two overlapping immunodominant regions. To map the newly localized epitope with respect of these regions, competition experiments were performed using a reference panel of TPO mAb and a further mAb previously found to be specific for the TPO peptide 742-848 at variance with all the other ones. Here, we show that the tyrosine 772-bearing epitope in the peptide 742-848 maps in a region that partly overlaps the reported two immunodominant regions. These results are suggestive of a complex TPO folding that involves all the three TPO protein domains to form a highly conformational immunodominant region.
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- Valérie Estienne
- U555 INSERM/Laboratoire de Biochimie Endocrinienne et Métabolique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France
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McLachlan SM, Rapoport B. Autoimmune response to the thyroid in humans: thyroid peroxidase--the common autoantigenic denominator. Int Rev Immunol 2001; 19:587-618. [PMID: 11129117 DOI: 10.3109/08830180009088514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Autoimmunity to thyroid peroxidase (TPO), manifest as high affinity IgG class autoantibodies, is the common denominator of human thyroid autoimmunity, encompassing patients with overt hyper- or hypothyroidism as well as euthyroid individuals with subclinical disease. The identification and cloning of TPO (the "thyroid microsomal antigen") provided the critical tool for analyzing B and T cell reactivity to this major thyroid autoantigen. In particular, the availability of immunoreactive TPO permitted the isolation of essentially the entire repertoire of human monoclonal antibodies, a feat unparalled in an organ-specific autoimmune disease. These recombinant autoantibodies (expressed as Fab) provide insight into the genes encoding their H and L chains as well as the conformational epitopes on TPO with which serum autoantibodies interact. Analyses of TPO autoantibody epitopic "fingerprints" indicate a lack of epitope spreading as well as a genetic basis for their inheritance. Limited data are available for the responses and cytokine profiles of T cells to endogenously processed TPO. Moreover, the role of thyroid cells in initiating the autoimmune response to TPO, and of B cells in expanding and/or modulating the response of sensitized T cells, has yet to be established. Finally, because autoantibody (and likely T cell) responses to TPO parallel those to TSH receptor and thyroglobulin, manipulation of T and B cell responses to TPO may provide the basis for the development of immunospecific therapy for autoimmune thyroid disease in general.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Autoantibodies/analysis
- Autoantibodies/immunology
- Autoantigens/chemistry
- Autoantigens/immunology
- Autoimmunity/immunology
- B-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Cytokines/immunology
- Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte/immunology
- Gene Expression
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Isotypes/immunology
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/immunology
- Iodide Peroxidase/chemistry
- Iodide Peroxidase/immunology
- Models, Immunological
- Protein Conformation
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/immunology
- T-Lymphocytes/immunology
- Thyroid Gland/immunology
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- S M McLachlan
- Autoimmune Disease Unit, Cedars-Sinai Research Institute and School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA.
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Estienne V, Blanchet C, Niccoli-Sire P, Duthoit C, Durand-Gorde JM, Geourjon C, Baty D, Carayon P, Ruf J. Molecular model, calcium sensitivity, and disease specificity of a conformational thyroperoxidase B-cell epitope. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:35313-7. [PMID: 10585396 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.50.35313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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While studying the humoral mechanisms involved in thyroid autoimmunity, we located a B-cell autoepitope in the extracellular C-terminal region of human thyroperoxidase. Structural modeling showed that this region encompasses both a Sushi-like and an epidermal growth factor-like domain, the flexible arrangement of which was putatively stabilized by calcium. The recombinant peptide was found to contain the previously identified conformational thyroperoxidase autoepitope. The occurrence of a calcium-induced conformational change was confirmed using a recombinant peptide monoclonal antibody, the decrease of which in binding to calcium-saturated thyroperoxidase was reversed by a chelating agent. The disease specificity of recombinant peptide, which was more frequently recognized by Hashimoto's than by Graves' patients, adds to its potential value as a diagnostic and preventive tool in the context of B-cell autoimmunity.
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- V Estienne
- U 38 INSERM/Laboratoire de Biochimie Endocrinienne et Métabolique, Faculté de Médecine Timone, Université de la Méditerranée, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France
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Duthoit C, Estienne V, Durand-Gorde JM, Carayon P, Ruf J. Thyroglobulin monoclonal antibody cross-reacting with thyroperoxidase induces in syngeneic mice anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibodies with dual autoantigen binding properties. The intertope hypothesis. Eur J Immunol 1999; 29:1626-34. [PMID: 10359117 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199905)29:05<1626::aid-immu1626>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Autoimmune thyroid diseases are characterized by antibodies (Ab) directed to thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroperoxidase (TPO). Some of them, TGPO Ab, are Tg Ab with an interspecies idiotype (Id) reacting with TPO. Taking advantage of a carefully studied TGPO monoclonal antibody (mAb), we examined the basis of the hypothesis that TPO Ab would ultimately derive from TGPO Ab through idiotypic induction. We repeatedly immunized naive, syngeneic mice with the TGPO mAb and we derived three novel mAb directed to both Tg and TPO. The most reactive of them, mAb 4F8, was further purified, radiolabeled and its binding properties studied by radioimmunoassay. mAb 4F8 bound to Tg, TPO, the immunogen Ab1 and even to itself, being thus considered as a self-binding Ab2. Competitive binding inhibition experiments demonstrated that Tg, TPO, Ab1 and Ab2 cross-reacted for Ab2 binding to Tg, TPO and Ab1. Fine specificity mapping using panels of specific mAb revealed that Ab1 and Ab2 were similar because they were directed against the same immunodominant regions on Tg and TPO. We propose that unique Id of TGPO Ab resemble dominant epitopes of Tg as well as paratopes of Ab directed against dominant TPO epitopes. This category of Id that we called intertopes may induce TPO-monospecific Ab from TGPO Ab by idiotypically driven somatic mutations.
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- C Duthoit
- Unité 38 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Université Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Guo J, Jaume JC, Rapoport B, McLachlan SM. Recombinant thyroid peroxidase-specific Fab converted to immunoglobulin G (IgG) molecules: evidence for thyroid cell damage by IgG1, but not IgG4, autoantibodies. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1997; 82:925-31. [PMID: 9062508 DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.3.3831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A recombinant autoantibody Fab (SP1.4) to thyroid peroxidase (TPO), cloned from intrathyroidal B cell immunoglobulin genes, interacts with an epitope on TPO recognized by all patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. To compare the biological properties of IgG1 and IgG4 TPO autoantibodies, we converted Fab SP1.4 to full-length immunoglobulins. The SP1.4 heavy and kappa light chain variable region genes, spliced by overlap PCR to a mammalian signal peptide, were transferred to expression vectors for human IgG1, IgG4, and kappa L chains. Plasmids containing the IgG1 (or IgG4) heavy chain and the kappa L chain were cotransfected into SP2/0 mouse myeloma cells. Cells secreting TPO autoantibodies were cloned, and IgG1-SP and IgG4-SP were affinity purified from medium using protein G. Their subclass specificities were confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and fluorometry after binding to Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing cell surface TPO. Further confirmation of SP1.4 Fab conversion to full-length molecules was the ability of protein A to precipitate IgG1-SP and IgG4-SP complexed to [125I]TPO. IgG1-SP1.4, IgG4-SP1.4, and Fab SP1.4 had similar high affinities for TPO (Kd = approximately 2 x 10(-10) mol/L). Complexes of [125I]TPO and IgG1-SP (but not IgG4-SP) bound to peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), but not to a B cell line. Flow cytometry demonstrated Fc receptors Fc gamma RI, Fc gamma RII, and Fc gamma RIII on PBMC, but only Fc gamma RII on the B cell line. Together, these data indicate that IgG1-SP/TPO complexes bind to either Fc gamma RI on monocytes or RIII on natural killer cells. In assays for antibody-dependent cytotoxicity using PBMC, 51Cr release was higher for thyroid cells preincubated with IgG1-SP (13.4%) than with IgG4-SP (2.5%) or with culture medium alone (-0.7%). No specific 51Cr release was observed when either fibroblasts or Chinese hamster ovary cells expressing cell surface TPO were used as target cells. In conclusion, a human TPO-specific Fab converted to IgG1, but not IgG-4, can mediate cytotoxic effects on human thyroid cells in vitro. These observations support the clinical relevance of TPO autoantibody subclass distribution and emphasize the likelihood that, as opposed to being simple markers of thyroid damage, TPO autoantibodies may play a role in the induction of thyroid dysfunction in vivo.
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- J Guo
- Thyroid Molecular Biology Unit, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
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Metcalfe RA, Oh YS, Stroud C, Arnold K, Weetman AP. Analysis of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity in autoimmune thyroid disease. Autoimmunity 1997; 25:65-72. [PMID: 9189007 DOI: 10.3109/08916939708996272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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There is no consensus on the role of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) in autoimmune thyroid disease; recent reports have suggested that antibodies mediating ADCC are found particularly in patients with primary myxoedema, occur less frequently in Hashimoto's thyroiditis and are absent in Graves' disease. Using an ADCC assay with a single source of effector and target cells, and expressing results as lytic units, we have found antibodies capable of mediating ADCC in 9 of 17 patients with primary myxoedema, 9 of 22 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and 6 of 22 patients with Graves' disease. There was no significant difference between the groups in this distribution. Mean levels of ADCC activity were not significantly different comparing primary myxoedema and Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients, although levels were lower in Graves' disease patients compared to those with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (P < 0.05). There was no correlation between TPO antibodies (total IgG or IgG subclasses) measured by ELISA and ADCC activity. These results suggest that thyroid antigens besides TPO are involved in ADCC and that antibodies mediating ADCC are not restricted to subgroups of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease.
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- R A Metcalfe
- Department of Medicine, University of Sheffield Clinical Sciences Centre, Northern General Hospital, UK
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Knobel M, Barca MF, Pedrinola F, Medeiros-Neto G. Prevalence of anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies in autoimmune and nonautoimmune thyroid disorders in a relatively low-iodine environment. J Endocrinol Invest 1994; 17:837-42. [PMID: 7745231 DOI: 10.1007/bf03347788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We evaluated the prevalence of antithyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TP0 Ab) in 402 patients with thyroid disease and 30 healthy controls by a commercial radioimmunoassay (RIA) and compared the results with the passive hemagglutination (HA) method. The patients in the study had autoimmune thyroid disorders (AITD) such as Graves' disease and Hashimoto's disease or had nonautoimmune thyroid diseases (NAITD) such as thyroid cancer, congenital goiter, endemic goiter, and nodular goiter. Subjects were recruited from a population with a mild iodine deficiency (Sao Paulo, Brazil). The effect of specific therapy (for either thyrotoxicosis or chronic thyroiditis) on the circulating anti-TPO levels was also investigated. Positive anti-TPO Ab was detected in 89.9% of the patients with AITD as compared with a prevalence of positive tests of only 4.8% in patients with NAITD. Positive microsomal antibody (M Ab) was found in 68.4% of the patients with AITD and in 6.4% of the patients with NAITD. A positive and significant correlation was obtained between M Ab and anti-TPO Ab. A positive anti-TPO test with negative anti-M was found in 14.1% of the patients with AITD but in only 4.3% of the patients with NAITD and normal controls. These results suggest that anti-TPO Ab by RIA is more sensitive and specific than M Ab by HA. In patients with AITD, anti-TPO Ab levels usually decreased after treatment, suggesting that this parameter could be used in the follow-up of these thyroid disorders.
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- M Knobel
- Thyroid Laboratory, Hospital das Clínicas, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
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Ruf J, Ferrand M, Durand-Gorde JM, De Micco C, Carayon P. Significance of thyroglobulin antibodies cross-reactive with thyroperoxidase (TGPO antibodies) in individual patients and immunized mice. Clin Exp Immunol 1993; 92:65-72. [PMID: 8467565 PMCID: PMC1554880 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb05949.x] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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Thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroperoxidase (TPO), both involved in thyroid hormone synthesis, represent major autoantigens in thyroid autoimmune disease. Despite numerous studies, the emergence, pathophysiological significance and role of autoantibodies to TG and TPO remain elusive. The recent identification of a new category of thyroid-specific autoantibody interacting with both TG and TPO (TGPO autoantibodies) offers a new opportunity in the study of thyroid autoimmunity. To gain a better insight into the significance of these TGPO autoantibodies, measurement in individual samples appeared necessary. The unique property of TGPO autoantibodies, simultaneous binding to TG and TPO, was used to set up a sandwich method which combined coated TG and radio-iodinated TPO. This method was found to be strictly specific for TGPO autoantibodies and sensitive enough to assay TGPO autoantibodies in serum. In humans, TGPO autoantibodies were found in most of the sera with high TG and TPO autoantibody titres, but not in sera negative for TG autoantibodies, whatever the TPO autoantibody titre. Furthermore, high TGPO autoantibody titres were found in sera strongly cytotoxic for cultured porcine thyroid cells. However, significant correlation of TGPO autoantibody titre was observed neither with TG and TPO autoantibody titres (n = 48) nor with complement-dependent cytotoxicity (n = 50). TGPO antibody assay was also performed in individual plasma of CBA/J mice immunized with either human TG (n = 6) or human TPO (n = 6). Immunization with TG induced high levels of not only TG but also TGPO antibodies, which exhibited a strong reactivity for TPO and whose binding to TG and TPO was fully inhibited by TG. In contrast, immunization with TPO induced high levels of only specific TPO antibodies accompanied by low levels of specific TG antibodies. In this case TGPO antibodies were not detected. Of note, TG- and TPO-immunized mice mounted an immune response against their own TG, but did not exhibit histological signs of thyroiditis. Large panels of TG and TPO MoAbs were also investigated with this method: 18/25 TG MoAbs and only 1/13 TPO MoAbs were found cross-reactive. Taken together, these data provide evidence that TGPO antibodies are effectively present in individual patients and TG-immunized mice, are different from specific TG and TPO antibodies, and may derive from natural B cell repertoire by autoimmune processes involving TG and not TPO.
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- J Ruf
- INSERM U38, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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Ruf J, Ferrand M, Durand-Gorde JM, Carayon P. Immunopurification and characterization of thyroid autoantibodies with dual specificity for thyroglobulin and thyroperoxidase. Autoimmunity 1992; 11:179-88. [PMID: 1571480 DOI: 10.3109/08916939209035153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The presence of autoantibodies (aAbs) to thyroglobulin (TG) and thyroperoxidase (TPO) in most of the patients with autoimmune thyroid disease is now well documented. Studies of these aAbs suggested that some, termed TGPO aAbs, could interact with both TG and TPO. This hypothesis was investigated using IgG fraction from a pool of 25 patients' sera with high TG and TPO aAb titres. Immunopurification of TG, TPO and TGPO aAbs was carried out by sequential affinity chromatography using a large quantity of highly purified human TG and TPO. TGPO aAbs, obtained absorption-elution of affinity purified TG aAbs onto a TPO column, were found to represent about 20% of the TG reactive aAbs and 0.23% of the total amount of IgG. Purified TGPO aAbs were characterized and compared to specific TG and TPO aAbs. In contrast to TG and TPO aAbs which recognized only their target antigen, TGPO aAbs showed high affinity interactions with both TG and TPO. As compared to TG aAbs, TGPO aAbs displayed similar affinity for native TG and higher affinity for denatured TG. Compared to TPO aAbs, TGPO aAbs showed lower affinity for both native and denatured TPO. TGPO aAbs also differed from specific TG and TPO aAbs with regard to IgG subclass distribution and antigen fine specificities as determined by monoclonal antibody assisted mapping of TG and TPO surface epitopes. Taken together, these data indicate that TGPO aAbs are effectively present in the serum of patients with autoimmune thyroid disease. TGPO aAbs may be considered as a subpopulation of TG aAbs with the unique property to cross-react with TPO. The existence of aAbs cross-reacting with these functionally and antigenically related thyroid molecules could lead to a re-examination of the emergence of thyroid autoimmunity.
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- J Ruf
- U 38 INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France
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