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Mahler M Raijmakers R Dähnrich C Blüthner M Fritzler MJ 《Arthritis research & therapy》2005,7(3):R704-R713
Anti-PM/Scl antibodies represent a specific serological marker for a subset of patients with scleroderma (Scl) and polymyositis
(PM), and especially with the PM/Scl overlap syndrome (PM/Scl). Anti-PM/Scl reactivity is found in 24% of PM/Scl patients
and is found in 3–10% of Scl and PM patients. The PM/Scl autoantigen complex comprises 11–16 different polypeptides. Many
of those proteins can serve as targets of the anti-PM/Scl B-cell response, but most frequently the PM/Scl-100 and PM/Scl-75
polypeptides are targeted. In the present study we investigated the clinical relevance of a major alpha helical PM/Scl-100
epitope (PM1-α) using a newly developed peptide-based immunoassay and compared the immunological properties of this peptide
with native and recombinant PM/Scl antigens. In a technical comparison, we showed that an ELISA based on the PM1-α peptide
is more sensitive than common techniques to detect anti-PM/Scl antibodies such as immunoblot, indirect immunofluorescence
on HEp-2 cells and ELISA with recombinant PM/Scl polypeptides. We found no statistical evidence of a positive association
between anti-PM1-α and other antibodies, with the exception of known PM/Scl components. In our cohort a negative correlation
could be found with anti-Scl-70 (topoisomerase I), anti-Jo-1 (histidyl tRNA synthetase) and anti-centromere proteins. In a
multicenter evaluation we demonstrated that the PM1-α peptide represents a sensitive and reliable substrate for the detection
of a subclass of anti-PM/Scl antibodies. In total, 22/40 (55%) PM/Scl patients, 27/205 (13.2%) Scl patients and 3/40 (7.5%)
PM patients, but only 5/288 (1.7%) unrelated controls, tested positive for the anti-PM1-α peptide antibodies. These data indicate
that anti-PM1-α antibodies appear to be exclusively present in sera from PM/Scl patients, from Scl patients and, to a lesser
extent, from PM patients. The anti-PM1-α ELISA thus offers a new serological marker to diagnose and discriminate different
systemic autoimmune disorders. 相似文献
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Autoantibodies to the polymyositis/scleroderma (PM/Scl) complex have been associated with systemic sclerosis and PM/Scl overlap syndrome. The report of Hanke and colleagues in a recent issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy is the first to describe the separate evaluation of anti-PM/Scl-75c and PM/Scl-100 autoantibodies and their relationship to clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis. Several observations are of paramount interest, but are not in general agreement with earlier studies. These include the prevalence of anti-PM/Scl antibodies in systemic sclerosis, the association with certain clinical manifestations and prognosis of patients. This report will hopefully trigger systematic multi-centre studies to confirm and/or elucidate the novel line immunoassay and clinical associations. 相似文献
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Autoantibodies to the polymyositis/scleroderma (PM/Scl) complex have been associated with systemic sclerosis and PM/Scl overlap syndrome. The report of Hanke and colleagues in a recent issue of Arthritis Research and Therapy is the first to describe the separate evaluation of anti-PM/Scl-75c and PM/Scl-100 autoantibodies and their relationship to clinical manifestations of systemic sclerosis. Several observations are of paramount interest, but are not in general agreement with earlier studies. These include the prevalence of anti-PM/Scl antibodies in systemic sclerosis, the association with certain clinical manifestations and prognosis of patients. This report will hopefully trigger systematic multi-centre studies to confirm and/or elucidate the novel line immunoassay and clinical associations. 相似文献
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The anti-PM/Scl autoantibodies are known to characterize a subset of autoimmune patients with myositis, scleroderma (Scl), and the PM/Scl overlap syndrome. The major autoantigens that are recognized by anti-PM/Scl autoantibodies are designated PM/Scl-100 and PM/Scl-75. These autoantigens have been reported to associate into a large complex consisting of 11 to 16 proteins and to play a role in ribosome synthesis. Recently, it was discovered that the PM/Scl complex is the human counterpart of the yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) exosome, which is an RNA-processing complex consisting of 11 3' → 5' exoribonucleases. To date, 10 human exosome components have been identified, although only some of these were studied in more detail. In this review, we discuss some recent advances in the characterization of the PM/Scl complex. 相似文献
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Rick Brouwer Wilma TM Vree Egberts Gerald JD Hengstman Reinout Raijmakers Baziel GM van Engelen Hans Peter Seelig Manfred Renz Rudolf Mierau Ekkehard Genth Ger JM Pruijn Walther J van Venrooij 《Arthritis research & therapy》2001,4(2):1-5
The autoantigenic polymyositis/scleroderma (PM/Scl) complex was recently shown to be the human homologue of the yeast exosome, which is an RNA-processing complex. Our aim was to assess whether, in addition to targeting the known autoantigens PM/Scl-100 and PM/Scl-75, autoantibodies also target recently identified components of the PM/Scl complex. The prevalence of autoantibodies directed to six novel human exosome components (hRrp4p, hRrp40p, hRrp41p, hRrp42p, hRrp46p, hCsl4p) was determined in sera from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (n = 48), scleroderma (n = 11), or the PM/Scl overlap syndrome (n = 10). The sera were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and western blotting using the affinity-purified recombinant proteins. Our results show that each human exosome component is recognized by autoantibodies. The hRrp4p and hRrp42p components were most frequently targeted. The presence of autoantibodies directed to the novel components of the human exosome was correlated with the presence of the anti-PM/Scl-100 autoantibody in the sera of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), as was previously found for the anti-PM/Scl-75 autoantibody. Other clear associations between autoantibody activities were not found. These results further support the conception that the autoimmune response may initially be directed to PM/Scl-100, whereas intermolecular epitope spreading may have caused the autoantibody response directed to the associated components. 相似文献
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Brouwer R Vree Egberts WT Hengstman GJ Raijmakers R van Engelen BG Seelig HP Renz M Mierau R Genth E Pruijn GJ van Venrooij WJ 《Arthritis research》2002,4(2):134-138
The autoantigenic polymyositis/scleroderma (PM/Scl) complex was recently shown to be the human homologue of the yeast exosome, which is an RNA-processing complex. Our aim was to assess whether, in addition to targeting the known autoantigens PM/Scl-100 and PM/Scl-75, autoantibodies also target recently identified components of the PM/Scl complex. The prevalence of autoantibodies directed to six novel human exosome components (hRrp4p, hRrp40p, hRrp41p, hRrp42p, hRrp46p, hCsl4p) was determined in sera from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (n = 48), scleroderma (n = 11), or the PM/Scl overlap syndrome (n = 10). The sera were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and western blotting using the affinity-purified recombinant proteins. Our results show that each human exosome component is recognized by autoantibodies. The hRrp4p and hRrp42p components were most frequently targeted. The presence of autoantibodies directed to the novel components of the human exosome was correlated with the presence of the anti-PM/Scl-100 autoantibody in the sera of patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), as was previously found for the anti-PM/Scl-75 autoantibody. Other clear associations between autoantibody activities were not found. These results further support the conception that the autoimmune response may initially be directed to PM/Scl-100, whereas intermolecular epitope spreading may have caused the autoantibody response directed to the associated components. 相似文献
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Schilders G Raijmakers R Malmegrim KC Vande Walle L Saelens X Vree Egberts W van Venrooij WJ Vandenabeele P Pruijn GJ 《Arthritis research & therapy》2007,9(1):R12
Recent studies have implicated the dying cell as a potential reservoir of modified autoantigens that might initiate and drive
systemic autoimmunity in susceptible hosts. A number of subunits of the exosome, a complex of 3'→5' exoribonucleases that
functions in a variety of cellular processes, are recognized by the so-called anti-PM/Scl autoantibodies, found predominantly
in patients suffering from an overlap syndrome of myositis and scleroderma. Here we show that one of these subunits, PM/Scl-75,
is cleaved during apoptosis. PM/Scl-75 cleavage is inhibited by several different caspase inhibitors. The analysis of PM/Scl-75
cleavage by recombinant caspase proteins shows that PM/Scl-75 is efficiently cleaved by caspase-1, to a smaller extent by
caspase-8, and relatively inefficiently by caspase-3 and caspase-7. Cleavage of the PM/Scl-75 protein occurs in the C-terminal
part of the protein at Asp369 (IILD369↓G), and at least a fraction of the resulting N-terminal fragments of PM/Scl-75 remains associated with the exosome. Finally,
the implications of PM/Scl-75 cleavage for exosome function and the generation of anti-PM/Scl-75 autoantibodies are discussed. 相似文献
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Marie Hudson Janet Pope Michael Mahler Solène Tatibouet Russell Steele Murray Baron Marvin J Fritzler 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(2):R50-9
Introduction
Autoantibodies to Ro52 recently identified as TRIM21 are among the most common autoantibodies in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, but their clinical association remains poorly understood. We undertook this study to determine the clinical and serologic associations of anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).Methods
Detailed clinical data and sera from 963 patients with SSc enrolled in a multicenter cohort study were collected and entered into a central database. Antibodies to Ro52/TRIM21 and other autoantibodies were detected with an addressable laser-bead immunoassay and different enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems. Associations between anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies and clinical and other serologic manifestations of SSc were investigated.Results
Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies were present in 20% of SSc patients and overlapped with other main SSc-related antibodies, including anti-centromere (by immunofluorescence and centromere protein (CENP)-A and CENP-B ELISA), anti-topoisomerase I, anti-RNA polymerase III, and anti-Pm/Scl antibodies. Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies were strongly associated with interstitial lung disease (odds ratio (OR), 1.53; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.11 to 2.12; P = 0.0091) and overlap syndrome (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.01 to 4.19; P = 0.0059).Conclusions
Anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies were the second most common autoantibodies in this SSc cohort. In SSc, anti-Ro52/TRIM21 antibodies may be a marker of interstitial lung disease and overlap syndrome. 相似文献9.
Kavish J Bhansing Martin Lammens Hanneke KA Knaapen Piet LCM van Riel Baziel GM van Engelen Madelon C Vonk 《Arthritis research & therapy》2014,16(3):R111
Introduction
The objective was to characterize the clinical and myopathologic features of patients with scleroderma-polymyositis (SSc-PM) overlap compared with a population of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and polymyositis (PM).Methods
A three-way comparison of patients with SSc-PM overlap (n = 25) with patients with SSc (n = 397) and PM (n = 40) on clinical and myopathologic features and causes of death. One neuropathologist blinded for the diagnosis evaluated all recent available muscle biopsies. Biopsies were scored for presence of inflammation, necrotic muscle fibers, rimmed vacuoles, fibrosis, and immunohistochemical staining. Clinical or myopathologic characteristics were compared by using the χ2 test or one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA).Results
The prevalence of SSc-PM overlap in the Nijmegen Systemic Sclerosis cohort was 5.9%. The mortality was 32% (eight of 25) in SSc-PM, of which half was related to cardiac diseases. The prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis was significantly increased in SSc-PM (83%) (P = 0.04) compared with SSc (49%) and PM (53%). SSc or myositis-specific antibodies were nearly absent in the SSc-PM group. In almost all biopsies (96%) of SSc-PM patients, necrotic muscle fibers were present, which was significantly increased compared with PM patients (P = 0.02).Conclusions
Patients with SSc-PM have increased prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis and cardiac disease as the cause of death compared with patients with SSc and PM . In addition, we found that necrotizing muscle fibers with inflammation characterize SSc-PM overlap in muscle biopsies. Further research should focus on underlying mechanisms causing necrosis, inflammation, and fibrosis and their relation to pulmonary involvement and mortality in patients with SSc-PM overlap. 相似文献10.
Lakota K Thallinger GG Sodin-Semrl S Rozman B Ambrozic A Tomsic M Praprotnik S Cucnik S Mrak-Poljsak K Ceribelli A Cavazzana I Franceschini F Vencovsky J Czirják L Varjú C Steiner G Aringer M Stamenkovic B Distler O Matucci-Cerinic M Kveder T 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(1):R2-8
Introduction
An international cohort study of 73 anti-Ku-positive patients with different connective tissue diseases was conducted to differentiate the anti-Ku-positive populations of patients based on their autoantibody profile and clinical signs/symptoms and to establish possible correlations between antibodies against Ku p70 and Ku p80 with autoimmune diseases.Methods
Sera of anti-Ku-positive patients were collected from six European centers and were all secondarily tested (in the reference center); 73 were confirmed as positive. Anti-Ku antibodies were detected with counter-immunoelectrophoresis (CIE), line immunoassay (LIA), and immunoblot analyses. All clinical and laboratory data were follow-up cumulative data, except for anti-Ku antibodies. Statistical analyses were performed by using R (V 2.12.1). The Fisher Exact test was used to evaluate the association between anti-Ku antibodies and diagnosis, gender, clinical signs, and other observed antibodies. The P values were adjusted for multiple testing. Separation of disease populations based on the presence of antibodies and clinical signs was investigated by principal-components analysis, which was performed by using thr// R's prcomp function with standard parameters.Results
A 16% higher prevalence of anti-Ku p70 was found over anti-Ku p80 antibodies. In 41 (57%) patients, a combination of both was detected. Five (7%) patients, who were CIE and/or LIA anti-Ku positive, were negative for both subsets, as detected with the immunoblot; 31% of the patients had undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD); 29% had systemic sclerosis (SSc); 18% had systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); 11% had rheumatoid arthritis; 7% had polymyositis; and 3% had Sjögren syndrome.Conclusions
A significant positive association was found between female patients with anti-Ku p70 and joint/bone features, and a significant negative association was found between female patients with anti-Ku p80 only and joint/bone features (P = 0.05, respectively). By using the first and the third components of the principal-component analysis (PCA) with 29 parameters evaluated, we observed that the anti-Ku-positive population of UCTD patients had overlapping parameters, especially with SLE, as opposed to SSc, which could be helpful in delineating UCTD patients. 相似文献11.
What autoantibody tests should become widely available to help scleroderma diagnosis and management?
Anti-Th/To autoantibodies have been recognized as serological markers of systemic sclerosis (SSc) for more than 20 years. However, validated immunoassay kits to test this specificity have not been commercially available. SSc autoantibodies are basically mutually exclusive and are associated with a certain subset of the disease and/or with organ involvement. Anti-Th/To are generally considered to be markers of the limited cutaneous type of SSc with the involvement of certain internal organs. The excellent correlation between anti-Rpp25 as detected by their novel chemiluminescent method and anti-Th/To as detected by immunoprecipitation suggest that the new assays may become widely available tests for clinicians in future and could help to clarify the clinical significance of anti-Th/To in SSc as well as other conditions over different races or countries.In a previous issue of Arthritis Research & Therapy, Mahler and colleagues reported a novel immunoassay for detecting anti-Th/To autoantibodies [1], which has the potential to make this testing widely available to clinicians using the newly developed ELISA and chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA). Serum from patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases often contains clinically important autoantibodies that react with various intracellular antigens. Detection of anti-nuclear antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence is widely accepted as a screening test for the diagnosis of many systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases.Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a disease characterized by collagen deposition and subsequent fibrosis in skin and internal organs. The extent of fibrosis shows considerable variation in severity, which classifies SSc into two distinct subtypes: the limited cutaneous form and the diffuse cutaneous form. Among SSc-associated autoantibodies, anti-centromere antibodies are widely accepted to be associated with limited cutaneous SSc while anti-topoisomerase I and anti-RNA polymerase III (anti-RNAP) antibodies are associated with diffuse cutaneous SSc [2]. In contrast to these three specific antibodies that have been widely used in the diagnosis and management of SSc patients, SSc autoantibodies showing nucleolar immunofluorescence staining pattern have not been utilized. There are two kinds of anti-nucleolar antibodies (ANoA): anti-U3-RNP (fibrillarin) and anti-Th/To [3]. Although they are mainly found in patients with SSc, information on their clinical significances is limited and inconclusive, partly due to a lack of commercially available antibody tests.Mahler and colleagues detected anti-Th/To antibodies using recombinant Rpp25, which is a component of the more than 10 proteins in the Th/To RNA-protein complex [4]. They utilized full-length, purified, recombinant human Rpp25 antigen for the quantitative measurement of anti-Th/To antibodies, which were defined by immunoprecipitation as the reference method. The newly established CLIA showed high sensitivity (100.0% = 8/8) and specificity (99.5% = 365/367) comparable with or better than ELISA. In another cohort, an ELISA indicated three cases showing false-negative anti-Th/To detection, which may be resolved by adding other antigenic components to the coated antigens. In CLIA, two false-positive cases were found, which were ANoA-negative. Evaluation with simultaneous performing anti-nuclear antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence is still important.The coexistence of SSc-marker antibodies in the same patient is rare. ANoA-positive SSc or SSc-suspected patients, who do not have anti-centromere, anti-topoisomerase I, or anti-RNAP antibodies, will be a subset with high probability of having anti-Th/To or antiU3-RNP antibodies. Anti-Th/To antibodies are frequently found in limited cutaneous SSc patients, often those with interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension [2,5], whereas anti-U3-RNP antibodies are associated with pulmonary hypertension, renal disease and myositis in diffuse cutaneous SSc patients [2]. The prevalence of these antibodies in patients with SSc varies for different ethnic backgrounds. For example, in the US SSc cohort, all African-American patients with ANoA-dominant antibodies had anti-U3-RNP, which was found in 30% of all patients, whereas anti-Th/To was found in only 3% [6]. In Caucasian patients, however, anti-Th/To was more frequently found than anti-U3-RNP (9% vs. 4%). In Italian patients, anti-Th/To was found in 4% whereas anti-U3RNP was not found [6]. These antibodies were detected by complicated RNA analysis using immunoprecipitation and silver staining of RNAs or a radioisotope-based immunoprecipitation assay.Some autoantibodies have great diversity in their prevalence among different races and countries, besides the above instances. Recent studies showed that the prevalence of anti-RNAP antibodies was lower in French patients than in the US patients [7]. Anti-Mi-2 antibodies, which are first described as a serological marker of dermatomyositis, were the most common in patients with adult-onset dermatomyositis in Mexico City (59%) [8]. This finding is surprising to us because only 5% of Japanese dermatomyositis patients had anti-Mi-2 antibodies in our study [9]. Commercially available immunoassay kits would make it easier to perform international studies. Since immunoassays using CLIA have very high sensitivity (for example, chemiluminescent ELISA [10]) and are time-saving (for example, beads assay in a liquid phase [1]), the development of such assays would be a reasonable direction for autoantibody immunoassays.SSc specificity and the clinical association of anti-RNAP antibodies have been known for over 20 years; however, until recently, the detection of these antibodies had been utilized only at a few institutions that can perform radioimmunoprecipitation. Since the anti-RNAP ELISA kit became widely available to clinicians, it has now become a part of routine serological tests in SSc. More and more data from different countries have become available, which have illustrated the difference in prevalence and clinical association of anti-RNAP antibodies. Anti-Th/To immunoassay may become utilized in a similar way in future. The newly established method for measuring autoantibodies should be carefully evaluated using large international cohorts of SSc patients and other autoimmune conditions, to establish its utility and clinical significance. In SSc clinics, it will be ideal to have reliable, commercially available immunoassays for major ANoA, anti-Th/To antibodies and anti-U3-RNP antibodies, in addition to anti-PM-Scl antibodies, which are a marker of polymyositis/scleroderma overlap syndrome [1]. 相似文献
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Gabriele Valentini Serena Vettori Giovanna Cuomo Michele Iudici Virginia D'Abrosca Domenico Capocotta Gianmattia Del Genio Carlo Santoriello Domenico Cozzolino 《Arthritis research & therapy》2012,14(4):R188
Introduction
We investigated early systemic sclerosis (SSc) (that is, Raynaud''s phenomenon with SSc marker autoantibodies and/or typical capillaroscopic findings and no manifestations other than puffy fingers or arthritis) versus undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD) to identify predictors of short-term disease evolution.Methods
Thirty-nine early SSc and 37 UCTD patients were investigated. At baseline, all patients underwent clinical evaluation, B-mode echocardiography, lung function tests and esophageal manometry to detect preclinical alterations of internal organs, and were re-assessed every year. Twenty-one early SSc and 24 UCTD patients, and 25 controls were also investigated for serum endothelial, T-cell and fibroblast activation markers.Results
At baseline, 48.7% of early SSc and 37.8% of UCTD patients had at least one preclinical functional alteration (P > 0.05). Ninety-two percent of early SSc patients developed manifestations consistent with definite SSc (that is, skin sclerosis, digital ulcers/scars, two or more teleangectasias, clinically visible nailfold capillaries, cutaneous calcinosis, X-ray bibasilar lung fibrosis, X-ray esophageal dysmotility, ECG signs of myocardial fibrosis and laboratory signs of renal crisis) within five years versus 17.1% of UCTD patients (X2 = 12.26; P = 0.0005). Avascular areas (HR = 4.39 95% CI 1.18 to 16.3; P = 0.02), increased levels of soluble IL-2 receptor alpha (HR = 4.39; 95% CI 1.03 to 18.6; P = 0.03), and of procollagen III aminopropeptide predicted disease evolution (HR = 4.55; 95% CI 1.18 to 17; P = 0.04).Conclusion
Most early SSc but only a few UCTD patients progress to definite SSc within a short-term follow-up. Measurement of circulating markers of T-cell and fibroblast activation might serve to identify early SSc patients who are more likely to develop features of definite SSc. 相似文献13.
Scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) is associated with several autoantibodies, each of which is useful in the diagnosis of affected patients and in determining their prognosis. Anti-centromere antibodies (ACA) and anti-Scl-70 antibodies are very useful in distinguishing patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) from healthy controls, from patients with other connective tissue disease, and from unaffected family members. Whereas ACA often predict a limited skin involvement and the absence of pulmonary involvement, the presence of anti-Scl-70 antibodies increases the risk for diffuse skin involvement and scleroderma lung disease. Anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies (which share significant serologic overlap with anti-U3-ribonucleoprotein antibodies) and anti-RNA-polymerase autoantibodies occur less frequently and are also predictive of diffuse skin involvement and systemic disease. Anti-Th/To and PM-Scl, in contrast, are associated with limited skin disease, but anti-Th/To might be a marker for the development of pulmonary hypertension. Other autoantibodies against extractable nuclear antigens have less specificity for SSc, including anti-Ro, which is a risk factor for sicca symptoms in patients with SSc, and anti-U1-ribonucleoprotein, which in high titer is seen in patients with SSc/systemic lupus erythematosus/polymyositis overlap syndromes. Limited reports of other autoantibodies (anti-Ku, antiphospholipid) have not established them as being clinically useful in following patients with SSc. 相似文献
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I B Bronshtein A M Shuster G V Gololobov I I Gromova O A Kvashuk K M Belostotskaya Z S Alekberova T B Prokaeva A G Gabibov 《FEBS letters》1992,314(3):259-263
Blood sera of patients with autoimmune diseases scleroderma (Scl), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been shown to yield a specific immune response to topoisomerase I, the product of expression of a cDNA fragment cloned into lambda gt11 and monoclonal antibodies (MAB) to the enzyme. The 'topoisomerase test' is not absolutely specific for Scl. The stable positive response of autoimmune sera to anti-topoisomerase monoclonal antibodies has a specific character and is associated with the interaction of the Fab fragment of MAB with the IgG fraction of autoimmune serum. The response observed indicates the induction of anti-idiotypic antibodies against topoisomerase. The anti-idiotype, isolated by HPLC and affinity chromatography demonstrated the following functional activities: (i) the immunological reaction against DNA; (ii) high-affinity DNA-binding with topoisomerase-specific consensus; (iii) ability to compete with the native enzyme for binding with DNA and MAB to topoisomerase; (iv) immunological reaction against MAB to topoisomerase. 相似文献
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Marvin J. Fritzler 《Molecular biology reports》1996,23(3-4):133-145
Autoantibodies directed to intracellular antigens are serological hallmarks of systemic rheumatic diseases. Identification of circulating autoantibodies is helpful in establishing the correct diagnosis, indicating the prognosis and providing a guide to treatment and follow-up. Some autoantibodies are included in diagnostic and classification criteria for diseases such as anti-Sm antigen and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus, anti-U1 nuclear ribonucleoprotein antibodies in mixed connective tissue disease, and anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La antibodies in Sjögren's syndrome. Over the past 30 years, the identification of new autoantibody systems was advanced by the initiation or adaptation of novel techniques such as double immunodiffusion to detect antibodies to saline-soluble nuclear antigens, extraction-reconstitution and ELISA techniques to detect histone and chromatin antibodies, immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation to detect a wide range of antibodies directed against naturally occurring and recombinant proteins. These techniques have been made possible by advances in cellular and molecular biology and in turn, the sera from index patients have been important reagents to identify novel intracellular macromolecules. This paper will focus on the clinical relevance of several autoantibody systems described by Tan and his colleagues over the past 30 years.Abbreviations ANA
antinuclear antibody
- CENPs
centromere proteins
- CTD
connective tissue disease
- DIA
drug-induced autoimmunity
- DIL
drug-induced lupus
- HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
- IIF
indirect immunofluorescence
- JCA
juvenile chronic arthritis
- MCTD
mixed connective tissue disease
- MSA
mitotic spindle apparatus
- NOR
nucleolar organizer
- NuMA
nuclear mitosis antigen
- PBC
primary biliary cirrhosis
- PCNA
proliferating cell nuclear antigen
- PM
polymyositis
- RA
rheumatoid arthritis
- RNP
ribonucleoprotein
- SLE
systemic lupus erythematosus
- SS
Sjögren's syndrome
- SSc
systemic sclerosis
- UCTD
undifferentiated connective tissue disease 相似文献
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I B Bronshte?n A M Shuster I I Gromova O A Kvashchuk O N Geva G V Gololobov T B Prokaeva Z S Alekberova A G Gabibov 《Biulleten' eksperimental'no? biologii i meditsiny》1990,110(12):598-600
The interaction of sera from 34 patients with different autoimmune diseases with the expressed fusion protein cloned in lambda gt11 vector (topoisomerase I--beta galactosidase) and monoclonal antibodies against enzyme was studied. It was demonstrated that 100% of Scl cases possessed positive activity against fusion protein. It was shown that this test is not absolutely specific for Scl, i. e. 57.1% of Sle and 84.6% of RA demonstrated positive activity against "topoisomerase test". Autoimmune sera had the positive activity against monoclonal antibodies for topoisomerase I. This activity was shown to be due to the presence of antiidiotypic antibodies against topoisomerase in the autoimmune sera. 相似文献
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Artuković M Ikić M Kustelega J Artuković IN Kaliterna DM 《Collegium antropologicum》2010,34(Z2):175-178
During the last three decades scientists worldwide have investigated how ultraviolet radiation (UVR) influences the immune system. The vast majority of the researchers was primarily focused on the local immunomodulatory role of UVR. But today evidence is increasing in favor of plural immune activation and systemic reaction of the organism. Most of the attention is directed toward the regulatory T lymphocytes which are responsible for the local and systemic immunosuppressive response under the impact of sunlight. The role of regulatory T cells in autoimmune diseases is well studied on patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Epidemiological research shows a proportional interdependence of latitude and prevalence of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS), insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). There is evidence that UVR has direct influence on the level of antibodies against the SNF2-superfamily helicase (Mi-2), distinctive for dermatomyositis (DM). On this basis a hypothesis is established that UVR is a risk factor for DM. A Croatian epidemiologic study o f systemic sclerosis (SSc) gave results consistent with the hypothesis that there is a higher prevalence of SSc in the Mediterranean regions of Croatia. Such discoveries encouraged further studies that found that not only regulatory T cells are responsible for a systemic immunosuppressive response, but that there is a complex interactive network of immune cells and mediators such as cytokines, neuropeptides, and chromophores like urocanic acid involved. Present findings require continued research on the importance of UVR on autoimmune disease prevalence and immunopathophysiology. Finally, it is necessary to distinguish whether UVR is a protective factor for some autoimmune diseases or a risk factor for their induction. 相似文献
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Hiroshi Furukawa Shomi Oka Aya Kawasaki Kota Shimada Shoji Sugii Takashi Matsushita Atsushi Hashimoto Akiko Komiya Naoshi Fukui Kouji Kobayashi Atsumu Osada Atsushi Ihata Yuya Kondo Tatsuo Nagai Keigo Setoguchi Akiko Okamoto Akira Okamoto Noriyuki Chiba Eiichi Suematsu Hajime Kono Masao Katayama Shunsei Hirohata Takayuki Sumida Kiyoshi Migita Minoru Hasegawa Manabu Fujimoto Shinichi Sato Shouhei Nagaoka Kazuhiko Takehara Shigeto Tohma Naoyuki Tsuchiya 《PloS one》2016,11(4)
ObjectiveSeveral studies on associations between human leukocyte antigen (HLA) allele frequencies and susceptibility to systemic sclerosis (SSc) have been reported. Anti-centromere antibodies (ACA) and anti-topoisomerase I antibodies (ATA) are found in SSc patients. Here, we sought to identify HLA alleles associated with SSc in Japanese, and explored their associations with SSc phenotypes including the presence of autoantibodies.MethodsAssociations of HLA-DRB1, DQB1, and DPB1 were analyzed in 463 Japanese SSc patients and 413 controls.ResultsWe found that DRB1*13:02 (P = 0.0011, Pc = 0.0319, odds ratio [OR] 0.46, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.29–0.73), DRB1*14:06 (P = 6.60X10-5, Pc = 0.0020, OR 0.05, 95%CI 0.01–0.41), DQB1*03:01 (P = 0.0009, Pc = 0.0150, OR 0.56, 95%CI 0.40–0.79), and DPB1*02:01 (P = 5.16X10-6, Pc = 8.77X10-5, OR 0.52, 95%CI 0.39–0.69) were protectively associated with SSc. In addition, these four alleles seemed to be independently associated with the protection against the susceptibility of SSc. On the other hand, we could not find predisposing alleles for overall SSc. With respect to SSc subsets, a tendency for these four alleles to be protectively associated was observed. However, there was a significant association between DRB1*01:01, DRB1*10:01, DQB1*05:01, and DPB1*04:02 and the susceptibility to SSc with ACA. On the other hand, the presence of DRB1*15:02, DQB1*06:01, DPB1*03:01, and DPB1*09:01 was associated with SSc with ATA.ConclusionThus, the present study has identified protective associations of the four HLA class II alleles with overall Japanese SSc and predisposing associations of HLA class II alleles with Japanese SSc subsets. 相似文献
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Background
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and systemic sclerosis (SSc) are systemic autoimmune connective tissue diseases that share overlapping clinico-pathological features. It is highly probable that there is an overlap in epigenetic landscapes of both diseases. This study aimed to identify similarities in DNA methylation changes in genes involved in SLE and SSc. Global DNA methylation and twelve genes selected on the basis of their involvement in inflammation, autoimmunity and/or fibrosis were analyzed using PCR arrays in three groups, each of 30 Black South Africans with SLE and SSc, plus 40 healthy control subjects.Results
Global methylation in both diseases was significantly lower (<25 %) than in healthy subjects (>30 %, p = 0.0000001). In comparison to healthy controls, a similar gene-specific methylation pattern was observed in both SLE and SSc. Three genes, namely; PRF1, ITGAL and FOXP3 were consistently hypermethylated while CDKN2A and CD70 were hypomethylated in both diseases. The other genes (SOCS1, CTGF, THY1, CXCR4, MT1-G, FLI1, and DNMT1) were generally hypomethylated in SLE whereas they were neither hyper- nor hypo-methylated in SSc.Conclusions
SSc and SLE patients have a higher global hypomethylation than healthy subjects with specific genes being hypomethylated and others hypermethylated. The majority of genes studied were hypomethylated in SLE compared to SSc. In addition to the commonly known hypomethylated genes in SLE and SSc, there are other hypomethylated genes (such as MT-1G and THY-1) that have not previously been investigated in SLE and SSc though are known to be hypermethylated in cancer. 相似文献20.
Hongwu Du Lili Shi Peng Chen Weikang Yang Yiping Xun Chunhe Yang Lanqing Zhao Yabin Zhou Guangyu Chen 《PloS one》2015,10(5)
ObjectiveIgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic systemic disease involved in many organs and tissues. As only limited autoantigens have been found since the beginning of this century, the aim of this study was to reveal new candidate autoantigens of IgG4-RD.MethodsMultiple cell lines including HT-29, EA.hy926, HEK 293 and HepG2 were used to test the binding ability of circulating autoantibodies from IgG4-RD sera. The amino-acid sequence was then analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight tandem (MALDI-TOF/TOF) mass spectrometry. After the cloning and expression of recombinant putative autoantigen in a bacterial expression system, the corresponding immuno assay was set up and utilized to observe the prevalence of serum autoantibodies in a large set of confirmed clinical samples.ResultsOne positive autoantigen was identified as prohibitin. ELISA analysis showed that a majority of patients with IgG4-RD have antibodies against prohibitin. Anti-prohibitin antibodies were present in the sera of patients with definite autoimmune pancreatitis (25/34; 73.5%), Mikulicz’s disease (8/15; 53.3%), retroperitoneal fibrosis (6/11; 54.5%), other probable IgG4-RD (26/29; 89.7%) and Sjögren’s syndrome (4/30; 13.3%) but not in apparently healthy donors (1/70; 1.4%).ConclusionsAn association between prohibitin and patients with some IgG4-RD was observed, although the results were quite heterogeneous among different individuals within autoimmune pancreatitis, Mikulicz’s disease and retroperitoneal fibrosis. 相似文献