Abstract
We isolated a 27-kD protein using cation exchange chromatography from an acid extract of neutrophil granules. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of the first 10 residues showed that this protein is azurocidin, a member of the family of neutral serine proteinase found in the neutrophil, which shares amino acid sequence homology with the three other neutral serine proteinases, elastase, proteinase 3 (PR3) and cathepsin G, but unlike them is without proteolytic activity. To test whether, in addition to these proteases, azurocidin might be a target for the humoral autoimmune responses associated with human vasculitis, 185 indirect immunofluorescence (IIF)-positive ANCA sera, made up of four groups of sera with specificities for PR3 (n=37), myeloperoxidase (MPO; n=50), bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI; n=41) and sera that recognized none of them (triple negative, n=57), and 46 normal sera were screened for IgG anti-azurocidin antibodies using an ELISA incorporating purified azurocidin. Twenty of the 185 IIF-positive sera and 2/46 normal sera displayed reactivity with azurocidin. Positive sera could blot the 27-kD band by Western blot analysis. Further study of the 20 positive sera revealed that: (i) 10 also had...Continue Reading
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