Abstract
Neutropenia is frequently observed in a variety of autoimmune disorders. As the mechanism of neutropenia in these disorders, the destruction of neutrophils by anti-neutrophil autoantibodies has been believed since elevated levels of neutrophil-associated IgG (NAIgG) have been described. However, no data exists to characterize the nature of NAIgG and show NAIgG is an anti-neutrophil autoantibodies. We investigated whether the elevated NAIgG in these patients consists of anti-neutrophil autoantibodies. The NAIgGs of 91 patients with autoimmune disorders including 50 patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, 13 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, 11 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and 10 patients with Graves' disease were analyzed. The level of NAIgG was high in 36 of 91 patients. Elution studies were performed to determine whether NAIgG has a nature of autoantibodies. In model experiments, the ether eluate from neutrophils sensitized with neutrophil-specific alloantibody (anti-NA2) reacted with donor neutrophils, whereas the eluates from those with model immune complexes (ICs) failed. These data indicated that the ether elution technique is useful to determine whether NAIgG consists of anti-neutrophil autoa...Continue Reading
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