Cross-reactivity of human IgG anti-F(ab')2 antibody with DNA and other nuclear antigens

Arthritis and Rheumatism
R C WilliamsF Silvestris

Abstract

To characterize immunologic specificity and possible antiidiotype activity of IgG anti-F(ab')2 in normal subjects as well as in patients with active and inactive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). IgG anti-F(ab')2 and anti-double-stranded DNA (anti-dsDNA) were affinity isolated from immunoadsorption columns of F(ab')2 and dsDNA linked to Sepharose 4B. Affinity-purified IgG anti-F(ab')2 (APAF) and affinity-isolated IgG anti-dsDNA (APAD) were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for other cross-reacting specificities including anti-Sm, anti-Sm/RNP, and anti- Crithidia binding. Anti-DNA specificity of APAF and APAD was assayed by S1 nuclease treatment of heat-denatured DNA. Rabbit antiidiotypic antisera were prepared by immunization with APAF and APAD from normal subjects and SLE patients and absorption with insolubilized human Cohn fraction II (Fr II). VL and VH regions of 5 monoclonal IgM antibodies with anti-F(ab')2/anti-DNA specificity generated by Epstein-Barr virus B cell stimulation were sequenced by polymerase chain reaction and characterized for VH and VL subgroup. APAF and APAD were also examined by high-resolution electron microscopy for possible ring forms indicative of antiidiotypic V-region interactio...Continue Reading

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