Dissociation of immune responses to the SS-A (Ro) 52-kd and 60-kd polypeptides in systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome

Arthritis and Rheumatism
E Ben-ChetritE M Tan

Abstract

The cellular RNA particle SS-A (Ro) is a target of autoimmune response in many patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recent immunologic, biochemical, and DNA cloning studies have shown that the SS-A particle consists of at least 2 polypeptide components, of 52 kd and 60 kd. Immunodiffusion analysis of 60 sera from patients with primary SS revealed 47 (78%) to be SS-A precipitin positive. Western blotting studies of the sera showed 3 groups of reactivities: 22 (47%) possessed autoantibodies against both the 60-kd and the 52-kd polypeptides, 19 (40%) reacted only with the 52-kd protein, and 6 (13%) were nonreactive in Western blots although positive in immunodiffusion. Fifty-one of 90 SLE sera (57%) were SS-A precipitin positive by immunodiffusion. In Western blots, 24 (47%) possessed antibodies against both the 60-kd and the 52-kd antigens, while 9 (18%) reacted only with the 60-kd protein. Eighteen (35%) were nonreactive by Western blot, although positive by immunodiffusion. Antibody to the 52-kd antigen without concomitant antibody to the 60-kd antigen was seen only in patients with primary SS, whereas antibody to the 60-kd antigen without concomitant antibody to the 52-kd antigen was se...Continue Reading

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