HCV-NS3 and IgG-Fc crossreactive IgM in patients with type II mixed cryoglobulinemia and B-cell clonal proliferations

Leukemia
Valli De ReSalvatore De Vita

Abstract

We demonstrate that in three cases of MC (two with immunocytoma), the IgM-RF+ component of their cryoprecipitated represents the circulating counterpart of the B-cell receptor (BCR) of the monoclonal overexpanded B-cell population. These IgMs were isolated and used to demonstrate a crossreactivity against both hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 antigen and the Fc portion of IgG. Epitopes were identified in a fraction of exemplary samples by using epitope excision approach (NS(31250-1334) and IgG Fc(345-355)). The same phenomenon of crossreactivity has been shown to occur in vivo after immunization of a mouse with the NS3(1251-1270) peptide. To verify if the same reaction was also present in MC samples characterized by an oligo/polyclonal B-cell proliferation, IgM crossreactivity was tested in 14 additional samples. Five out of the 14 were reactive against HCV NS3 and 11 out of 14 were reactive against IgG-Fc peptide. The data support the role of HCV NS3 antigen in a subset of patients with MC, whereas the high frequency of the IgG-Fc epitope suggests that these B cells originate from precursors strongly selected for auto-IgG specificity. We suggest that engagement of specific BCRs by NS3 (or NS3-immunocomplex) antigen could explain th...Continue Reading

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