Induction of anti-pepsin antibodies after immunization with pepsin-extracted collagen

Matrix : Collagen and Related Research
G J ZlabingerC Steffen

Abstract

Immunization with pepsin-extracted human type II collagen purified by different precipitation steps, although not showing any contamination with the enzyme on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, resulted in the generation of antibodies to the enzyme in addition to an immune response to collagen. These antibodies could be removed by immune absorption on a pepsin affinity column, leaving reactivity to type II collagen unaltered. High performance liquid chromatography on hydroxylapatite columns indicated that pepsin remained associated with the collagen molecules even after repeated precipitation and coeluted with a fraction of the collagen preparation. These results demonstrate that pepsin-extracted collagens may contain minimal amounts of the enzyme. On immunization, these impurities may induce the formation of unwanted antibodies, which might simulate a false specificity of the antibody preparation.

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