PMID: 2491608Jan 1, 1989Paper

Monoclonal antibody against the lupus antigen Sm cross-reacts with RNA polymerase I

Autoimmunity
P Morris, D A Stetler

Abstract

Monoclonal anti-Sm antibody, a specificity directed against a constituent of nuclear ribonucleoprotein and considered to be a marker for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), was tested for its ability to react with four other rheumatic disease antigens of known enzymatic activity. No binding of the antibody was observed in radioimmunoassays with immobilized protein kinase NII, poly(A) polymerase, or topoisomerase I. In contrast, anti-Sm antibody did react with RNA polymerase I. Under conditions of antibody excess, anti-Sm was determined to bind RNA polymerase I on an equimolar basis, indicating that the polymerase possesses a single epitope recognized by the anti-Sm antibody. Addition of the anti-Sm antibody to in vitro transcription reactions resulted in inhibition of RNA polymerase I activity but had no effect on the reaction catalyzed by RNA polymerase II. When the subunits of RNA polymerase I were separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under denaturing conditions and incorporated individually into the radioimmunoassay, anti-Sm antibody bound only to the sixth polymerase polypeptide (Mr, 21,000). These data establish an immunological relationship between two important rheumatic disease antigens and help explain the a...Continue Reading

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Oct 3, 2009·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·Christoph Schaniel, Kateri A Moore

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