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Noureen S, Rehman K, Hamid Akash MS. Natural immunity boosters as therapeutic interventions in the era of COVID-19 pandemic. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2022; 22:842-851. [PMID: 35016600 DOI: 10.2174/1871530322666220110113028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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COVID-19, a pandemic caused by SARS-CoV2 has been spread all over the world and is responsible for serious fatalities. SARS-CoV2 is included in the family of β-coronavirus that affects pulmonary gas exchange and triggers cytokines storm. Vigorous inflammation, hyper-coagulation, a decrease in lymphocytic count and an increase in neutrophilic count are observed in the second week after the onset of disease. Fever, dry cough, sneezing, shortness of breath and respiratory distress are the symptoms of COVID-19. Different preventive measures are taken to prevent the attack of coronavirus amongst social distancing, vaccination, wearing gloves and face masks and the use of sanitizers plays pivotal role. People with weak immunity are more susceptible to the attack of coronavirus. Various natural immunity boosters are known for their immune boosting properties among them are vitamin C, D, and B complex, medicinal mushrooms, plant-based stuff and minerals play important role by increasing the beneficial flora of human body. All these natural immunity boosters improve the innate and adaptive immune response against coronavirus. Hence, we conclude that the use of natural immunity boosters prevents the attack of coronavirus and make a person stronger against the suspected attack of COVID-19 and/or other viral diseases.
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- Sibgha Noureen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Rekvig OP. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Definitions, Contexts, Conflicts, Enigmas. Front Immunol 2018; 9:387. [PMID: 29545801 PMCID: PMC5839091 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an inadequately defined syndrome. Etiology and pathogenesis remain largely unknown. SLE is on the other hand a seminal syndrome that has challenged immunologists, biologists, genetics, and clinicians to solve its nature. The syndrome is characterized by multiple, etiologically unlinked manifestations. Unexpectedly, they seem to occur in different stochastically linked clusters, although single gene defects may promote a smaller spectrum of symptoms/criteria typical for SLE. There is no known inner coherence of parameters (criteria) making up the disease. These parameters are, nevertheless, implemented in The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and The Systemic Lupus Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) criteria to classify SLE. Still, SLE is an abstraction since the ACR or SLICC criteria allow us to define hundreds of different clinical SLE phenotypes. This is a major point of the present discussion and uses "The anti-dsDNA antibody" as an example related to the problematic search for biomarkers for SLE. The following discussion will show how problematic this is: the disease is defined through non-coherent classification criteria, its complexity is recognized and accepted, its pathogenesis is plural and poorly understood. Therapy is focused on dominant symptoms or organ manifestations, and not on the syndrome itself. From basic scientific evidences, we can add substantial amount of data that are not sufficiently considered in clinical medicine, which may change the paradigms linked to what "The Anti-DNA antibody" is-and is not-in context of the imperfectly defined syndrome SLE.
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- Ole Petter Rekvig
- Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Park JH, Lee JW, Choi H, Jung SK, Kim JS, Kim KW, Oh KB, Yang H, Byun SJ. Survival of Escherichia coli harboring nucleic acid-hydrolyzing 3D8 scFv during RNA virus infection. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2018; 94:286-292. [PMID: 29486271 PMCID: PMC7115797 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Previously, Escherichia coli harboring the codon-optimized 3D8scFv gene (E. coli 3D8scFv) was developed as a feed additive for use in preventing norovirus infection. Here, we evaluated whether the 3D8scFv gene affects the colonization of E coli when E. coli 3D8scFv passes through the mouse gastrointestinal tract. To determine the colonization ability of E. coli 3D8scFv, E. coli cells with or without the 3D8scFv gene were fed to mice. Total DNA was extracted from the animals’ stools, stomach, small intestine and colon. All samples were amplified using 3D8scFv gene-specific primer sets. E. coli 3D8scFv begins to be excreted 1 h after feeding and that all E. coli 3D8scFv cells were excreted between 12 and 24 h after the last feeding of the cells. The previously measured gastrointestinal transit time of the mice was between 8 h and 22 h. The results of this study therefore show that E. coli 3D8scFv cannot colonize the gastrointestinal tracts of mice. In addition, if the purified 3D8 scFv protein is used as a feed additive, any associated E. coli 3D8scFv bacteria will not colonize the gastrointestinal tracts of the livestock. Thus, this feed additive meets the safety assessment criteria for the commercial use of bacteria. It is evaluated whether E. coli 3D8scFv colonizes in the gastrointestinal tracts of mice. Orally ingested E. coli 3D8scFv is excreted from mice without colonization of the gastrointestinal tract. Purified 3D8 scFv is suitable for a feed additive according to the concept of substantial equivalence.
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- Jung-Ho Park
- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do 28116, South Korea
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- Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do 28116, South Korea; Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea
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- Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 55365, South Korea.
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Akhter F, Khan MS, Ahmad S. Acquired immunogenicity of calf thymus DNA and LDL modified by D-ribose: a comparative study. Int J Biol Macromol 2014; 72:1222-7. [PMID: 25450543 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2014.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Glycation of biologically important macromolecules leads to the establishment of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) having significant role in the pathophysiology of various diseases. d-Ribose, is a highly reactive pentose sugar resulting in the rapid formation of AGEs. Formation of d-ribose derived glycated DNA and LDL has been previously demonstrated; however no comparative, extensive studies have been performed to assess the immunogenicity of d-ribose glycated calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) and LDL. In the present study, the results showed that animals immunized with d-ribose modified CT-DNA and LDL induced antibodies as detected by direct binding and competition ELISA. The modified CT-DNA and LDL were found to be highly immunogenic, eliciting high titer immunogen-specific antibodies, while the native forms of DNA was almost non-immunogenic. The induced antibodies from modified CT-DNA and LDL exhibited wide range of heterogeneity in recognizing various nucleic acid conformers, DNA bases and amino acids. Furthermore, Serum antibodies from diabetes and diabetes atherosclerosis patients were screened for their binding to native CT-DNA, LDL and glycated CT-DNA, LDL. Glycated CT-DNA showed almost equivalent binding to both diabetes and diabetic atherosclerosis group while high recognition was observed when glycated LDL was used as an antigen.
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- Firoz Akhter
- Department of Bio-Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India; Department of Bio-Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India
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- Department of Bio-Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India
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- Department of Bio-Sciences, Integral University, Lucknow, 226026, India.
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Mikita CP, Padlan EA. Can we use DNA triple helices as treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus? Med Hypotheses 2014; 82:457-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Seredkina N, Van Der Vlag J, Berden J, Mortensen E, Rekvig OP. Lupus nephritis: enigmas, conflicting models and an emerging concept. Mol Med 2013; 19:161-9. [PMID: 23752208 DOI: 10.2119/molmed.2013.00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/04/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Autoantibodies to components of chromatin, which include double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), histones and nucleosomes, are central in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis. How anti-chromatin autoantibodies exert their nephritogenic activity, however, is controversial. One model assumes that autoantibodies initiate inflammation when they cross-react with intrinsic glomerular structures such as components of membranes, matrices or exposed nonchromatin ligands released from cells. Another model suggests glomerular deposition of autoantibodies in complex with chromatin, thereby inducing classic immune complex-mediated tissue damage. Recent data suggest acquired error of renal chromatin degradation due to the loss of renal DNaseI enzyme activity is an important contributing factor to the development of lupus nephritis in lupus-prone (NZBxNZW)F1 mice and in patients with lupus nephritis. Down-regulation of DNaseI expression results in reduced chromatin fragmentation and in deposition of extracellular chromatin-IgG complexes in glomerular basement membranes in individuals who produce IgG anti-chromatin autoantibodies. The main focus of the present review is to discuss whether exposed chromatin fragments in glomeruli are targeted by potentially nephritogenic anti-dsDNA autoantibodies or if the nephritogenic activity of these autoantibodies is explained by cross-reaction with intrinsic glomerular constituents or if both models coexist in diseased kidneys. In addition, the role of silencing of the renal DNaseI gene and the biological consequences of reduced chromatin fragmentation in nephritic kidneys are discussed.
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- Natalya Seredkina
- Molecular Pathology Research Group, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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Modifying the catalytic preference of tributyrin in Bacillus thermocatenulatus lipase through in-silico modeling of enzyme-substrate complex. Protein Eng Des Sel 2013; 26:325-33. [DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzt004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Shahab U, Moinuddin, Ahmad S, Dixit K, Abidi SA, Alam K, Ali A. Acquired immunogenicity of human DNA damaged by N-hydroxy-N-acetyl-4-aminobiphenyl. IUBMB Life 2012; 64:340-5. [DOI: 10.1002/iub.1008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2011] [Accepted: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Sustained Cytoplasmic Delivery and Anti-viral Effect of PLGA Nanoparticles Carrying a Nucleic Acid-Hydrolyzing Monoclonal Antibody. Pharm Res 2011; 29:932-42. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-011-0633-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Zein HS, El-Sehemy AA, Fares MO, ElHefnawi M, Teixeira da Silva JA, Miyatake K. Generation, characterization, and docking studies of DNA-hydrolyzing recombinant Fab antibodies. J Mol Recognit 2011; 24:862-74. [DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Molecular analysis of multicatalytic monoclonal antibodies. Mol Immunol 2010; 47:1747-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2010.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Nevinsky GA, Buneva VN. Peculiarities of abzymes from sera and milk of healthy donors and patients with autoimmune and viral diseases. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 74:945-61. [PMID: 19916905 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909090028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The detection of catalytic activity of antibodies is the earliest indicator of development of autoimmune diseases (AID). In early stages of AID, the repertoire of abzymes with various properties is relatively small, but it is greatly increased during their development. Catalytic diversity of the abzymes includes DNase, RNase, ATPase, and oxidoreductase activities; there are antibodies phosphorylating proteins, lipids, and polysaccharides. This review summarizes new data on abzyme heterogeneity and possible reasons for this phenomenon. A possible role of abzymes and their exceptional multiplicity in the pathogenesis of different AID is discussed.
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- G A Nevinsky
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
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Parkhomenko TA, Buneva VN, Tyshkevich OB, Generalov II, Doronin BM, Nevinsky GA. DNA-hydrolyzing activity of IgG antibodies from the sera of patients with tick-borne encephalitis. Biochimie 2010; 92:545-54. [PMID: 20138955 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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DNase autoantibodies (Abzs) can be found in the blood of patients with several autoimmune diseases, while the blood of healthy donors or patients with diseases with an insignificant disturbance of the immune status does not contain DNase Abzs. Here we present the first analysis of the DNase Abzs activity in the patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Several strict criteria have been applied to show that the DNase activity is an intrinsic property of IgGs from the sera of TBE patients but not from healthy donors. The relative activity of IgGs has been shown to vary extensively from patient to patient, but most of the preparations (91%) had detectable levels of the DNase activity. Polyclonal DNase IgGs were not active in the presence of EDTA or after a dialysis against EDTA, but could be activated by several externally added metal ions, with the level of activity decreasing in the order Mn(2+) + Ca(2+) > or = Mn(2+)+ Mg(2+) > or = Mn(2+) > or = Mg(2+) + Ca(2+) > or = Co(2+) > or = Mg(2+) > Ca(2+), while K(+), Na(+), Ni(2+), Zn(2+), and Cu(2+) did not stimulate DNA hydrolysis. Affinity chromatography on DNA-cellulose separated the DNase IgGs into many subfractions with various affinities for DNA and very different levels of the relative activity. Possible reasons for catalytic diversity of polyclonal human Abzs are discussed.
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- Taisiya A Parkhomenko
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Division, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Diamond B, Kowal C, Huerta PT, Aranow C, Mackay M, DeGiorgio LA, Lee J, Triantafyllopoulou A, Cohen-Solal J, Volpe BT. Immunity and acquired alterations in cognition and emotion: lessons from SLE. Adv Immunol 2009; 89:289-320. [PMID: 16682277 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(05)89007-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Classic immunologic teaching describes the brain as an immunologically privileged site. Studies of neuroimmunology have focused for many years almost exclusively on multiple sclerosis, a disease in which inflammatory cells actually infiltrate brain tissue, and the rodent model of this disease, experimental allergic encephalitis. Over the past decade, however, increasingly, brain-reactive antibodies have been demonstrated in the serum of patients with numerous neurological diseases. The contribution these antibodies make to neuronal dysfunction has, in general, not been determined. Here, we describe recent studies showing that serum antibodies to the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor occur frequently in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and can cause alterations in cognition and behavior following a breach in the blood-brain barrier.
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- Betty Diamond
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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Mortensen ES, Rekvig OP. Nephritogenic Potential of Anti-DNA Antibodies against Necrotic Nucleosomes. J Am Soc Nephrol 2009; 20:696-704. [DOI: 10.1681/asn.2008010112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Krasnorutskii MA, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Immunization of rabbits with DNase II leads to formation of polyclonal antibodies with DNase and RNase activities. Int Immunol 2009; 21:349-60. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxp004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Kim DS, Lee SH, Kim JS, Lee SC, Kwon MH, Kim YS. Generation of humanized anti-DNA hydrolyzing catalytic antibodies by complementarity determining region grafting. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 379:314-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.12.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Krasnorutskii MA, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Antibodies against RNA hydrolyze RNA and DNA. J Mol Recognit 2008; 21:338-47. [PMID: 18729241 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Immunization of animals with DNA leads to the production of anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) demonstrating both DNase and RNase activities. It is currently not known whether anti-RNA Abs can possess nuclease activities. In an attempt to address this question, we have shown that immunization of three rabbits with complex of RNA with methylated BSA (mBSA) stimulates production of IgGs with RNase and DNase activities belonging to IgGs, while polyclonal Abs from three non-immunized rabbits and three animals immunized with mBSA are catalytically inactive. Affinity chromatography of IgGs from the sera of autoimmune (AI) patients on DNA-cellulose usually demonstrates a number of fractions, all of which effectively hydrolyze both DNA and RNA, while rabbit catalytic IgGs were separated into Ab subfractions, some of which demonstrated only DNase activity, while others hydrolyzed RNA faster than DNA. The enzymic properties of the RNase and DNase IgGs from rabbits immunized with RNA distinguish them from all known canonical RNases and DNases and DNA- and RNA-hydrolyzing abzymes (Abzs) from patients with different AI diseases. In contrast to RNases and AI RNA-hydrolyzing Abs, rabbit RNase IgGs catalyze only the first step of the hydrolysis reaction but cannot hydrolyze the formed terminal 2',3'-cyclophosphate. The data indicate that Abzs of AI patients hydrolyzing nucleic acids in part may be Abs against RNA and its complexes with proteins.
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- Michael A Krasnorutskii
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrent'eva 8, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Manning HC, Lander A, McKinley E, Mutic NJ. Accelerating the development of novel molecular imaging probes: a role for high-throughput screening. J Nucl Med 2008; 49:1401-4. [PMID: 18703594 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.053009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Molecular imaging is a rapidly emerging research tool and clinical discipline aimed at noninvasive, quantitative visualization of in vivo molecular processes occurring at cellular and subcellular levels. At present, advancement of the molecular imaging field is driven by the development of improved imaging hardware for use in preclinical and clinical settings, the identification and validation of new, biologically relevant imaging targets, and the development of improved imaging probes derived from novel chemistries. Of these 3 essential facets, which comprise a majority of current molecular imaging research, hardware development and novel target discovery significantly outpace the development and clinical advancement of new molecular imaging probes, particularly with respect to cancer imaging.
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- H Charles Manning
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2310, USA.
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Park SY, Lee WR, Lee SC, Kwon MH, Kim YS, Kim JS. Crystal structure of single-domain VL of an anti-DNA binding antibody 3D8 scFv and its active site revealed by complex structures of a small molecule and metals. Proteins 2008; 71:2091-6. [PMID: 18338383 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Suk-Youl Park
- Department of Chemistry and Institute of Basic Sciences, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
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Krasnorutskii MA, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Antibodies against pancreatic ribonuclease A hydrolyze RNA and DNA. Int Immunol 2008; 20:1031-40. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Butler JE, Wertz N, Weber P, Lager KM. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Subverts Repertoire Development by Proliferation of Germline-Encoded B Cells of All Isotypes Bearing Hydrophobic Heavy Chain CDR3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 180:2347-56. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.4.2347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Immunogenicity of singlet oxygen modified human DNA: Implications for anti-DNA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Immunol 2007; 124:83-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.03.548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Revised: 11/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Butler JE, Lemke CD, Weber P, Sinkora M, Lager KM. Antibody repertoire development in fetal and neonatal piglets: XIX. Undiversified B cells with hydrophobic HCDR3s preferentially proliferate in the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:6320-31. [PMID: 17475861 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.10.6320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus (PRRSV) causes an extraordinary increase in the proportion of B cells resulting in lymphoid hyperplasia, hypergammaglobulinemia, and autoimmunity in neonatal piglets. Spectratypic analysis of B cells from neonatal isolator piglets show a non-Gaussian pattern with preferential expansion of clones bearing certain H chain third complementary region (HCDR3) lengths. However, only in PRRSV-infected isolator piglets was nearly the identical spectratype observed for all lymphoid tissues. This result suggests dissemination of the same dominant B cell clones throughout the body. B cell expansion in PRRS was not associated with preferential VH gene usage or repertoire diversification and these cells appeared to bear a naive phenotype. The B cell population observed during infection comprised those with hydrophobic HCDR3s, especially sequences encoded by reading frame 3 of DHA that generates the AMVLV motif. Thus, the hydropathicity profile of B cells after infection was skewed to favor those with hydrophobic binding sites, whereas the normally dominant region of the hydropathicity profile containing neutral HCDR3s was absent. We believe that the hypergammaglobulinemia results from the products of these cells. We speculate that PRRSV infection generates a product that engages the BCR of naive B cells, displaying the AMVLV and similar motifs in HCDR3 and resulting in their T-independent proliferation without repertoire diversification.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Kuznetsova IA, Orlovskaya IA, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Activation of DNA-hydrolyzing antibodies from the sera of autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mice by different metal ions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2007; 1774:884-96. [PMID: 17561457 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2007.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2007] [Revised: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We have shown previously that electrophoretically and immunologically homogeneous polyclonal IgGs from the sera of autoimmune-prone MRL mice possess DNase activity. Here we have analyzed for the first time activation of DNase antibodies (Abs) by different metal ions. Polyclonal DNase IgGs were not active in the presence of EDTA or after Abs dialysis against EDTA, but could be activated by several externally added metal (Me(2+)) ions, with the level of activity decreasing in the order Mn(2+)> or =Mg(2+)>Ca(2+)> or =Cu(2+)>Co(2+)> or =Ni(2+)> or =Zn(2+), whereas Fe(2+) did not stimulate hydrolysis of supercoiled plasmid DNA (scDNA) by the Abs. The dependencies of the initial rate on the concentration of different Me(2+) ions were generally bell-shaped, demonstrating one to four maxima at different concentrations of Me(2+) ions in the 0.1-12 mM range, depending on the particular metal ion. In the presence of all Me(2+) ions, IgGs pre-dialyzed against EDTA produced only the relaxed form of scDNA and then sequence-independent hydrolysis of relaxed DNA followed. Addition of Cu(2+), Zn(2+), or Ca(2+) inhibited the Mg(2+)-dependent hydrolysis of scDNA, while Ni(2+), Co(2+), and Mn(2+) activated this reaction. The Mn(2+)-dependent hydrolysis of scDNA was activated by Ca(2+), Ni(2+), Co(2+), and Mg(2+) ions but was inhibited by Cu(2+) and Zn(2+). After addition of the second metal ion, only in the case of Mg(2+) and Ca(2+) or Mn(2+) ions an accumulation of linear DNA (single strand breaks closely spaced in the opposite strands of DNA) was observed. Affinity chromatography on DNA-cellulose separated DNase IgGs into many subfractions with various affinities to DNA and very different levels of the relative activity (0-100%) in the presence of Mn(2+), Ca(2+), and Mg(2+) ions. In contrast to all human DNases having a single pH optimum, mouse DNase IgGs demonstrated several pronounced pH optima between 4.5 and 9.5 and these dependencies were different in the presence of Mn(2+), Ca(2+), and Mg(2+) ions. These findings demonstrate a diversity of the ability of IgG to function at different pH and to be activated by different optimal metal cofactors. Possible reasons for the diversity of polyclonal mouse abzymes are discussed.
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- Irina A Kuznetsova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 8 Lavrent'eva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Humphrey D, Rajfur Z, Imperiali B, Marriott G, Roy P, Jacobson K. Design, synthesis, and characterization of caged compounds. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2007; 2007:pdb.ip25. [PMID: 21356919 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.ip25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Rekvig OP, Bendiksen S, Moens U. Immunity and autoimmunity induced by polyomaviruses: clinical, experimental and theoretical aspects. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2006; 577:117-47. [PMID: 16626032 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-32957-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this chapter, polyomaviruses will be presented in an immunological context. Principal observations will be discussed to elucidate humoral and cellular immune responses to different species of the polyomaviruses and to individual viral structural and regulatory proteins. The role of immune responses towards the viruses or their proteins in context of protection against polyomavirus induced tumors will be described. One central aspect of this presentation is the ability of polyomaviruses, and particularly large T-antigen, to terminate immunological tolerance to nucleosomes, DNA and histones. Thus, in the present chapter we will focus on clinical, experimental and theoretical aspects of the immunity to polyomaviruses.
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Kim YR, Kim JS, Lee SH, Lee WR, Sohn JN, Chung YC, Shim HK, Lee SC, Kwon MH, Kim YS. Heavy and Light Chain Variable Single Domains of an Anti-DNA Binding Antibody Hydrolyze Both Double- and Single-stranded DNAs without Sequence Specificity. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:15287-95. [PMID: 16551636 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600937200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) are of biomedical interest because they are associated with autoimmune diseases in human and mice. Previously we isolated an anti-DNA monoclonal Ab 3D8 from an autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mouse. Here we have characterized DNA binding kinetics and hydrolyzing activities of the recombinant single chain variable fragment (scFv) and the single variable domains of heavy chain (VH) and light chain (VL) using various single-stranded (ss) and double-stranded (ds) DNA substrates. All the Abs bound to both ds- and ssDNAs without significant preferential sequence specificity showing scFv higher affinities (KD = approximately 17-74 nm) than VH (KD = approximately 2.4-8.4 microm) and VL (KD = approximately 3.2-72 microm), and efficiently hydrolyzed both ds- and ssDNAs without sequence specificity in a Mg2+-dependent manner, except for the poor activity of 3D8 scFv for ss-(dT)40. Elucidated crystal structure-based His to Ala mutations on the complementarity determining regions of VH (His-H35 --> Ala) and/or VL (His-L94 --> Ala) of 3D8 scFv significantly inhibited the catalytic activities, indicating that the His residues are involved in the catalytic mechanism of 3D8 scFv. However, the DNA hydrolyzing activities of single domain VH and VL were not affected by the mutations, indicative of their different catalytic mechanisms from that of 3D8 scFv. Our results demonstrate single domain Abs with DNase activities for the first time, which might provide new insights into substrate recognition and catalytic mechanisms of anti-DNA Abs.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/chemistry
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/genetics
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- DNA/genetics
- DNA/metabolism
- DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics
- DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism
- Humans
- Hydrolysis
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Fragments/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains/chemistry
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains/genetics
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains/metabolism
- In Vitro Techniques
- Kinetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred MRL lpr
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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- Young-Rim Kim
- Department of Microbiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, San 5, Woncheon-dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon 443-749, Korea
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Haugbro K, Nossent JC, Winkler T, Figenschau Y, Rekvig OP. Anti-dsDNA antibodies and disease classification in antinuclear antibody positive patients: the role of analytical diversity. Ann Rheum Dis 2004; 63:386-94. [PMID: 15020332 PMCID: PMC1754943 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.016303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND The presence of "anti-DNA antibodies in abnormal titres" is a well established criterion for SLE classification, but there is no agreement on the performance of this test. OBJECTIVE To study the correlation between clinical findings and five different solid and solution phase anti-DNA antibody assays. METHODS 158 consecutively collected ANA positive sera were studied in a double blind fashion. Anti-DNA antibodies were determined by different solid phase assays (ssDNA-, dsDNA- specific ELISA, EliA anti-dsDNA assay, Crithidia luciliae assay), and by an experimental solution phase anti-DNA assay using biotinylated pUC18 plasmid, human, calf thymus, and E coli DNA. Antibody affinity was determined by surface plasmon resonance. Clinical data were obtained independently of the laboratory analyses and later related to the anti-dsDNA findings. RESULTS Anti-dsDNA antibodies were most frequently detected by ELISA, but were not specific for SLE as they were present in up to 30% of other disease groups. Those detected by the Crithidia luciliae assay were predictive for SLE, while antibodies binding in solution phase ELISA using the pUC18 correlated strongly with the Crithidia luciliae assay. Surface plasmon resonance analysis showed that antibody binding to pUC18 was not due to higher relative affinity for dsDNA in general, but apparently to specificity for that plasmid DNA. Serum samples from three patients with lupus nephritis were positive in both pUC18 solution phase and Crithidia luciliae assays. CONCLUSIONS Assay principle selection is decisive for the detection of clinically significant anti-DNA antibodies. Revision of the anti-DNA antibody criterion in the SLE classification may be needed.
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- K Haugbro
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway
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Villalta D, Romelli PB, Savina C, Bizzaro N, Tozzoli R, Tonutti E, Ghirardello A, Doria A. Anti-dsDNA antibody avidity determination by a simple reliable ELISA method for SLE diagnosis and monitoring. Lupus 2003; 12:31-6. [PMID: 12587824 DOI: 10.1191/0961203303lu277oa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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High avidity anti-dsDNA antibodies are more specific for SLE diagnosis, and more closely associated with renal involvement than intermediate or low-affinity anti-dsDNA antibodies. ELISA methods are largely used to detect anti-dsDNA, but their high sensitivity is inversely related to specificity because they also detect low avidity antibodies. We developed an ELISA assay based on the law of mass action and the competitive binding of dsDNA in solution and coated to microwells with anti-dsDNA antibodies. A simplified Scatchard plot analysis system was used to measure anti-dsDNA antibody avidity which was expressed as apparent affinity constant (Kaa), and quantified in liters per unit (I/U). We prospectively studied 101 consecutive SLE patients, who were followed for 3 years; three serum samples were sequentially collected from each patient during follow-up for determination of IgG anti-dsDNA antibody concentration, and anti-dsDNA avidity. SLE disease activity was estimated using the European Consensus Lupus Activity Measure (ECLAM) index. Sera from 100 healthy subjects and 133 patients with other connective tissue diseases or infectious diseases were also assayed as controls. The mean Kaa in SLE patients was 65.2 +/- 47.3 l/U, with no variations over time. Anti-dsDNA-positive SLE patients had higher Kaa values (79.1 +/- 46.8) than anti-dsDNA negative patients (27.2 +/- 20.1; P < 0.001). No correlation emerged between anti-dsDNA avidity and the ECLAM activity index score. Avidity was significantly higher in patients with renal involvement vs patients without this complication (78.2 +/- 50 vs 59.9 +/- 45.6 l/U; P = 0.0013). This simple ELISA method could be very useful in the diagnostic phase to differentiate high avidity anti-dsDNA autoantibodies that are characteristically found in SLE patients from low avidity antibodies that can also be found in other inflammatory diseases. Moreover, our data confirm the predictive value of high avidity anti-dsDNA antibodies for the development of lupus nephritis.
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- D Villalta
- Servizio di Microbiologia e Immunologia, Azienda Ospedaliera 'S.Maria degli Angeli', Pordenone, Italy
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Rekvig OP, Nossent JC. Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies, nucleosomes, and systemic lupus erythematosus: a time for new paradigms? ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2003; 48:300-12. [PMID: 12571837 DOI: 10.1002/art.10739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- O P Rekvig
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
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- Jien-Wen Chien
- Department of Pediatrics, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan
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Beger E, Deocharan B, Edelman M, Erblich B, Gu Y, Putterman C. A peptide DNA surrogate accelerates autoimmune manifestations and nephritis in lupus-prone mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:3617-26. [PMID: 11907127 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.7.3617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lupus-associated anti-DNA Abs display features of Ag selection, yet the triggering Ag in the disease is unknown. We previously demonstrated that the peptide DWEYSVWLSN is bound by a pathogenic anti-DNA Ab, and that immunization of nonautoimmune mice with this peptide induces autoantibodies and renal Ig deposition. To elucidate differences in the induced B cell responses in mice genetically predisposed to autoimmunity, young (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice were immunized with this peptide DNA mimetope. DWEYSVWLSN-immunized mice had significantly increased IgG anti-dsDNA, anti-laminin, and anti-cardiolipin Ab titers compared with controls. In addition, glomerular histopathology in the form of endocapillary disease and crescent formation was markedly more severe in DWEYSVWLSN-immunized mice. Analysis of mAbs from DWEYSVWLSN-immunized mice revealed that anti-peptide Abs were often cross-reactive with DNA. Genetic elements used in the Ab response in immunized mice were homologous to those used in the spontaneous anti-DNA response in (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice, as well as in other, experimentally induced anti-DNA Abs. Our results indicate that peptide immunization can induce a molecular genetic response common to a variety of stimuli that break tolerance to mammalian dsDNA. Based on the similarity between spontaneously arising anti-DNA Abs and several types of induced anti-DNA Abs, we suggest that there may be more than a single Ag that can trigger systemic lupus erythematosus.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/biosynthesis
- Antibodies, Antinuclear/metabolism
- Clone Cells
- Cross Reactions
- DNA/immunology
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/genetics
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/genetics
- Injections, Subcutaneous
- Lupus Nephritis/genetics
- Lupus Nephritis/immunology
- Lupus Nephritis/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred NZB
- Molecular Mimicry/genetics
- Molecular Mimicry/immunology
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oligopeptides/administration & dosage
- Oligopeptides/immunology
- Oligopeptides/metabolism
- Vaccines, DNA/administration & dosage
- Vaccines, DNA/immunology
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- Erik Beger
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Sun Y, Fong KY, Chung MC, Yao ZJ. Peptide mimicking antigenic and immunogenic epitope of double-stranded DNA in systemic lupus erythematosus. Int Immunol 2001; 13:223-32. [PMID: 11157855 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/13.2.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Autoantibodies to double-stranded (ds) DNA are an important diagnostic marker and pathogenic factor for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Identifying dsDNA mimotopes is a way to discover diagnostic and therapeutic candidates for SLE. 'Mono-specific' SLE anti-dsDNA antibodies were obtained by affinity purification using dsDNA-coupled Sepharose column. Using the anti-dsDNA antibodies to screen a phage peptide library, we were able to identify a mimotope that has a motif peptide sequence of RLTSSLRYNP. This chemically synthesized peptide could be recognized by 88% (37 out of 42) of anti-dsDNA antibody-positive SLE sera with a cut-off point at mean + 3 SD of the negative control sera at OD(492). The reaction of the peptide with SLE sera in ELISA was highly correlated with that of dsDNA (r = 0.809, P < 0.0001). Of particular interest, not only dsDNA but also single-stranded (ss) DNA and native RNA could inhibit the binding of the peptide with SLE sera, suggesting that the mimotope is shared by ds and ssDNAs as well as native RNA, whereas denatured RNA was not observed to inhibit the binding. The peptide was also able to elicit an immune response in rabbits and the anti-peptide rabbit serum was observed to cross-react with the peptide, ss and dsDNAs, and ss and dsDNAs could inhibit the binding of the anti-peptide serum and the peptide. However, the inhibition was not obtained with RNA. Our findings demonstrate the potential of the peptide mimic in diagnostic tests of SLE, and in the investigation of anti-DNA antibody origin and of DNA-anti-DNA antibody interaction.
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- Y Sun
- Bioprocessing Technology Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
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Kumar S, Kalsi J, Ravirajan CT, Rahman A, Athwal D, Latchman DS, Isenberg DA, Pearl LH. Molecular cloning and expression of the Fabs of human autoantibodies in Escherichia coli. Determination of the heavy or light chain contribution to the anti-DNA/-cardiolipin activity of the Fab. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:35129-36. [PMID: 10893224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001976200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Fabs of three human autoantibodies (B3/33H11, anti-DNA; UK4, anti-phospholipid) and six related hybrids have been cloned, expressed in Escherichia coli, and purified to homogeneity. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blot analysis of the recombinant Fab demonstrated the purified Fab to be of correct size and in assembled form. Protein expression levels of up to 5-9 mg per liter of culture were achievable. A sensitive and reliable comparative anti-DNA enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, involving a defined biotinylated 35-mer oligonucleotide in its single- or double-stranded form, is also described. Crithidia assay and anti-DNA or anti-cardiolipin antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay analyses demonstrated convincing binding of the recombinant Fab proteins to DNA/cardiolipin, confirming the expression of functional molecule. The comparative DNA/cardiolipin binding analyses of the nine Fabs revealed that the anti-DNA (light, B3/33H11) or anti-cardiolipin (heavy, UK4) activity lies predominantly on one of the two chains. However, a compatible partner chain is necessary for optimum antigen binding activity of the antibody.
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- S Kumar
- Centre for Rheumatology, Bloomsbury Rheumatology Unit, the Department of Medicine and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London W1P 9PG, UK.
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Wang Y, Mi J, Cao X. Anti-DNA antibodies exhibit different binding motif preferences for single stranded or double stranded DNA. Immunol Lett 2000; 73:29-34. [PMID: 10963808 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(00)00194-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A common feature for most anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) is their induction in an antigen (Ag)-driven specific clonal expansion pattern though crossreactivity. However, the fine sequences in DNA Ags that interact directly with immune system and the ability of DNA to induce immune responses is poorly understood. In order to define the characteristics of possible antigenic determinants in DNA Ags, we immunized mice with the pBR322 plasmid and used antisera as source of anti-DNA Abs. A systemic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) procedure was performed on an oligodeoxynucleotide library either in single stranded (ss-) or double stranded (ds-) form. The SELEXed fragments were cloned and sequenced. The resulting sequences were analyzed using the Multiple Alignment Construction and Analysis Workbench program. We show that the fragments of ss- or ds- form bound by a same stock of antibodies were different in their conserved sequences. ss-DNA fragments recognized by anti-DNA Abs were rich in cacc, caccc, accc or cccc blocks, while the same stock of Abs exhibited significant preference for the (5'gcg3'/3'cgc5') motif located in ds-DNA. At the same time sera from unimmunized control mice showed no sequence preference in either ss-DNA or ds-DNA. Future improvement of this work and the potential use of SELEX for studies of DNA Ags are also discussed.
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- Y Wang
- Department of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Bredholt G, Olaussen E, Moens U, Rekvig OP. Linked production of antibodies to mammalian DNA and to human polyomavirus large T antigen: footprints of a common molecular and cellular process? ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1999; 42:2583-92. [PMID: 10616004 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199912)42:12<2583::aid-anr11>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test whether the presence of antibodies to human polyomavirus large T antigen, a viral DNA-binding protein essential for productive polyomavirus replication, correlates with the presence of antibodies to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), or the autologous TATA-binding protein (TBP). METHODS Sera from patients with various diagnosed or suspected autoimmune syndromes were analyzed for the presence of antibodies to T antigen, DNA, or TATA-binding protein, and correlations were determined. Rheumatoid factor (RF) was studied as a control antibody. RESULTS A highly significant correlation between antibodies to T antigen and antibodies to ssDNA or TATA-binding protein, but not between anti-T antigen antibodies and RF, was found in all patient groups. Of all sera that were positive for antibodies to dsDNA, 62% were positive for antibodies to T antigen (P<0.03). CONCLUSION A non-self DNA-binding protein such as human polyomavirus large T antigen may render DNA immunogenic upon binding to nucleosomes when expressed in vivo. This is indicated by the strong correlation between antibodies to T antigen and antibodies to DNA or TBP and is consistent with a hapten-carrier model. This model implies cognate antigen-selective interaction of T antigen-specific T helper cells and DNA-specific B cells or B cells specific for other components of nucleosomes, consistent with the results of previous experiments.
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García-González E, Ahued-Ahued R, Arroyo E, Montes-De-Oca D, Granados J. Immunology of the cutaneous disorders of pregnancy. Int J Dermatol 1999; 38:721-9. [PMID: 10561041 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1999.00810.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bůzek J, Kuderová A, Pexa T, Stanková V, Lauerová L, Palecek E. Monoclonal antibody against DNA adducts with osmium structural probes. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1999; 17:41-50. [PMID: 10496420 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1999.10508339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Osmium tetroxide complexes with nitrogen ligands (Os,L) have been widely used as probes of the DNA structure. A monoclonal antibody OsBP7H8 against DNA adducts with Os,L was produced in mice. OsBP7H8 does not bind to proteins or total yeast RNA modified with Os,2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) nor to the unmodified nucleic acids and proteins. The antibody recognizes DNA modified with Os,bipy (DNA-Os,bipy) or with OsO4,1,10-phenanthroline (DNA-Os,phen) but it does not cross-react with oxidized DNA and with DNA adducts of osmium tetroxide complexes with other ligands (such as pyridine, TEMED and bathophenanthroline disulfonic acid). The affinity of OsBP7H8 to DNA-Os,phen is about five-fold higher as compared to DNA-Os,bipy. The antibody can be thus applied either for recognition of single-stranded and distorted regions in DNA (after DNA modification with Os,bipy) or for detection of both single-stranded and double-stranded DNAs (after DNA modification with Os,phen). A new simplified procedure for the dot-blot analysis is proposed, not requiring the purification of DNA-osmium adduct prior to its application to the membrane.
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- J Bůzek
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Královopolská
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Chen Y, Stollar BD. DNA Binding by the VH Domain of Anti-Z-DNA Antibody and Its Modulation by Association of the VL Domain. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.8.4663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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mAb Z22 is a highly selective IgG anti-Z-DNA Ab from an immunized C57BL/6 mouse. Previous studies showed that heavy chain CDR3 amino acids are critical for Z-DNA binding by the single chain variable fragment (scFv) comprising both V region heavy chain (VH) and V region light chain (VL) of mAb Z22 and that the VH domain alone binds Z-DNA with an affinity similar to that of whole variable fragment (Fv). To determine whether Z-DNA binding by VH alone and by Fv involves identical complementarity determining region residues, we tested effects of single or multiple amino acid substitutions in recombinant VH, scFv, and associated VH-VL heterodimers. Each recombinant product was a fusion protein with a B domain of Staphylococcal protein A (SPA). Z22VH-SPA alone was not highly selective; it bound strongly to other polynucleotides, particularly polypyrimidines, and ssDNA as well as to Z-DNA. In contrast, scFv-SPA or associated VH-VL dimers bound only to Z-DNA. VL-SPA domains bound weakly to Z-DNA; SPA alone did not bind. Introduction of multiple substitutions revealed that the third complementarity determining region of the heavy chain (CDR3H) was critical for both VH and scFv binding to Z-DNA. However, single substitutions that eliminated or markedly reduced Z-DNA binding by scFv instead caused a modest increase or no reduction in binding by VH alone. Association of VH-SPA with Z22VL-SPA restored both the effects of single substitutions and Z-DNA selectivity seen with Fv and intact Ab. Polypyrimidine and ssDNA binding by the isolated VH domain of immunization-induced anti-Z-DNA Ab resembles the activity of natural autoantibodies and suggests that VH-dependent binding to a ligand mimicked by polypyrimidines may play a role in B cell selection before immunization with Z-DNA.
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- Yan Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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