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Pisetsky DS, Shaffer R, Armstrong DD, Spencer DM. The interaction of anti-DNA antibodies with DNA antigen: Evidence for hysteresis for high avidity binding. Clin Immunol 2021; 231:108848. [PMID: 34492381 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2021.108848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Antibodies to DNA (anti-DNA) are the serological hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus. Previous studies have indicated that the phosphodiester backbone is the main antigenic target, with electrostatic interactions important for high avidity. To define further these interactions, the effects of ionic strength on anti-DNA binding of SLE plasmas were assessed in association and dissociation assays by ELISA. As these studies demonstrated, increasing ionic strength to a concentration of 1000 mM NaCl reduced antibody binding although the extent of the reduction varied among samples. In dissociation assays, differences among plasmas were also observed. For one of the plasmas, binding to DNA displayed resistance to dissociation by increasing ionic strength even though these concentrations limited binding in association assays. Time course studies showed a gradual change in binding interactions. These studies indicate that anti-DNA binding can involve both electrostatic and non-electrostatic interactions, with binding in some plasmas showing evidence of hysteresis.
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- David S Pisetsky
- Medical Research Service, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Pradhan V, Pandit P, Surve P, Lecerf M, Rajadhyaksha A, Nadkar M, Khadilkar PV, Chougule DA, Naigaonkar AA, Lacroix-Desmazes S, Bayry J, Ghosh K, Kaveri SV. Catalytic antibodies in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Eur J Rheumatol 2018; 5:173-178. [PMID: 30185370 DOI: 10.5152/eurjrheum.2018.17194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Antibodies with catalytic (hydrolytic) properties to DNA or RNA have been reported in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, it is well known that ethnicity plays an important role in the presentation of SLE and severity of the disease; hence, these data may not truly represent a general feature of all SLE patients. Therefore, we have analyzed the hydrolyzing activity of immunoglobulin G (IgG) of SLE patients from the Indian population with an aim to decode whether the catalytic antibody response represents part of an active disease process. METHODS IgGs were isolated from the sera of 72 consecutive patients diagnosed with SLE. As a control, IgGs from healthy donors were used. The catalytic activity of IgG was measured by PFR-MCA and affinity-linked oligonucleotide nuclease assay. RESULTS IgGs from patients with SLE from the Indian subcontinent displayed significantly higher hydrolysis rates of both the surrogate substrate, PFR-MCA, and the DNA than IgG from healthy individuals. Intergroup comparisons of the IgG-PFR-MCA interactions with clinical manifestations of the disease demonstrated a significantly increased level of hydrolysis among the patients with renal involvement who tested positive for anti-dsDNA antibodies. The PFR-MCA hydrolysis also appears to be associated with the active disease (p=0.0988, vs. inactive group). CONCLUSION The prevalence of catalytic antibodies represents a general feature of SLE patients, irrespective of their origin.
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- Vandana Pradhan
- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1138, Paris, France.,Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1138, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 1138, Paris, France
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- Department of Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1138, Paris, France.,Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1138, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 1138, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1138, Paris, France.,Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1138, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 1138, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Immunology, National Institute of Immunohaematology, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 1138, Paris, France.,Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Equipe - Immunopathologie et Immunointervention Thérapeutique, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, UMR S 1138, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 1138, Paris, France
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Xia Y, Eryilmaz E, Zhang Q, Cowburn D, Putterman C. Anti-DNA antibody mediated catalysis is isotype dependent. Mol Immunol 2015; 69:33-43. [PMID: 26655427 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2015.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Anti-DNA antibodies are the serological hallmark of systemic lupus erythematosus, and participate in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis by cross-reacting with multiple renal antigens. Previously, using a panel of murine anti-DNA IgGs that share identical variable regions but that differ in the constant regions, we demonstrated that the cross-reaction and renal pathogenicity of anti-DNA antibodies are isotype dependent. In this study, we investigated the catalytic potential of this anti-DNA antibody panel, and determined its isotype dependency. The three isotype switch variants (IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b) and the parent IgG3 PL9-11 anti-DNA antibodies were compared in their catalysis of 500 base pair linear double stranded DNA and a 12-mer peptide (ALWPPNLHAWVP), by gel analysis, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The binding affinity of anti-DNA antibodies to double stranded DNA and peptide antigens were assessed by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance. We found that the PL9-11 antibody isotypes vary significantly in their potential to catalyze the cleavage of both linear and double stranded DNA and the proteolysis of peptides. The degree of the cleavage and proteolysis increases with the incubation temperature and time. While different PL9-11 isotypes have the same initial attack sites within the ALWPPNLHAWVP peptide, there was no correlation between binding affinity to the peptide and proteolysis rates. In conclusion, the catalytic properties of anti-DNA antibodies are isotype dependent. This finding provides further evidence that antibodies that share the same variable region, but which have different constant regions, are functionally distinct. The catalytic effects modulated by antibody constant regions need to be considered in the design of therapeutic antibodies (abzymes) and peptides designed to block pathogenic autoantibodies.
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- Yumin Xia
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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- College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; Division of Rheumatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Seo Y, Jun HR, Lee J, Park H, Kim M, Lee Y, Kwon MH. In-Cell RNA Hydrolysis Assay: A Method for the Determination of the RNase Activity of Potential RNases. Mol Biotechnol 2015; 57:506-12. [PMID: 25632893 PMCID: PMC4432088 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-015-9844-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Conventional procedures to assay RNA degradation by a protein with ribonuclease (RNase) activity require a step to isolate intact RNA molecules, which are used as a substrate. Here, we established a novel “In-cell RNA hydrolysis assay” in which RNAs within cells are used as a substrate for the RNA-hydrolyzing protein, thereby avoiding the need to prepare intact RNA molecules. In this method, the degree of RNA degradation is indicated by the fluorescence intensity of RNA molecules released from fixed and permeabilized cells following treatment with the potential RNase. A catalytic 3D8 antibody capable of degrading RNAs and pancreatic RNase A were used as model RNases. Our data demonstrate that the novel In-cell RNA hydrolysis assay is a reliable and sensitive method to analyze the activities of potential RNA-hydrolyzing proteins such as catalytic antibodies.
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- Youngsil Seo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School, Ajou University, 206 World Cup-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, 443-749, South Korea
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A Novel Method for Real-Time, Continuous, Fluorescence-Based Analysis of Anti-DNA Abzyme Activity in Systemic Lupus. Autoimmune Dis 2012; 2012:814048. [PMID: 23251791 PMCID: PMC3521466 DOI: 10.1155/2012/814048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease characterized by the production of antibodies against a variety of self-antigens including nucleic acids. These antibodies are cytotoxic, catalytic (hydrolyzing DNA, RNA, and protein), and nephritogenic. Current methods for investigating catalytic activities of natural abzymes produced by individuals suffering from autoimmunity are mostly discontinuous and often employ hazardous reagents. Here we demonstrate the utility of dual-labeled, fluorogenic DNA hydrolysis probes in highly specific, sensitive, continuous, fluorescence-based measurement of DNA hydrolytic activity of anti-ssDNA abzymes purified from the serum of patients suffering from SLE. An assay for the presence and levels of antibodies exhibiting hydrolytic activity could facilitate disease diagnosis, prediction of flares, monitoring of disease state, and response to therapy. The assay may allow indirect identification of additional targets of anti-DNA antibodies and the discovery of molecules that inhibit their activity. Combined, these approaches may provide new insights into molecular mechanisms of lupus pathogenesis.
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Pavlovic M, Kats A, Cavallo M, Chen R, Hartmann JX, Shoenfeld Y. Pathogenic and Epiphenomenal Anti-DNA Antibodies in SLE. Autoimmune Dis 2010; 2011:462841. [PMID: 21152217 PMCID: PMC2989704 DOI: 10.4061/2010/462841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The discoveries of natural and the development of manufactured highly efficient catalytic antibodies (abzymes) opens the door to many practical applications. One of the most fascinating is the use of such antibodies in human therapy and prevention (vaccination), of cancer, AIDS, autoimmune diseases. A special entity of naturally occurring DNA hydrolytic anti-DNA antibodies is emerging within past decades linked to autoimmune and lymphoproliferative disorders, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), multiple sclerosis (MS), Sjogren Syndrome (SS), B - Chronic lymphocytic leucosis (B-CLL), and Multiple Myeloma (MM). The origin of the antibodies is unknown. The underlying mechanisms of these activities are suggested to be penetration into the living cells and translocation in the nucleus, with recognition of the specific binding sites at particular (ss or ds) DNA. There are controversies in the literature whether hydrolysis is a sequence-specific event. The interplay between anti-DNA antibodies and DNA is not yet elucidated. This molecular “twist” also suggests that anti-DNA antibodies with DNA hydrolytic capacity could be the organism's immune response to a microbial attack, with microbial DNA, or specific genes within microbial DNA sequence, as a target for neutralization. The catalytic antibody-based approach can become a key tool in selective chemotherapeutic strategies.
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- Mirjana Pavlovic
- Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
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Andryushkova AA, Kuznetsova IA, Bineva VN, Toporkova LB, Sakhno LV, Tikhonova MA, Chernykh ER, Orlovskaya IA, Nevinsky GA. Formation of different abzymes in autoimmune-prone MRL-lpr/lpr mice is associated with changes in colony formation of haematopoietic progenitors. J Cell Mol Med 2007; 11:531-51. [PMID: 17635644 PMCID: PMC3922359 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00048.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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It was shown that IgGs from the sera of 2–7-month-old control non-autoimmune (CBA x C57BL)F1 and BALB/c mice and 2–3-month-old autoimmune prone MRL-lpr/lpr mice (conditionally healthy mice) are catalytically inactive. During spontaneous development of deep systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like pathology a specific reorganization of immune system of these mice leads to conditions associated with a production of IgGs hydrolyzing DNA, ATP and polysaccharides with low catalytic activities (conditionally pre-diseased mice).A significant increase in DNase, ATPase and amylase IgG relative activities associated with a transition from pre-diseased to deep diseased mice is correlated with additional changes in differentiation and proliferation of mice bone marrow haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and lymphocyte proliferation in different organs.The highest increase in all abzyme activities was found in mice immunized with DNA, which in comparison with pre-diseased and diseased mice are characterized by a different profile of HSC differentiation and by a suppression of cell apoptosis. Abzyme activities in the serum of pregnant females were comparable with those for pre-diseased mice, but the profile of HSC differentiation and cell apoptosis levels in pregnant and pre-diseased mice were quite different. Right after the beginning of lactation (4 days after delivery) and in a late time of lactation (14 days after delivery) there was an observed increase in cell apoptosis and two different stages of significant change in the HSC differentiation profiles; the first stage was accompanied with a significant increase and the second with a remarkable decrease in abzyme activities. Overall, all mouse groups investigated are characterized by a specific relationship between abzyme activities, HSC differentiation profiles, levels of lymphocyte proliferation, and cell apoptosis in different organs. From our point of view, the appearance of ATPase, DNase activities may be considered the earliest statistically significant marker of mouse spontaneous SLE and a further significant increase in their activities correlates with the appearance of SLE visible markers and with an increase in concentrations of anti-DNA Abs and urine protein. However, development of autoimmune (AI)-reactions and the increase in the sera anti-DNA antibodies (Abs) and in the abzyme activities in pregnant and lactating mice do not associate with SLE visible markers and proteinuria. The possible differences in immune system reorganizations during pre-disease, disease, pregnancy and lactation leading to production of different auto-antibodies and abzymes are discussed.
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- Alexandra A Andryushkova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- *Correspondence to: Prof. Georgy A. NEVINSKY Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of SD of RAS. Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Tel.: 007-3832-356226, Fax: 007-3832-333677, E-mail:
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Clinical Immunology, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
- *Correspondence to: Prof. Georgy A. NEVINSKY Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine of SD of RAS. Lavrentieva Ave., 8, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, Tel.: 007-3832-356226, Fax: 007-3832-333677, E-mail:
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Lee EJ, Jang EJ, Lee E, Yu J, Chung HY, Jang YJ. Cell-penetrating autoantibody induces caspase-mediated apoptosis through catalytic hydrolysis of DNA. Bioorg Med Chem 2007; 15:2016-23. [PMID: 17234421 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2006.12.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2006] [Revised: 12/22/2006] [Accepted: 12/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
In the present study, we investigated the substrate specificity of catalytic activity of a cytotoxic anti-DNA monoclonal autoantibody, G1-5, which was obtained from an MRL-lpr/lpr mouse by hybridoma technology. The antibody catalyzed hydrolysis of single- and double-stranded DNA with a higher substrate specificity for thymine than adenine by either beta-glycosidic or phosphodiester bond cleavage. The hydrolysis rate (kcat) showed maximum at acidic pH conditions, suggesting that the catalytic site of the antibody contains essential carboxylic group(s). Treatment of cells with the antibody promoted cell death and induced the activation of caspases. The cell death induced by the antibody was inhibited by the pan-caspase inhibitor. Furthermore, the antibody binds to cell membrane and penetrates into the cells. Our results suggest that the cell death is initiated by antibodies penetrating to cells and nucleus, hydrolyzing considerable amount of DNA, and mediating the caspase-dependent apoptotic pathway.
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- Eun-Jung Lee
- Laboratory of Immunology, Institute for Medical Science and BK 21 Program, Ajou University, School of Medicine, Suwon 443-721, Republic of Korea
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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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Nguyen HTT, Jang YJ, Jeong S, Yu J. DNA-specific autoantibody cleaves DNA by hydrolysis of phosphodiester and glycosidic bond. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 311:767-73. [PMID: 14623339 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.10.059] [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: 12/24/2022]
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The DNA-recognizing autoantibodies were prepared in milligram scale and their catalytic activities were investigated using various standard substrates for hydrolysis of natural biomolecules such as DNA, carbohydrates, and proteins. Only phosphatase and glycosidase activity was found and no peptidase, sulfatase, or esterase activity was detected in most of anti-DNA monoclonal autoantibodies we tested. Antibody G1-2 showed the highest catalytic activities and its enzymatic characteristics were further investigated. The antibody showed phosphatase activity with sub-millimolar substrate specificity and 10(4)-10(5) rate enhancements. However, Ab G1-2 showed low micro-molar specificity with p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-N-acetylglucosamide with 10(4)-10(5) rate enhancements. Both of the catalytic activities showed pH maximum at 4-5, suggesting that the carboxylate(s) in antigen-binding site is involved in the catalytic mechanism. Chemical protection of carboxylate(s) with diazoacetamide showed much reduced activity of the Ab, confirming that the catalytic activity comes from carboxylate(s) in the Ag-binding region. The activities of phosphatase and glycosidase were thoroughly inhibited by DNA with almost identical K(i) values. These data suggest that DNA-binding site(s) is the enzymatic active site of the catalytic Abs. Capabilities of the DNA recognition might make it possible to confer the Ab the catalytic activity of phosphate and glycosidic bond hydrolysis, which can be the main cause of DNA cleavage.
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- Hang Thi Thu Nguyen
- Life Sciences Division, The Korea Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 131 Cheongryang, Seoul 130-650, Republic of Korea
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