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  • Binding of high-avidity anti-[beta]2-glycoprotein I antibodies
    Čučnik, Saša ...
    Objectives. We studied the influence of different binding conditions on the interaction between high- or low-avidity IgG anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies (anti-beta2-GPI) and beta2-GPI, which was ... either free in solution or bound to microtitre plates or nitrocellulose membranes. Methods. Sera from 30 patients with antiphospholipid syndrome and/or systemic lupus erythematosuswere selected on the basis of anti-beta2-GPI positivity. Avidity of IgG anti-beta2-GPI was determined by chaotropic ELISA, using increased NaCIconcentration during the antibody binding. Immunodetection on nitrocellulose membrane followed reducing or non-reducing sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of beta2-GPI. In converted,non-reducing PAGE, the preparation with high-affinity Fab fragments (obtained by papain digestion) was subjected to electrophoresis, while purified beta2-GPI was used as the sample in immunodetection. Results. Anti-beta2-GPI antibodies of high, low or heterogeneous (low and high) aviditywere found in 5/30, 9/30 and 16/30 sera, respectively. The density of beta2-GPI, which was 20-30 times higher on the nitrocellulose membrane than onthe surface of ELISA plates, was not sufficient for the recognition of the antigen by anti-beta2-GPI: 2/5 high-avidity samples reacted only with non-reduced beta2-GPI, 3/9 low-avidity samples recognized only denatured and reduced beta2-GPI, and 1/16 samples with heterogeneous-avidity antibodies reacted with reduced and non-reduced beta2-GPI. Conclusions. Our results suggest that neither high density of the antigen nor high avidity of the antibodies (or Fab fragments) alone was sufficient for the binding of anti-beta2-GPI to beta2-GPI. Some conformational modifications and, consequently, exposed neo-epitopes are required for the recognition of beta2-GPI by polyclonal anti-beta2-GPI antibodies.
    Vir: Rheumatology. - ISSN 1462-0324 (Letn. 43, 2004, str. 1353-1356)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2004
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 18763993

vir: Rheumatology. - ISSN 1462-0324 (Letn. 43, 2004, str. 1353-1356)
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