title: Anticentromere-protein-B--DNA complex activities in anticentromere antibody-positive patients.
abstract: Centromere protein B (CENP-B), which is an alphoid DNA binding protein, is the target antigen in autoimmune disease patients (often those with scleroderma). In this study, we analysed activities of anti-CENP-B-DNA complex in anticentromere antibody (ACA)-positive patients using DNA immunoprecipitation with purified CENP-B. The activities correlated with ACA titres and were closely associated with Raynaud's phenomenon. Patients with CREST symptoms (calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia) showed higher activities than those with no symptoms. Our results suggest that autoimmune responses to native CENP-B may have an important role in the pathogenesis of scleroderma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Muro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohashi
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D051936:Centromere Protein B; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000276:immunology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; C497926:CENPB protein, human; D051936:Centromere Protein B; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins