title: Analysis of a positive feedback mechanism in the anti-Sm autoantibody response of MRL/MPJ-lpr/lpr mice.
abstract: The mechanism of induction of anti-Sm antibodies by passive transfer of anti-Sm mAb in MRL/lpr mice was investigated. No idiotypic relationship was detected between the inducing monoclonal antibody KSm2 and either the induced circulating anti-Sm antibodies or the products of anti-Sm-producing hybridomas derived from spleen cell fusion of treated mice. Treatment of mice with ribonucleoprotein Sm antigen, alone or as an immune complex, induced anti-Sm and anti-ribonucleoprotein antibodies similarly to treatment with KSm2. This suggests that autoantigen contributes to the development of the anti-Sm response in MRL mice.
authors.affiliation: Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, London, GB.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Stocks
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Maini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002459:Cell Fusion; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005246:Feedback; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins