title: Antimyeloperoxidase antibodies in patients with extracapillary glomerulonephritis.
abstract: The sera of 64 patients with extracapillary glomerulonephritis were investigated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the presence of antibody to human neutrophil myeloperoxidase (MPO). In all, circulating anti-MPO were found in 30% and antineutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA) detected by indirect immunofluorescence in 44% of the patients. Autoantibody to components of neutrophil granulocytes was not found in patients with other forms of glomerulonephritis. The incidence of ANCA (16/23) was higher than that of anti-MPO (5/23) in patients with a diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis. By contrast, anti-MPO was found in a majority of vasculitis patients without extrarenal symptoms (6/9), including 3 patients treated with hydralazine. One of the patients treated with hydralazine had circulating ANCA in combination with anti-MPO. Anti-MPO was also found in 1 out of 6 patients with Goodpasture's syndrome. The findings emphasize that autoantibodies to distinct components of neutrophil granulocytes partly differ with regard to diagnostic specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nässberger
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Sjöholm
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Thysell
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D009195:Peroxidase