title: Frequency and epitope recognition of anti-ribosome P antibodies from humans with systemic lupus erythematosus and MRL/lpr mice are similar.
abstract: Autoantibodies reactive against a shared, conserved epitope on the ribosomal phosphoproteins P0, P1, and P2 occur in approximately 15% of patients with SLE and are relatively specific for this disease. To determine whether anti-P antibodies occur in murine lupus, serum from MRL/lpr and NZB/W F1 mice were analyzed by immunoblotting as well as by ELISA using a synthetic peptide Ag. Of those analyzed, 4 of 35 (11%) MRL/lpr, 0 of 25 NZB/W F1 and 0 of 13 control NIH/Swiss mice had anti-P antibodies. Anti-P specificity was confirmed by immunoblotting of ribosomal proteins separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and by inhibition of anti-P reactivity on immunoblots with the synthetic peptide Ag. These findings indicate a striking similarity in the frequency and fine epitope specificity of anti-P antibodies in humans and MRL/lpr mice with SLE.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004285:Dogs; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008814:Mice, Inbred NZB; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D000939:Epitopes; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C035690:ribosomal phosphoprotein P1