title: Specificity of naturally occurring antibodies to poly(ADP-ribose) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: determination by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.
abstract: Serum autoantibodies to poly(ADP-ribose), single-stranded (ss) DNA and double-stranded (ds) DNA in 145 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The specificities of the antibodies for poly(ADP-ribose) or for ssDNA in 14 serum samples from different patients, who had relatively high antibody titers to either or both these antigens, were tested by competitive ELISA with poly(ADP-ribose) and ssDNA as inhibitors. The IgG class anti-poly(ADP-ribose) antibodies of 4 serum samples (cases 9, 11, 13 and 14) preferred poly(ADP-ribose) and those of 2 samples (cases 2 and 4) cross-reacted preferentially with ssDNA, while the IgG class anti-ssDNA antibodies of 2 serum samples (cases 9 and 11) significantly cross-reacted with poly(ADP-ribose). Hence, the nature of the antibodies to poly(ADP-ribose) in SLE patients seemed to be different from that of the anti-poly(ADP-ribose) antibodies in autoimmune MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/l) mice, which seem to be subpopulations of anti-ssDNA antibodies and react equally well with poly(ADP-ribose) and ssDNA.
mesh_terms: D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars / Q000276:immunology*; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D004247:DNA