title: Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies (ANCA) recognizing a recombinant myeloperoxidase subunit.
abstract: Sera from 76 patients with diverse vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and hydralazine-induced lupus (HiL) were analysed by ELISA for their reactivity with native, reduced or urea-denatured MPO, respectively, as well as with bacterially expressed heavy and light subunits of MPO. All sera (n = 20) recognizing native MPO showed a positive reaction with reduced MPO, while 12 recognized the denatured protein. Most of the linear epitopes are located in the light subunit, since 9 MPO-positive sera recognized significantly the bacterially expressed, denatured light subunit, while only one serum recognized the bacterially expressed heavy subunit purified under denaturing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, University of Heidelberg, FRG.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pedrollo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bleil
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bautz
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kalden
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Bautz
mesh_terms: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000276:immunology*; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014508:Urea; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019268:Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic; D001323:Autoantibodies; D000939:Epitopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014508:Urea; D009195:Peroxidase