title: Characterization of human autoantibodies reactive to gastric parietal cells.
abstract: Human sera from autoimmune gastritis patients containing autoantibodies to gastric parietal cells were analyzed by immunological methods. Enzyme linked immuno-sorbent assay demonstrated that all nine sera reacted with pig gastric vesicles enriched in H+/K(+)-ATPase (gastric proton pump). Immunoblotting experiments indicated that the alpha subunit of the H+/K(+)-ATPase was the major antigen in the vesicles with two of the sera reacting strongly. We further characterized the specificity of the antibodies using partial sequences of the pig alpha subunit fused with truncated TrpE (anthranilate synthase). The antibodies from autoimmune gastritis patients reacted differently to the two fusion proteins (Met-1 to Ala-79, and Arg-606 to Ile-964), indicating that each patient sera contains a mixture of autoantibodies recognizing different epitopes with variable contents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shinomura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Futai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010295:Parietal Cells, Gastric / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D000939:Epitopes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017506:H(+)-K(+)-Exchanging ATPase