title: Induction of an anti-Fab, anti-DNA and anti-RNA polymerase I autoantibody response network in rabbits immunized with SLE anti-DNA antibody.
abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like anti-IgG Fab autoantibodies (autoAb) were induced in rabbits by immunization with either human, mouse or rabbit anti-DNA Ab. In direct-binding radioimmunoassay (RIA), affinity-purified anti-normal rabbit (NR) Fab autoAb cross-reacted with normal mouse (NM) Fab, ssDNA (but not dsDNA), poly(dA,dT), and RNA polymerase I (RPI). Affinity-purified anti-NM IgG Ab isolated from the same antisera cross-reacted with NR Fab, ssDNA and RPI. In inhibition RIA, soluble NR Fab inhibited anti-NR Fab binding to NR Fab and ssDNA, but enhanced binding to RPI. In contrast, ssDNA or RPI inhibitors had no effect upon autoAb binding to NR Fab. Anti-DNA, anti-RPI and anti-RPI 190 kD subunit autoAb, induced by immunization with lupus mouse anti-DNA Ab, also reacted with NM Fab, but were idiotypically specific for lupus mouse anti-DNA Fab. Further, rabbit anti-DNA and anti-RPI IgG autoAb, induced by immunization with rabbit anti-DNA IgG, were each idiotypically specific for homologous and autologous rabbit anti-ssDNA Fab. Together, these data provide evidence that anti-DNA, anti-RPI and anti-Fab autoAb are linked in a complex, multiple-specific and perhaps regulatory, immune response idiotype network in SLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rombach
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Stetler
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D012318:RNA Polymerase I / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D012318:RNA Polymerase I