title: The fine specificity of monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies induced in normal mice by immunization with bacterial DNA.
abstract: To evaluate further bacterial DNA immunization as a model to study antigen drive in the anti-DNA response, the specificity of induced monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies was characterized. A panel of IgM and IgG monoclonal anti-DNA antibodies was produced from spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized with single-stranded DNA from E. coli complexed to methylated bovine serum albumin in complete Freund's adjuvant. The binding of these antibodies to DNA and non-DNA antigens was tested by ELISA to assess their range of polyspecificity. These monoclonal antibodies were found to bind to nucleic acid as well as non-nucleic acid antigens, such as beta-galactosidase, cardiolipin, Ro, La and Sm. These studies demonstrate that anti-DNA antibodies from normal mice, although induced by bacterial DNA, may display a broad range of antigen recognition and thus resemble lupus anti-DNA antibodies, many of which are polyspecific, in their pattern of cross-reactivity.
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Service, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital, NC 27705.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Pyun
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pisetsky
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gilkeson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains / Q000276:immunology; D011119:Polynucleotides / Q000276:immunology; D020733:RNA, Small Cytoplasmic; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins; D000097585:SS-B Antigen; D000099207:SS-A Antigen
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001324:Autoantigens; D004247:DNA; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011119:Polynucleotides; D020733:RNA, Small Cytoplasmic; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D055517:snRNP Core Proteins; D000097585:SS-B Antigen; D000099207:SS-A Antigen; C116006:RO60 protein, human