title: Immunodominant RNA recognition motifs of human nucleolin/C23.
abstract: Nucleolin/C23 is a nucleolar phosphoprotein implicated in the synthesis, processing and transport of ribosomal RNA and gene transcription. Auto-antibodies to human nucleolin/C23 have been reported in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and other systemic autoimmune disorders. To identify immunodominant regions in nucleolin/C23, deletion fragments of nucleolin/C23 were fused in frame with the glutathione S-transferase gene. Seven monoclonal anti-nucleolin/C23 antibodies were used to determine the immunoreactivity of the bacterially expressed fusion proteins. Two sets of immunogenic regions at amino acids 314-389 and 387-461 were identified; each contained overlapping discontinuous epitopes and a centrally located RNA recognition motif. An auto-immune serum from a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus patient was found to contain antibodies against human nucleolin/C23 which recognized amino acids 387-461 of nucleolin/C23.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Valdez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Henning
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Busch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097796:Nucleolin
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012313:RNA; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000097796:Nucleolin