title: Isolation and characterization of a rheumatoid arthritis-specific antigen (RA-A47) from a human chondrocytic cell line (HCS-2/8).
abstract: Two types of 47 kDa antigen specifically recognized by sera from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients were isolated from the membrane fraction of a human chondrosarcoma-derived chondrocytic cell line (HCS-2/8) by a 2-step procedure: preparative SDS-PAGE and reverse-phase HPLC. An N-terminal amino acid sequence in one of the 47 kDa antigens, named RA-A47, had 81% homology to that deduced from the DNA sequence of the colligin gene which is reported as human hsp47 gene, and 100% homology to that deduced from the DNA sequence of colligin-2 gene, a homologue of colligin. The RA-A47 cross-reacted with a monoclonal antibody raised against chick heat shock protein (Hsp) 47 and bound to gelatin. The expression of the ra-a47 gene was enhanced by heat shock treatment and TGF-beta stimulation. These findings suggest that RA-A47 is a Hsp47-like protein, presumably the product of the colligin-2 gene, and that a collagen-specific molecular chaperone(s) such as Hsp47 and/or RA-A47 is involved in cartilage destruction in RA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Dentistry, Okayama University Dental School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yutani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takigawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005780:Gelatin / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins; D050958:HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D050958:HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; C494660:SERPINH1 protein, human; C046289:colligin; D005780:Gelatin