title: Suppression of experimental myasthenia gravis by monoclonal antibodies against MHC peptide region involved in presentation of a pathogenic T-cell epitope.
abstract: We have prepared monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against an antigen-binding region of I-A, region 62-76 of I-Abeta(b), which is involved in the T-cell participation in the pathogenesis of EAMG. The mAbs reacted with its parent molecules and inhibited the proliferation of disease-related T-cells. Passive transfer of these mAbs suppressed the occurrence of clinical EAMG, which was accompanied by decreased T-cell and Ab responses to tAChR. The results indicated that blocking the function of disease-related MHC by targeting a disease-associated region on MHC molecules could be an effective, straightforward and feasible strategy for immunointervention in MG.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakayashiki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Deitiker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ashizawa
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Atassi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic