title: Immune responses to SS-A 52-kDa and 60-kDa proteins and to SS-B 50-kDa protein in mothers of infants with neonatal lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Mothers who have anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La antibodies have a greater risk of bearing infants with neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE). However, most mothers with anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La antibodies give birth to infants with no evidence of NLE. We studied mothers who had the combination of clinical evidence of connective tissue disorder, positive antinuclear antibody and positive anti-SS-A/Ro and/or anti-SS-B/La antibodies. We analysed SS-A/Ro and SS-B/La antibody responses to recombinant 60-, 52- and 50-kDa proteins in eight mothers of NLE infants and 19 mothers whose children did not have NLE. Molecular analysis of the anti-SS-A/Ro and anti-SS-B/La antibodies was carried out by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant 60-, 52- and 50-kDa proteins. The mothers of children with cutaneous NLE were all positive for a high titre of 50-kDa protein. Mothers of children with NLE with complete heart block (CHB) were positive for 52- and 60-kDa proteins. We conjecture that anti-SS-B/La antibody influences the development of cutaneous NLE, and that anti-SS-A/Ro antibody influences the development of NLE with CHB.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Aichi Medical University, 21 Yasago-Karimata, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi-ken 480-1195, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yukiko
mesh_terms: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D000917:Antibody Formation; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000276:immunology*; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange / Q000276:immunology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D011994:Recombinant Proteins