title: Autoantibodies to human alpha6 integrin in patients with oral pemphigoid.
abstract: Mucous membrane pemphigoid or cicatricial pemphigoid is a mucocutaneous blistering disease characterized by autoantibodies to different molecules in the basement membrane zone. Our objectives were to identify the target antigen recognized by sera from 20 untreated patients with pemphigoid disease limited to the oral cavity, and to determine the pathogenicity of autoantibodies in oral pemphigoid, with an organ culture model. We conducted indirect immunofluorescence, immunoblot, and immunoprecipitation assays, with accompanying absorption experiments, using normal human skin, conjunctiva and gingiva, bovine gingiva and a tumor cell line, which were reacted with sera from patients with oral pemphigoid, anti-alpha6 antibody, and control sera. Sera of oral pemphigoid patients selectively and specifically bound to human alpha6 integrin, a 120-kDa protein present in gingiva and the tumor cell line. Oral pemphigoid sera and anti-alpha6 antibody produced separation of epithelium from basement membrane (blister formation) of normal human buccal mucosa, after 48 hours, in organ culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Bhol
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Goss
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Colon
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Ahmed
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000276:immunology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D005881:Gingiva / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D039503:Integrin alpha6; D016023:Integrins / Q000276:immunology*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000276:immunology; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D010390:Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000276:immunology*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015703:Antigens, CD; D001323:Autoantibodies; D039503:Integrin alpha6; D016023:Integrins