title: Autoantigens of the nuclear pore complex.
abstract: The nuclear envelope (NE) is one of many intracellular targets of the autoimmune response in patients with autoimmune liver disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, and related conditions. In eukaryotic organisms the NE consists of five interconnected regions: an outer nuclear membrane (ONM) that is continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum, an intermembrane or perinuclear space, an inner nuclear membrane (INM) with a unique set of integral membrane proteins, the underlying nuclear lamina, and the pore domains that are regions where the ONM and INM come together. The pore domains are sites of regulated continuity between the cytoplasm and nucleus that are occupied by supramolecular structures, termed nuclear pore complexes (NPCs). Human autoantibodies identified to date bind to specific components in three of the five NE compartments. Autoantigen targets include the lamins A, B, and C of the nuclear lamina, gp210, p62 complex proteins, Nup153, and Tpr within the NPC, and LBR, MAN1, LAP1, and LAP2 that are integral proteins of the INM. Autoantibodies to these NE targets have been shown to be correlated with various autoimmune diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis, other autoimmune liver diseases and systemic rheumatic diseases. Now that the proteome of the NE is more clearly defined, other autoantibodies to components in this cell compartment are likely to be defined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Enarson
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Rattner
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horigome
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Fritzler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D034881:Nuclear Lamina / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D022022:Nuclear Pore / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001324:Autoantigens; D028861:Nuclear Pore Complex Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins