title: The key residues in the immunodominant region 353-363 of human thyroid peroxidase were identified.
abstract: Auto-antibodies (aAbs) to thyroid peroxidase (TPO) interact with a restricted immunodominant region (IDR) divided into two overlapping regions A and B. Among the five major regions structuring the IDR/B, regions 210-225, 353-363, 549-563, 713-720 and 766-775, region 353-363 constitutes an important anchor point for the binding of TPO-specific aAbs in sera from Hashimoto's and Graves' patients. We combined site-directed mutagenesis and expression of TPO mutants in stably transfected CHO cells to precisely define the critical residues in that region. By using flow cytometry and ELISA, we identified four amino acid residues, H353, D358, S359 and R361, that contribute to the interaction between human TPO and anti-TPO aAbs. This identification of these contributing amino acid residues in the IDR allowed us to more precisely depict contours of the IDR.
authors.affiliation: CNRS UMR 5160, Faculté de Pharmacie, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
authors.forename: Sandra A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rebuffat
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bresson
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Péraldi-Roux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D015870:Gene Expression; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D050031:Hashimoto Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010449:Peptide Mapping
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase