Autoantibodies to ribonucleoprotein particles containing U2 small nuclear RNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Habets, W
RESUMO
Autoantibodies exclusively precipitating U1 and U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) particles [anti-(U1,U2)RNP] were detected in sera from four patients with autoimmune disorders. When tested by immunoblotting, these sera recognized up to four different protein antigens in purified mixtures of U1-U6 RNP particles. With purified antibody fractions eluted from individual antigen bands on nitrocellulose blots, each anti-(U1,U2)RNP serum precipitated U2 RNP by virtue of the recognition of a U2 RNP-specific B" antigen (mol. wt. 28 500). Antibodies to the U2 RNP-specific A' protein (mol. wt. 31 000) were found in only one serum. The B" antigen differs slightly in mol. wt. from the U1-U6 RNA-associated B/B' antigens and can be separated from this doublet by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, due to its more acidic pI. In immunoprecipitation assays, the purified anti-B" antibody specificity also reacts with U1 RNPs which is due to cross-reactivity of the antibody with the U1 RNA-specific A protein, as demonstrated by immunoblotting using proteins from isolated U1 RNPs as antigenic material. Thus the A antigen not only bears unique antigenic sites for anti-A antibodies contained in anti-(U1)RNP sera, it also shares epitopes with the U2 RNP-specific B" antigen.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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