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Fine epitope mapping of the human SS-B/La protein. Identification of a distinct autoepitope homologous to a viral gag polyprotein.
H Kohsaka, … , K Nishioka, T Miyamoto
H Kohsaka, … , K Nishioka, T Miyamoto
Published May 1, 1990
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1990;85(5):1566-1574. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI114606.
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Fine epitope mapping of the human SS-B/La protein. Identification of a distinct autoepitope homologous to a viral gag polyprotein.

Abstract

To analyze the autoepitopes on the SS-B/La protein, a cDNA covering the entire region coding the protein was isolated from a human cDNA library. The cDNA was subcloned into an expression plasmid vector, pEX, to express its protein product as a fusion protein with cro-beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. A recombinant pEX plasmid expressing three-fourths of the protein (amino acid 112-408) was also constructed. The antigenicities of these recombinant proteins were confirmed with a patient's serum. Their various deletion mutants were produced with exonuclease III treatment from the 3' ends of the cDNAs without changing the proper translational frame. Immunoblot analysis and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to evaluate the reactivities of the recombinant proteins with patients' sera to determine the autoepitopes. A narrow segment (amino acid 88-101) and the region where several epitopes were located (amino acid 283-338) on the SS-B/La protein were universally recognized by all the sera with anti-SS-B/La antibodies examined. An additional epitope region (amino acid 179-220) was recognized by some patients' sera. Computer analysis revealed that the most distinct autoepitope, amino acid 88-101, had a striking homology to a retroviral gag polyprotein. These findings indicate that exogenous or endogenous retroviruses may play a role in initiation of the anti-SS-B/La autoimmunity.

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H Kohsaka, K Yamamoto, H Fujii, H Miura, N Miyasaka, K Nishioka, T Miyamoto

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