Multiple organ-reactive monoclonal autoantibodies

MV Haspel, T Onodera, BS Prabhakar, PR McClintock… - Nature, 1983 - nature.com
MV Haspel, T Onodera, BS Prabhakar, PR McClintock, K Essani, UR Ray, S Yagihashi…
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Autoantibodies directed against a wide range of normal tissue antigens have been found in
the sera of patients with autoimmune diseases1–8. It is generally thought that different and
specific autoantibodies react with different tissues but the possibility exists that some
autoantibodies may react with common antigens found in different tissues and organs.
Recently, we showed that mice infected with reovirus developed a polyendocrine disease
with autoantibodies to the pancreas, anterior pituitary, thymus and gastric mucosa9, 10 …
Abstract
Autoantibodies directed against a wide range of normal tissue antigens have been found in the sera of patients with autoimmune diseases1–8. It is generally thought that different and specific autoantibodies react with different tissues but the possibility exists that some autoantibodies may react with common antigens found in different tissues and organs. Recently, we showed that mice infected with reovirus developed a polyendocrine disease with autoantibodies to the pancreas, anterior pituitary, thymus and gastric mucosa9,10. Using hybridoma technology, we obtained a number of monoclonal autoantibodies11 which reacted with antigens in single organs. We now report the production and pattern of reactivity of seven multiple organ-reactive monoclonal autoantibodies. By using antibody-affinity columns, autoantigens also have been isloated and their molecular weights determined. The results suggest that monoclonal multiple organ-reactive autoantibodies react either with the same molecule present in several organs or with common antigenic determinants on different molecules in multiple organs. In either case, the existence of multiple organ-reactive antibodies may be a partial explanation for multiple organ autoimmunity.
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