We analysed 112 idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) sera for the presence of anti-Ro, anti-La and anti-histidyl-tRNA synthetase (Jo-1) autoantibodies, and subsequently mapped B cell epitopes on the Ro52 protein recognized by anti-Ro52+ IIM sera. Sera were characterized by immunoblotting, ELISA and RNA precipitation. Both anti-Ro60 and anti-La activity was found in 4% of IIM sera. Anti-Ro52 antibodies were present in 20% of IIM sera. However, in anti-Jo-1+ IIM sera (21%), the frequency of the anti-Ro52 antibodies was found to be much higher (58%). No cross-reactivity between anti-Ro52 and anti-Jo-1 antibodies could be detected in these sera. To learn more about the nature of anti-Ro52 antibodies occurring in IIM sera, we analysed the major epitopes of the Ro52 protein targeted by anti-Ro52+ IIM sera by immunoprecipitation of in vitro translated Ro52 deletion mutants. The major epitope was mapped in the region bordered by amino acids 126 and 252. This part of the protein includes a long alpha-helical region which contains two potential coiled-coil domains as well as a leucine zipper motif. Although no difference in Ro52 epitope recognition between anti-Jo-1+ and anti-Jo-1- IIM sera could be observed, our results suggest that the autoimmune response against Ro52 and Jo-1 in IIM patients is coupled.

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我们分析了112个特发性炎症性肌病 (IIM) 血清中存在抗Ro,抗La和抗组氨酸-tRNA合成酶 (Jo-1) 自身抗体,随后将b细胞表位绘制在anti-Ro52 IIM血清识别的Ro52蛋白上。通过免疫印迹,ELISA和RNA沉淀对血清进行表征。在4% 的IIM血清中发现了anti-Ro60和抗La活性。Anti-Ro52抗体存在于IIM血清的20% 中。然而,在anti-Jo-1 + IIM血清 (21%) 中,发现anti-Ro52抗体的频率要高得多 (58%)。在这些血清中未检测到anti-Ro52和anti-Jo-1抗体之间的交叉反应。为了更多地了解IIM血清中anti-Ro52抗体的性质,我们通过体外翻译的Ro52缺失突变体的免疫沉淀分析了anti-Ro52 IIM血清靶向的Ro52蛋白的主要表位。主要表位被定位在与氨基酸126和252接壤的区域中。蛋白质的这一部分包括一个长的 α 螺旋区域,该区域包含两个潜在的卷曲螺旋结构域以及亮氨酸拉链基序。尽管在anti-Jo-1和anti-Jo-1- IIM血清之间没有观察到Ro52表位识别的差异,但我们的结果表明IIM患者针对Ro52和Jo-1的自身免疫反应是偶联的。

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