Usefulness of immunoblotting using purified laminin 5 in the diagnosis of anti-laminin 5 cicatricial pemphigoid
Usefulness of immunoblotting using purified laminin 5 in the diagnosis of anti-laminin 5 cicatricial pemphigoid
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DOI:
10.1016/s0923-1811(03)00158-0
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发表时间:
2003-11-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Hashimoto, T
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作者:
Hisamatsu, Y;Nishiyama, T;Hashimoto, T
Background: Anti-laminin 5 cicatricial pemphigoid (CP) is a mucosal-dominant subepithetial blistering disease characterized by IgG anti-basement membrane zone autoantibodies, that bind to dermal side of 1 M NaCl. split skin and immunoprecipitate laminin 5. Laminin 5 is an epidermis-specific extracellutar matrix consisting of alpha3, beta3 and gamma2 subunits. Recent studies have suggested that autoantibodies of anti-laminin 5 CP recognize the G domains of alpha3 subunit. Objective: We examined the reactivity of anti-laminin 5 CP by immunoblotting using purified laminin 5 and recombinant proteins of alpha3 subunit. Method: We first examined the reactivity of anti-laminin 5 CP by immunoblotting using purified laminin 5. To further investigate the epitopes in the G domains of alpha3 subunit, we produced recombinant proteins of G1-2, G1-3, G2-3, G3-5 domains, that covered entire G domain, and examined the reactivity of anti-laminin 5 CP sera with these recombinant proteins by immunoblotting. Results: By immunoblotting using purified laminin 5, 7 of 21 anti-laminin 5 CP sera reacted with alpha3 subunit, while 8 sera reacted with 3 subunit and one serum reacted with gamma2 subunit. Two sera reacted with both alpha3 and beta3 subunits, while seven sera did not show positive reactivity. This result indicates that the reactivity of anti-laminin 5 CP sera is much more heterogeneous, although the previous studies suggested that most sera reacted with 0 subunit. However, in the studies using recombinant proteins of G domains of a3 subunit, none of the CP sera, including the sera reactive with a3 subunit in purified laminin 5, reacted with any recombinant proteins. The reason for this negative reactivity with the recombinant proteins is not clear. Conclusion: The immunoblotting using purified laminin 5 should be useful technique for the diagnosis of anti-laminin 5 CP, although the sensitivity was less than conventional immunoprecipitation analysis. (C) 2003 Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology. Published by Elsevier Iretand Ltd. All rights reserved.