Autoantibodies undetectable by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay require extended antigen-antibody reaction time for detection
Autoantibodies undetectable by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay require extended antigen-antibody reaction time for detection
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化学发光酶联免疫分析无法检测到的自身抗体需要延长抗原抗体反应时间才能检测
DOI:
10.1111/bjd.17121
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发表时间:
2019
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Shimizu H
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作者:
Mai Y;Ujiie H;Higashi T;Yamagami J;Iwata H;Shimizu H
DEAR EDITOR, Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune blistering disease affecting the mucous membranes and the skin. 1 PV produces autoantibodies targeting the desmosomal adhesion molecules desmoglein (Dsg) 3 and Dsg1. 2 To detect these autoantibodies, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been widely used. Recently, chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) has been developed. 3 CLEIA is an automated system that uses chemiluminescent technology with a wider dynamic range and a shorter assay time than those of ELISA. 3 Therefore, CLEIA has started to replace ELISA for autoantibody detection. However, recent reports have shown a few cases of pemphigus with unique anti-Dsg3 or anti-Dsg1 autoantibodies that were undetectable by CLEIA but detectable by ELISA. 4, 5 To address this discrepancy, we analysed sera from six patients with PV with undetectable anti-Dsg3 or anti-Dsg1 autoantibodies by CLEIA.The patients’ characteristics are shown in Figure 1 (a, b). This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki principles and all participants gave written informed consent. The clinical information of case 2 was previously reported by us. 5 Sera from cases 3, 5 and 6 were previously used for the study of Fujio et al. 4 All cases were diagnosed as PV. Serum from case 1 was collected when case 1 had relapse of oral erosions, and serum from case 5 was collected when they were in a remission phase. The other cases were in an active phase of PV. All sera failed to react with Dsg3 or Dsg1 in CLEIA (STACIA MEBLux test Dsg3 and Dsg1; MBL, Tokyo, Japan)(Fig. 1 a, b). However, anti-Dsg1 or anti-Dsg3 autoantibodies were detected by ELISA (Mesacup-2 Desmoglein Test Dsg3 and Dsg1; MBL)(Fig. 1a, b), where the same Dsg3 and Dsg1 recombinant proteins were used in both CLEIA and ELISA. All cases had IgG autoantibodies reacting to intercellular spaces of the normal human epidermis (data not shown). These results confirmed that these sera contained anti-Dsg3 or anti-Dsg1 autoantibodies that were detectable by ELISA but not by CLEIA. Therefore, to address the discrepancy between the results of these assays, we focused on the great difference in incubation time for antigen–antibody reaction between CLEIA