Thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies and their effects on enzyme activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
| Autor: | Chrong-Reen Wang, R.-T. Tsai, Tien-Chun Chang, S.-L. Lee, G.J. Tsay, C.-J. Wang |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Iodide Peroxidase Thyroiditis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rheumatology immune system diseases Thyroid peroxidase Internal medicine medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic Autoantibodies 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Systemic lupus erythematosus biology business.industry Thyroid Autoantibody Thyroiditis Autoimmune food and beverages Middle Aged medicine.disease Precipitin Tests Anti-thyroid autoantibodies Enzyme assay medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology embryonic structures Immunology biology.protein Antibody business |
| Zdroj: | Lupus. 4(4) |
| ISSN: | 0961-2033 |
| Popis: | Thyroid microsomal antibodies (Ms-Ab) are recently proved to be directed to thyroid peroxidase (TPO). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the sera of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) contain anti-TPO antibodies (TPO-Ab) and whether these antibodies influence enzyme activity. Sera from patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis was also studied. Serum samples were obtained from 37 patients with SLE, 20 patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and 20 healthy subjects. TPO-Ab were detected by immunoprecipitation using crude microsomal preparations or enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) with recombinant TPO. Positive TPO-Ab by ELISA were found in 11 (61%) of 18 patients with lupus whose serum contained Ms-Ab. Low levels of TPO-Ab also were found in three (16%) of 19 lupus sera that did not contain Ms-Ab. All patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis had high levels of TPO-Ab in serum. When measured by ELISA, TPO-Ab were highly correlated with the results of a TPO immunoprecipitation assay and with the titers of Ms-Ab in patients with lupus (r = 0.83, n = 18, P < 0.01; r = 0.63, n = 18, P < 0.01) and in Hashimoto's thyroiditis (r = 0.89, n = 20, P < 0.01; r = 0.75, n = 20, P < 0.01). When evaluating the direct influence of TPO-Ab on the activity of TPO, we found no significant inhibition of enzymatic activity in both guaiacol and iodide assays by lupus sera in contrast with sera from Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Our findings raise the possibility that the specificities of TPO-Ab in SLE are distinct from those in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. |
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