[Autoimmune response following administration of a protein preparation from the caudate nuclei of cattle brains to rabbits]

Autor: V A, Smirnov, V I, Ivanskiĭ, A N, Paniukov
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: Biulleten' eksperimental'noi biologii i meditsiny. 84(12)
ISSN: 0365-9615
Popis: Plasma membranes of bovine caudate nuclei were solubilized by means of Triton X-100. Detergent-extracted membrane proteins were separated by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and the affinity adsorbent proposed for the isolation of nicotinic cholinergic receptor protein (N-ChR) from Torpedo electrical organ. Half of the rabbits immunized with purified protein preparation developed a syndrome of myasthenia type. This effect resembled the autoimmune response to N-ChR from fish electrical organs. It is assumed that the N-ChR present in the caudate nucleus has antigen determinants similar to N-ChRs of the electrical organs and skeletal muscles.
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