Journal article
Anti-MAM antibodies in rheumatic disease: evidence for a MAM-like superantigen in rheumatoid arthritis?
Journal of rheumatology, Vol.27(2), pp.358-364
02/01/2000
PMID: 10685797
Abstract
Superantigens (SAg) are potent immunomodulatory microbial proteins that can activate T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, and monocytes and are known to trigger experimental autoimmune disease. We investigated whether sera from patients with rheumatic diseases contained elevated antibodies to Mycoplasma arthritidis mitogen (MAM) or staphylococcal enterotoxins A and B (SEA and SEB).
Standard ELISA were used to measure IgG responses to SAg and IgM and IgG rheumatoid factors and total IgM and IgG levels. Modifications of standard lymphocyte proliferation assays were used to determine functional consequences of the observed antibodies.
Antibodies to MAM were elevated in sera from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared to sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, or healthy controls. Responses to other SAg were also elevated in rheumatic disease sera, but the levels were not specific for a given rheumatic disease. Anti-superantigen antibody levels did not correlate with the presence of rheumatoid factor.
The selected elevation of antibodies to MAM in RA sera suggests that MAM or a MAM-like molecule might be associated with RA, whereas elevation of antibodies to SEA and SEB in sera from patients with rheumatic diseases was less specific.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Anti-MAM antibodies in rheumatic disease: evidence for a MAM-like superantigen in rheumatoid arthritis?
- Creators
- A Sawitzke - University of UtahD JoynerK KnudtsonH H MuB Cole
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of rheumatology, Vol.27(2), pp.358-364
- PMID
- 10685797
- ISSN
- 0315-162X
- eISSN
- 1499-2752
- Grant note
- AR-02255 / NIAMS NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/01/2000
- Academic Unit
- Iowa Institute of Human Genetics
- Record Identifier
- 9984627331202771
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