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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 136, Issue 4 1227-1230, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists
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JR Stanley, L Koulu, V Klaus-Kovtun and MS Steinberg
Recent studies have demonstrated that antibodies from about half of patients with pemphigus foliaceus (PF) bind to a 160 kd polypeptide ("PF antigen") in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) extracts of normal human epidermis. Desmoglein (DG) I, a glycoprotein enriched in desmosomal cores, is approximately the same m.w. as PF antigen. To demonstrate that PF autoantibodies bind to DG I, we used a monoclonal IgG antibody (MmDGI-1) that was raised against bovine muzzle desmosomal cores, and that specifically binds DG I. Double immunofluorescence labeling was performed on the same section of normal human skin with PF antibodies, detected by fluorescein-conjugated goat anti-human IgG, and MmDGI-1, detected by rhodamine-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG. The pattern of reactivity with both antibodies was identical. Immunoblotting studies on proteins extracted from normal human epidermis and separated by SDS- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis demonstrated that PF antibodies and MmDGI-1 bound co-migrating polypeptide bands of approximate m.w. 160,000. To confirm that these were identical polypeptides, we performed immunoblots of these epidermal extracts that were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoreses (isoelectric focusing followed by SDS-PAGE). PF antibodies and MmDGI-1 bound identical spots with pI approximately 5.4 to 5.7 and m.w. approximately 160,000. These studies demonstrate that autoantibodies from certain patients with PF, a disorder of cell adhesion, bind to DG I, a desmosomal core glycoprotein.
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