PMID- 1863265 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19910830 LR - 20131121 IS - 0158-5231 (Print) IS - 0158-5231 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 1991 Jan TI - Antigen binding diversity of affinity purified autoantibodies against DNA. PG - 111-8 AB - Naturally occurring autoantibodies against native DNA (nDNA) in SLE sera showed diverse antigen binding characteristics. The antibodies isolated by affinity chromatography using nDNA linked to Sepharose 4B exhibited specificity towards nDNA and showed strong reactivity with DNA-psoralen photoadduct by direct binding assay and competitive ELISA. The anti-DNA antibody belong to both IgG and IgM immunoglobulin classes and their ratio was 5:1. The possible significance of altered conformation of nDNA in the etiology of SLE has been discussed. FAU - Ali, A AU - Ali A AD - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University. FAU - Hasan, R AU - Hasan R FAU - Ali, R AU - Ali R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Australia TA - Biochem Int JT - Biochemistry international JID - 8100311 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Antinuclear) RN - 0 (DNA, Single-Stranded) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin M) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 9012-36-6 (Sepharose) RN - KTZ7ZCN2EX (Ficusin) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Antinuclear/classification/*immunology/isolation & purification MH - Antibody Diversity MH - Antibody Specificity MH - Autoimmune Diseases/immunology MH - Binding, Competitive MH - Chromatography, Affinity MH - Cross Reactions MH - DNA/*immunology MH - DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Ficusin/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin G/immunology MH - Immunoglobulin M/immunology MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/etiology/immunology MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Sepharose EDAT- 1991/01/01 00:00 MHDA- 1991/01/01 00:01 CRDT- 1991/01/01 00:00 PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1991/01/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1991/01/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Int. 1991 Jan;23(1):111-8.