PMID- 29675021 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190625 LR - 20190625 IS - 1664-3224 (Print) IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 9 DP - 2018 TI - Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Reactivity Is Heightened in Pemphigus Vulgaris and Is Driven by Human Leukocyte Antigen Status and the Absence of Desmoglein Reactivity. PG - 625 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00625 [doi] LID - 625 AB - Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) belongs to an autoimmune disease cluster that includes autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), suggesting common mechanisms driving autoimmune susceptibility. Our group has shown that PV patients exhibit significant reactivity to AITD-related anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO), and anti-TPO antibodies affect signaling pathways in keratinocytes similar to anti-desmoglein (Dsg) 3 antibodies. To further assess the relevance of anti-TPO reactivity in PV, we analyzed anti-TPO levels in 280 PV and 167 healthy control serum samples across a comprehensive set of variable and static parameters of disease activity and etiopathogenesis. PV patients have significantly higher activity rates (A.R.s) for anti-TPO than healthy controls, but levels do not differ between phases of clinical activity and remission. Patients that carry both the PV-associated human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles DRB1*0402 and DQB1*0503, or DQB1*0503 alone show a low prevalence of anti-TPO (A.R. 9.5 and 4.8%, respectively), while patients that lack expression of these alleles or carry DRB1*0402 alone have a much higher prevalence of anti-TPO (A.R. 23.1 and 15.8%, respectively), suggesting that the absence of DQB1*0503 may predispose patients to the development of anti-TPO antibodies. Similarly, anti-Dsg1(-)/3(-) patients have a higher anti-TPO A.R. (26.9%) than anti-Dsg1(-)/3(+) (18.8%), anti-Dsg1(+)/3(-) (14.3%), and anti-Dsg1(+)/3(+) (3.9%) patients. Our data suggest that anti-TPO reactivity in PV is driven by genetic markers that may be in linkage disequilibrium with the established PV-susceptibility alleles and that this association drives the selection of a combination of anti-Dsg and anti-TPO antibodies, with anti-TPO filling the gap in active patients that do not carry the established PV-associated autoantibodies and/or are lacking the established PV-HLA-susceptibility alleles. FAU - Seiffert-Sinha, Kristina AU - Seiffert-Sinha K AD - Department of Dermatology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States. FAU - Khan, Shahzaib AU - Khan S AD - Department of Dermatology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States. FAU - Attwood, Kristopher AU - Attwood K AD - Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, United States. FAU - Gerlach, John A AU - Gerlach JA AD - Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics Program, Tissue Typing Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States. FAU - Sinha, Animesh A AU - Sinha AA AD - Department of Dermatology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180405 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (Desmogleins) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - EC 1.11.1.8 (Iodide Peroxidase) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Antibody Affinity MH - Autoantibodies/metabolism MH - Autoimmunity MH - Desmogleins/immunology MH - Epitopes/*immunology MH - Female MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Iodide Peroxidase/*immunology MH - Keratinocytes/*physiology MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Pemphigus/genetics/*immunology MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC5896579 OTO - NOTNLM OT - anti-desmoglein antibody OT - anti-thyroglobulin antibody OT - anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody OT - human leukocyte antigen OT - pemphigus vulgaris EDAT- 2018/04/21 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/21 06:01 PMCR- 2018/01/01 CRDT- 2018/04/21 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/04/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/21 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00625 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2018 Apr 5;9:625. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00625. eCollection 2018.