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Human heat shock protein 60 (409-424) fragment is recognized by serum antibodies of patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Authors:Jan Wysocki  Bozena Karawajczyk  Jacek Górski  Artur Korzeniowski  Zbigniew Ma?kiewicz  Gotfryd Kupryszewski  Renata Glo?nicka
Affiliation:Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, ul. Powstania Styczniowego 9 b St., 81-519 Gdynia, Poland. wysoj@immt.gdynia.pl
Abstract:
Acute coronary syndromes (ACS), including unstable angina (UA) and acute myocardial infarction (MI), are clinical manifestations of a progressive atherosclerotic process. Antibodies (Ab) to heat shock proteins (hsp) have been reported to be associated with atherosclerosis. Blood samples from 35 patients with ACS and 20 healthy volunteers were tested for Ab to human hsp60 by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Levels of specific serum Ab against hsp60 were significantly elevated in patients with ACS when compared to clinically healthy subjects. To determine the antigenic determinants recognized by these Ab, antibody binding to seven peptides, selected from the hydrophilic and acrophilic regions of the human hsp60 molecule, was assessed. Despite the individual variation in the immune response among patients, one immunodominant region was revealed corresponding to the hsp60 (409-424) peptide. The identification of this epitope may be important for understanding the function of this protein in the atherosclerotic process.
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