Antigen binding characteristics of experimentally-induced antibodies against hydroxyl radical modified native DNA |
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Authors: | Ashok B T Ali R |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh Muslim University, India. |
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Abstract: | Hydroxyl radical, generated by UV irradiation of hydrogen peroxide caused damage to native calf thymus DNA leading to strand breaks, base modification and decrease in melting temperature. The ROS-DNA was highly immunogenic in goat. The antibody activity was inhibited to the extent of 89% with the immunogen as inhibitor. Antigenic specificity of anti-ROS-DNA antibodies by competition ELISA showed multiple cross-reactivity, recognizing B-, A- and allied conformations. The immune complex formation with native and ROS-DNA was substantiated by band shift assay. A striking observation, is the enhanced recognition of ROS-thymine and ROS-poly(dT) by the induced antibodies. These investigations suggest that ROS might be the plausible candidate for the presentation of unique epitopes on ROS-DNA, in particular of thymine, inducing antibodies cross-reacting with native DNA and play an important role in the pathogenesis of SLE. |
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