Detection and characterization of blocking-type anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies in sera from patients with myasthenia gravis.

Abstract:

:We developed a highly sensitive, convenient assay for measuring blocking-type anti-acetylcholine receptor antibodies, which inhibit the binding of 125I-labeled alpha-bungarotoxin (alpha-BuTx) to the acetylcholine receptor (AChR). This procedure detected inhibitory activities in sera from 76% of patients with myasthenia gravis. Results of an experiment done with synthetic peptide corresponding to the alpha-BuTx binding region in the alpha-subunit of Torpedo AChR suggested that this inhibition is due to nonspecific steric hindrance caused by the binding of antibodies to a region other than the alpha-BuTx site, rather than by direct binding to the latter site. The inhibitory activities of the blocking-type antibodies and the titers of non-blocking-type antibodies were correlated. Moreover, the blocking-type antibodies could dissociate 125I-labeled alpha-BuTx from 125I-labeled alpha-BuTx-human AChR complex, and their dissociation activities showed good correlation with the inhibitory activities.

journal_name

Clin Chem

journal_title

Clinical chemistry

authors

Hara H,Hayashi K,Ohta K,Itoh N,Nishitani H,Ohta M

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2053-7

issue

10

eissn

0009-9147

issn

1530-8561

journal_volume

39

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