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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Certain human sera from patients with monoclonal gammopathies contain factors that induce myelin repair in animals with demyelinating disease. We hypothesize that antibodies functionally distinguish the serum of one patient from another. However, pooled normal polyclonal human IgM antibodies also induce remyelination. Definitive proof that specific antibodies are the biologically active components of serum is missing because unquestionably pure preparations of antibody molecules cannot be generated by fractionation. To demonstrate definitively that antibody is the biologically active component of patient serum, recombinant antibody was generated for evaluation in bioassays. The induction of remyelination in vivo requires milligram quantities of antibody. Consequently, an expression system was engineered to express high-titer, recombinant human IgM antibodies in vitro. A resulting recombinant antibody (rHIgM22) was evaluated for its ability to induce remyelination in the Theiler's virus mouse model of chronic-progressive demyelinating disease. We demonstrate that a single recombinant monoclonal antibody recapitulates the key characteristics of patient serum, including binding specificity, the induction of calcium signals in oligodendrocytes in vitro, and the induction of myelin repair within demyelinated plaques in vivo. The rHIgM22 antibody provides a new venue for the analysis of mechanisms governing remyelination and may prove useful in the treatment of demyelinating diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1325-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Calcium Signaling, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Immune Sera, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Myelin Sheath, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Oligodendroglia, pubmed-meshheading:12154009-Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct evidence that a human antibody derived from patient serum can promote myelin repair in a mouse model of chronic-progressive demyelinating disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Mayo Medical and Graduate Schools, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article