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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
In vitro studies were carried out to determine if reactive oxygen species modified DNA molecules are the preferred antigen for anti-DNA antibodies found in SLE sera. Reactive oxygen species were generated by 254 nm irradiation of hydrogen peroxide. Single stranded breaks, decrease in Tm and modification of adenine (21.7%) and thymine (48%) were the major effects observed on native DNA fragments of 300 bp in length. The ROS-modified DNA showed increased binding with naturally occurring anti-DNA autoantibodies as compared to unmodified DNA fragments. These results were substantiated by competition ELISA. Measurement of binding with DNA fragments of varying size revealed considerably increased binding as the fragment size increased from 50 bp to 800 bp. The relative affinity of anti-DNA IgG for ROS-modified and native DNA fragments of 300 bp were in the order of 6.26 x 10(-8) M and 4.07 x 10(-8) M, respectively.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0165-2478
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Reactive oxygen species modified DNA fragments of varying size are the preferred antigen for human anti-DNA autoantibodies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Aligarh, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't