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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
Kawasaki syndrome (KS) is the major cause of acquired heart disease in children. Although acute myocarditis is observed in most patients with KS, its pathogenesis is unknown. Because antimyosin autoantibodies are present in autoimmune myocarditis and rheumatic carditis, the purpose of the current study was to determine whether anticardiac myosin Abs might be present during the acute stage of KS. Sera from KS patients as well as age-matched febrile controls and normal adults were compared for reactivity with human cardiac myosin in ELISAs and Western blot assays. A total of 5 of 13 KS sera, as compared with 5 of 8 acute rheumatic fever sera, contained Ab titers to human cardiac myosin that were significantly higher than those found in control sera. Both cardiac and skeletal myosins were recognized in the ELISA by KS sera, although stronger reactivity was observed to human cardiac myosin. Only IgM antimyosin Abs from KS sera were significantly elevated relative to control sera. KS sera containing antimyosin Abs recognized synthetic peptides from the light meromyosin region of the human cardiac myosin molecule and had a different pattern of reactivity than acute rheumatic fever sera, further supporting the association of antimyosin Ab with KS. These Abs may contribute to the pathogenesis of acute myocarditis found in patients with KS.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
163
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1060-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Autoantibodies, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Immune Sera, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Myosin Subfragments, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Myosins, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:10395705-Rats
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Anti-human cardiac myosin autoantibodies in Kawasaki syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190. USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.