Anti-PAD4 autoantibodies in rheumatoid arthritis: levels in serum over time and impact on PAD4 activity as measured with a small synthetic substrate

Abstract Isoform 4 of the human peptidylarginine deiminase (hPAD4) enzyme may be responsible for the citrullination of antigens in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and has been shown to be itself the target of disease-specific autoantibodies. Here, we have tested whether the level of serum anti-hPAD4 antibodies in RA patients is stable over a period of 10 years and whether the antibodies influence hPAD4-mediated deimination of the small substrate N-α-Benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester. RA sera (n = 128) obtained at baseline and after 10 years were assessed for anti-hPAD4 antibodies by a specific immunoassay. For 118 RA patients, serum anti-hPAD4 IgG levels were stable over 10 years. Seven patients who were negative for anti-PAD4 IgG at baseline had become positive after 10 years. Further, total IgG from selected RA patients and controls were purified, and a fraction was depleted for anti-hPAD4 antibodies. Kinetic deimination assays were performed with total IgG and depleted fractions. The kcat and Km values of hPAD4-mediated deimination of N-α-Benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester were not affected by the depletion of the anti-hPAD4 antibodies from the total IgG pool. In conclusion, RA patients remain positive for anti-hPAD4 antibodies over time and some patients who are initially anti-hPAD4 negative become positive later in the disease course. The anti-hPAD4 antibodies did not affect the enzymatic activity of hPAD4 when the small substrate N-α-Benzoyl-l-arginine ethyl ester was used. However, this finding may not exclude an effect of these autoantibodies on citrullination of protein substrates in RA..

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

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2011

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

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Rheumatology international - 32(2011), 5 vom: 26. Jan., Seite 1271-1276

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Englisch

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Pollmann, Sylvie [VerfasserIn]
Stensland, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Halvorsen, Eirik Hornes [VerfasserIn]
Sollid, Ludvig M. [VerfasserIn]
Kvien, Tore K. [VerfasserIn]
Fleckenstein, Burkhard [VerfasserIn]
Molberg, Øyvind [VerfasserIn]

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Autoantibodies
Citrulline
Peptidylarginine deiminase 4
Rheumatoid arthritis

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© The Author(s) 2011

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10.1007/s00296-010-1765-y

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OLC204490540X