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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2022

A cell-based assay for detection of anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies with performance equivalent to immunoprecipitation.

Gerson Dierley Keppeke, Minoru Satoh, Cristiane Kayser, Pedro Matos, Tomoko Hasegawa, Shin Tanaka, Larissa Diogenes, Rogerio Quintiliano Amaral, Silvia Helena Rodrigues, Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Gerson Dierley KeppekeRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Minoru SatohDepartment of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Cristiane KayserRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Pedro MatosRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Tomoko HasegawaDepartment of Clinical Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shin TanakaDepartment of Human, Information, and Science, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Larissa DiogenesRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Rogerio Quintiliano AmaralRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Silvia Helena RodriguesRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Luis Eduardo Coelho AndradeRheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRUniversity of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies are useful for the diagnosis and prognosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Anti-fibrillarin produces a clumpy nucleolar pattern in indirect immunofluorescence assay on HEp-2 cells (HEp-2 IFA). Here we develop and validate a reliable cell-based anti-fibrillarin assay (Fibrillarin/CBA) for use in clinical diagnostic laboratories. A TransMembrane Signal was fused to the human fibrillarin gene (TMS-fibrillarin). HEp-2 cells overexpressing transgenic TMS-fibrillarin at the cytoplasmic membrane were used as IFA substrate in the Fibrillarin/CBA. Sixty-two serum samples with nucleolar pattern in the HEp-2 IFA (41 clumpy; 21 homogeneous/punctate) were tested for anti-fibrillarin using Fibrillarin/CBA, immunoprecipitation (IP), line-blot and ELISA. In addition, samples from 106 SSc-patients were evaluated with Fibrillarin/CBA and the results were correlated with disease phenotypes. Thirty-eight of 41 samples with the clumpy nucleolar pattern (92.7%) were positive in the Fibrillarin/CBA, while all 21 samples with other nucleolar patterns were negative. Fibrillarin/CBA results agreed 100% with IP results. Among the 38 Fibrillarin/CBA-positive samples, only 15 (39.5%) and 11 (29%) were positive for anti-fibrillarin in line-blot and ELISA, respectively. Higher frequency of diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) phenotype (72.7% vs 36.8%; p=0.022), cardiac involvement (36.4% vs 6.5%; p=0.001) and scleroderma renal crisis (18.2% vs 3.3% p = 0.028) was observed in SSc patients with positive compared to negative Fibrillarin/CBA result. Performance of Fibrillarin/CBA in the detection of anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies was comparable to the gold standard IP. Positive Fibrillarin/CBA results correlated with disease phenotypes known to be associated with anti-fibrillarin autoantibodies, underscoring the clinical validation of this novel assay.

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AutoantibodiesScleroderma, SystemicEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansImmunoprecipitationAutoantibodiesanti-fibrillarinantinuclear antibodiesautoantibody (ies)biomarkerscell-based assaysystemic sclerosis

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PMID36225928
PMCPMC9549361
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