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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2024

Disease-specific autoantibody production in the lungs and salivary glands of anti-synthetase syndrome.

Masaru Takeshita, Katsuya Suzuki, Maho Nakazawa, Hirofumi Kamata, Makoto Ishii, Yoshitaka Oyamada, Hisaji Oshima, Satoshi Usuda, Kazuyuki Tsunoda, Tsutomu Takeuchi

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2024. 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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Masaru TakeshitaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Katsuya SuzukiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Maho NakazawaDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Hirofumi KamataDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Makoto IshiiDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Yoshitaka OyamadaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Tokyo Medical Center, Meguro, Japan.
Hisaji OshimaDepartment of Connective Tissue Diseases, National Tokyo Medical Center, Meguro, Japan.
Satoshi UsudaDepartment of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Kazuyuki TsunodaDepartment of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.
Tsutomu TakeuchiDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Japan.

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Abstract

Interstitial lung disease is a common complication of anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS), and lymphocytic infiltration is often observed in the lesion. We have recently reported that disease-specific autoantibodies are produced by infiltrating lymphocytes in some autoimmune diseases. Here, we investigate the antigen specificity of B cells in the lung lesions of ASS patients. A total of 177 antibodies were produced from antibody-secreting cells in bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF) of three each of serum anti-Jo-1 and serum anti-EJ antibody-positive patients. Twelve to 30% and 50 to 62% of these antibodies were disease-specific autoantibodies, respectively. These autoantibodies recognized conformational epitopes of the whole self-antigen and had affinity maturations, indicating that self-antigens themselves are the target of humoral immunity. In addition, 100 antibodies were produced from two salivary gland tissues, obtained by chance, of ASS patients. Salivary glands are not generally recognized as lesions of ASS, but unexpectedly, ASS-related autoantibody production was also observed similar to that of BALF. Immunostaining confirmed the presence of ASS-related autoantibody-producing cells in salivary glands. Our results suggest that disease-specific autoantibody production at lesion sites is a common pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, and that tissue-specific production of autoantibodies can provide insights regarding the distribution of organ manifestations in autoimmune diseases.

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AutoantibodiesLungMyositisSalivary GlandsAdultAgedAntibodies, AntinuclearAutoantigensB-LymphocytesBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidFemaleHumansLung Diseases, InterstitialMaleMiddle AgedAntibodies, AntinuclearAutoantibodiesAutoantigensanti-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase antibodyanti-Ro52 antibodyanti-synthetase syndromeautoantibodyidiopathic inflammatory myopathysalivary gland

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PMCPMC11208671

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