(A) Digest
assay with ME/CFS_11 (Figure 1) before and after addition of whole glatiramer
acetate (GA), 30 μM final; (B) GA fractionated using size-exclusion
chromatography (top chromatogram with fraction demarcations (vertical
lines)) corresponding to degree of inhibition in the bar graph directly
below for sample ME/CFS_11; (C) comparison of four class-specific
protease inhibitors on preventing ME/CFS_12 Ab digest of MBP; each
inhibitor was tested at 0.1 and 0.01 μg (1.22 and 0.122 μM
final, respectively); and (D) digest assay comparing inhibition by
GA and three random peptides: (1) MBP only, (2) ME/CFS_12 Ab + MBP,
(3) GA (30 μM), (4) peptide YY, (5) gastrin releasing peptide,
and (6) influenza hemagglutinin peptide (each at 30 μM final
concentration with 3 μg Ab and 1 μg MBP).