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. 1987 Jun;68(3):543–551.

Increased concanavalin A-binding capacity of immunoglobulin G purified from sera of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

M G Malaise 1, P Franchimont 1, C Bouillene 1, C Houssier 1, P R Mahieu 1
PMCID: PMC1542739  PMID: 3652523

Abstract

A solid phase radioimmunoassay was set up for direct measurement of the binding capacity of human IgG to three lectins recognizing different carbohydrates of the Fc domain, i.e. peanut agglutinin (PNA), Concanavalin A (Con A) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) which mainly bind to beta-galactose, alpha-mannose and dimers of N-acetyl-beta-glucosamine respectively. The mean specific binding of the 96 normal IgG tested to PNA and to PWM was statistically higher (P less than 0.001) than that to Con A, whereas no significant differences were observed between the mean specific bindings to PNA and to PWM. A statistically significant linear negative correlation could be established only between the relative bindings (expressed in percentage of the total binding to the three lectins) to PNA and to PWM (r = -0.65, P less than 0.001). The mean specific binding of IgG purified from 34 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to PNA and to Con A was statistically higher (P less than 0.001) than that reached with PWM, whereas no significant differences were noted between their mean binding capacities to PNA and to Con A. When compared to normal IgG, only four out of 34 RA IgG exhibited a significantly higher binding capacity to PNA, whereas all but one RA IgG possessed a significantly higher binding capacity to Con A. Accordingly, the mean specific binding of RA IgG to Con A was significantly higher than that of normal IgG (P less than 0.001). Besides (and contrary to normal IgG), a statistically significant negative linear correlation was noted between the relative bindings of RA IgG to PNA and to Con A (r = -0.89, P less than 0.001). All the five RA IgG tested exhibited an abnormal circular dichroism. Our data suggest that, by altered steric conformation and glycosylation, mannosyl-residues of RA IgG become prominent or terminal or both, and are therefore able to react more effectively with Con A than normal IgG do.

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