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. 1987 Jun;68(3):552–561.

The effect of La(SSB) on PWM-induced immunoglobulin synthesis by anti-La(SSB) positive SLE patients and healthy controls.

G Smith 1, C A Morrison 1, P J Maddison 1
PMCID: PMC1542759  PMID: 2958189

Abstract

The effect of affinity purified La(SSB) on immunoglobulin synthesis in vitro by mononuclear cells (MNC) from anti-La(SSB)-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and healthy controls was studied. La(SSB) was prepared from calf thymus extract and characterized by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. Silver staining of gels reveals nine major bands at 68 kD, 43-48 kD and 30-33 kD, of which six were recognized on immunoblots by sera from anti-La(SSB) positive SLE patients. Studies in vitro showed that La(SSB) alone did not stimulate total IgG or IgM synthesis in controls or SLE patients. Low concentrations of La(SSB) (optimal dose less than 0.02 ng/ml) suppressed pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-driven IgG synthesis by controls but not by anti-La(SSB) positive SLE patients. IgM responses were unaffected. Anti-La(SSB) and anti-DNA were detected in PWM-stimulated cultures from both study groups. In the presence of La(SSB) IgM anti-La(SSB) synthesis was enhanced in anti-La(SSB)-positive patients in a dose-dependent manner. In contrast, La(SSB) inhibited anti-La(SSB) production by controls (maximal at 2 ng/ml). La(SSB) had no effect on anti-DNA production in either group. Pre-incubation of control or anti-La(SSB)-positive SLE MNC with La(SSB) before addition to autologous PWM-driven cultures did not induce suppressor cells, although pre-incubation with Concanavalin A (ConA) did. Thus we suggest that La(SSB)-induced suppression of IgG synthesis in PWM-driven control cultures may not be due to induction of regulator cells, possibly missing from SLE cultures, but perhaps is a direct effect on B cells.

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