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Table 1. Proteins identified by MALDI-TOF and further confirmed by MS/MS analysisSDS-WB band(kDa)Protein identifiedIDscore(thld)47kDa [1] 2’,3’-Cyclic-Nucleotide 3- I56577 94(63) 4.4e-05Phosphodiesterase (Rat)47kDa [2] Creatine kinase (Rat) Q499P7_rat 90(63) 1.2e-0498kDa Brain specific alpha actinin (Rat) Q6T487_rat 83(63) 5.7e-04130kDa Spectrin alpha chain or Alpha fodrin (Rat) AAC33127 133(63) 6.1e-09sig.(a) (b)RU756555453525155-5Monoclonal IgGs binding analysis on CSF114(Glc) coated chip in SPRAlpha actinin (Sigma) Alpha fodrin (Abcam) CNPase (Abcam) Creatine kinase BB(Abcam)Monoclonal IgGs 10ug/mlFig. 2. (a) Western blot of rat brain proteins with affinity purified anti-CSF114(Glc) IgGsfrom Multiple Sclerosis patients’ sera (lane A, B, C) and anti-CSF114(Glc) IgGs from onerepresentative normal blood donor (lane D). (b) Surface Plasmon Resonance of identifiedcytoskeletal proteins monoclonal IgGs (Sigma, Abcam) on CSF114(Glc)-coated chip.Further confirmation was obtained using <strong>com</strong>mercially available monoclonal antibodies toAlpha fodrin, Creatine kinase BB, and CNPase (Abcam), and Alpha actinin (Sigma). All themonoclonal IgGs were used in Surface Plasmon Resonance (BIAcore T100 TM ) for bindinganalysis with CSF114(Glc)-coated chips. Interestingly, we found that anti-Alpha fodrin,anti-Creatine kinase BB, and anti-Alpha actinin monoclonal IgGs were able to bind withCSF114(Glc). Differently anti-CNPase IgGs did not display any binding at the sameconcentration (Figure 2).In conclusion, we characterized for the first time that the artificially designedCSF114(Glc) specifically recognizes anti-Alpha fodrin and anti-Alpha actinin monoclonalIgGs, belonging to the same family of cytoskeletal proteins.The question arising now: are the proteins Alpha fodrin, Creatine kinase BB, andAlpha actinin real native antigens involved in triggering autoantibody-mediated MultipleSclerosis?AcknowledgmentsItalian government scholarship for biotechnology 2008 (India) and MIUR scholarship 2009 (Italy) toS.P., Ente Cassa Risparmio di Firenze (Italy) as well as Chaire d’Excellence 2009-2013 (France) toA.M.P. are gratefully acknowledged for financial support.References1. Papini, A.M., et al. Granted U.S.A. Patent & PCT WO 03/000733 A2.2. Papini, A.M. Simple test for multiple sclerosis. Nat. Med. 11, 13 (2005).3. Carotenuto, A., et al. J. Med. Chem. 51, 5304-5309 (2008).4. Lolli, F., et al. P.N.A.S. 102, 10273 (2005).5. Lolli, F., et al. J. Neuroimmunol. 167, 131 (2005).291

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