Inventors:
Morris Reichlin - Oklahoma City OK
Eugen Koren - San Francisco CA
Assignee:
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation - Oklahoma City OK
International Classification:
A61K 39395
US Classification:
4241311, 4241331, 4241921, 4241931, 514 12, 514 13, 514 14, 514 15, 514 16, 514 17, 514 18, 530324, 530325, 530326, 530327, 530328, 530329, 530330, 5303871, 530403
Abstract:
Treatments have been developed for lupus patients using either anti-ID antibodies to dsDNA to block anti-dsDNA antibodies and/or kill the B cells producing the anti-dsDNA antibodies or ribosomal protein S1 peptides immunoreactive with anti-dsDNA antibodies. Examples demonstrate that (1) anti-dsDNA antibodies are cross-reactive with ribosomal protein S1, (2) anti-dsDNA antibodies suppress protein synthesis, presumably through inhibition of mRNA translation initiation, and (3) a normal human sera contains an anti-idiotypic antibody (anti-Id) to anti-dsDNA antibodies isolated from SLE patients which blocked the interactions between the anti-Id antibody fragment (Fab ) and various anti-dsDNA preparations.