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1: FEBS Lett. 1986 Dec 15;209(2):231-4.Links

Inhibition of topoisomerase I by antibodies in sera from scleroderma patients.

Samuels DS, Tojo T, Homma M, Shimizu N.

Purified type I topoisomerase from calf thymus as well as nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts from EGF-stimulated human and mouse fibroblasts in cell culture efficiently convert supercoiled plasmid DNA to the relaxed form. The purified IgG fraction from the sera of Japanese patients with the rheumatic disease scleroderma were shown to inhibit this relaxation activity. Thus, these patients likely produce autoantibodies to topoisomerase I. In addition, the human, bovine and murine enzymes share antigenic determinants recognized by the antisera.

PMID: 2431927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]