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  • Title: Genetic association between natural autoantibody responses to histones and DNA in murine lupus.
    Author: Tokushige K, Kinoshita K, Hirose S, Shirai T.
    Journal: Autoimmunity; 1992; 12(4):285-93. PubMed ID: 1391598.
    Abstract:
    Genetic regulation of the spontaneous anti-histone antibody production in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was studied using the H-2-congenic and T cell receptor beta chain gene complex (TCR beta)-congenic NZB and NZW strains and their crosses. We found that the original, parental H-2d/d NZB mice produced significantly higher titers of serum IgM class anti-histone antibodies than did the congenic H-2d/z or H-2z/z NZB mice. However, none of these three NZB strains produced IgG antibodies. The NZW strain of any H-2 haplotype did not produce IgM and IgG anti-histone antibodies. The IgG anti-histone antibodies were produced only by H-2d/z heterozygous NZB x NZW F1, but not by homozygous H-2z/z or H-2d/d NZB x NZW F1 mice. In studies using (NZB x NZW) F1 x NZB backcross mice, only the progeny having both H-2d/z and NZW-type TCR beta genotypes produced high amounts of IgG antibodies. There was a tight linkage between the NZW-type TCR beta and the production of IgG anti-histone antibodies in TCR beta-congenic NZB x NZW F1 mice. All these findings were in keeping with our preceding observations on the genetic regulation of anti-DNA antibodies in these mice and suggest that certain common mechanisms such as super-antigen-mediated or common idiotope-mediated regulations may underlie the production of these two distinct autoantibodies in NZB x NZW F1 mice.
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