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  • Title: Idiotypic analysis of myeloma proteins: anti-DNA activity of monoclonal immunoglobulins bearing an SLE idiotype is more common in IgG than IgM antibodies.
    Author: Davidson A, Preud'homme JL, Solomon A, Chang MD, Beede S, Diamond B.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1987 Mar 01; 138(5):1515-8. PubMed ID: 3805725.
    Abstract:
    The anti-idiotype 3I which recognizes a determinant on kappa-chains of anti-DNA antibodies in SLE patients also recognizes a determinant on kappa-chains of 82/706 myeloma proteins tested. Twenty-nine of these 82 proteins bind to double-stranded DNA, including two monoclonal IgM, one monoclonal IgA, and 26 monoclonal IgG proteins. DNA binding is much more frequent in the IgG than in the IgM myeloma proteins (p less than 0.001), and is also associated with cationic antibody charge. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis reveals markedly increased charge heterogeneity of both heavy and light chains of the monoclonal IgG as compared with the monoclonal IgM proteins. We postulate that the increased charge heterogeneity of the IgG-associated 3I-reactive kappa-light chains may reflect somatic mutation, and that DNA specificity within the 3I idiotype system arises by somatic mutation of germ-line genes found in normal individuals. DNA binding may be associated with those mutations that give rise to a cationic immunoglobulin charge.
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