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  • Title: Elevated IgG titer against the C region of streptococcal M protein and its immunodeterminants in patients with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis.
    Author: Mori K, Ito Y, Kamikawaji N, Sasazuki T.
    Journal: J Pediatr; 1997 Aug; 131(2):293-9. PubMed ID: 9290619.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine the immune responses to the streptococcal M protein in patients with poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis (PSAGN). STUDY DESIGN: The gene coding type 12 M protein of group A streptococcus (M12), a known PSAGN-associated serotype, was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli to investigate the specific immune responses to the M12 protein in patients with PSAGN. Recombinant M proteins for the variable N-terminal half (AB region) and conserved C-terminal half (C region) were produced separately. IgG titers against each region were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in patients with PSAGN (n = 51), uncomplicated streptococcal pharyngitis (n = 26), chronic glomerulonephritis (n = 10), and in healthy control subjects (n = 51). Immunodominant domains within the M protein in PSAGN were further investigated by use of overlapping synthetic peptides. RESULTS: IgG titers against the C region, but not the AB region, were markedly higher in the PSAGN group than in other groups (p < 0.01), and these titers were maintained for at least several months after antistreptolysin O or antistreptokinase levels had returned to normal. Studies with overlapping synthetic peptides demonstrated that increased IgG reactivity was observed against the C repeat blocks. CONCLUSION: IgG titers against the C region are significantly elevated in patients with PSAGN, and it may be a diagnostic marker for PSAGN.
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