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Betaine homocysteine methyl transferase 1, a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity

Van den Bergh, K; Vercammen, M; Regenass, S; Derua, R; Vermeersch, P; Pokreisz, P; Ocmant, A; de Beéck, K O; Janssens, S; Waelkens, E; Bossuyt, X (2011). Betaine homocysteine methyl transferase 1, a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity. Clinica Chimica Acta, 413(1-2):105-108.

Abstract

Anti-Golgi antibodies are rare autoantibodies that have been described in systemic autoimmune diseases. Not all Golgi auto-antigens are known. The objective of this study was to identify a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity. Sera from a patient with Golgi immune reactivity and from a control individual were used for Western blotting after 2-dimensional gel separation of a rat Golgi-enriched extract. Betaine homocysteine S-methyltransferase 1 (BHMT1) was identified as an auto-antigen by MALDI-TOF/TOF mass spectrometry. Using human recombinant BHMT1, a strong positive blotting signal was obtained with serum from the patient but not from a control. Pre-absorption of the serum sample with reactivity to BHMT1 with recombinant human BHMT1 resulted in decreased reactivity on Western blotting and in disappearance of the Golgi-like pattern on indirect immunofluorescence. Using immunocytochemistry, we confirmed the subcellular localization of BHMT1 to the Golgi apparatus. Antibodies to BHMT1 were found in four of 80 samples with a Golgi-pattern on indirect immunofluorescence. The antibodies were not associated with a specific clinical condition. We identified BHMT1 as a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > University Hospital Zurich > Clinic for Immunology
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Life Sciences > Biochemistry
Life Sciences > Clinical Biochemistry
Health Sciences > Biochemistry (medical)
Language:English
Date:2011
Deposited On:29 Dec 2011 09:10
Last Modified:16 Jul 2025 03:33
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0009-8981
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2011.09.001
PubMed ID:21963462
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