Neo-epitopes emerging in the degenerative hippocampal granules of aged mice can be recognized by natural IgM auto-antibodies

Immunity & Ageing

Carme Pelegrí³  Jordi Vilaplana³  Mercè Pallàs³  Itsaso Cabezón²  Elisabet Augé¹  Gemma Manich¹ 

[1] Departament de Fisiologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain;Unitat de Farmacologia i Farmacognòsia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Institut de Biomedicina (IBUB), Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Joan XXIII s/n, Barcelona, 08028, Spain;CIBERNED Centros de Biomedicina en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Barcelona, Spain

关键词: Periodic acid-Schiff;    Neo-epitope;    IgM;    Auto-antibody;    Hippocampus;    Ageing;   

Others  :  1234050
DOI  :  10.1186/s12979-015-0050-z

 received in 2015-07-31, accepted in 2015-11-15,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Degenerative granular structures appear progressively with age in the hippocampus of most mouse strains. We recently reported that these granules contain a neo-epitope that is recognised by IgM antibodies present as contaminants in many commercial antibodies obtained from mouse ascites and mouse or rabbit serum. We hypothesise that these anti-neo-epitope IgMs are in fact natural auto-antibodies that are generated spontaneously during the foetal stage without previous contact with external antigens and whose repertoire and reactivity pattern have been determined through evolution, being remarkably stable within species and even between species.

Findings

In the present work we found that mice from the ICR-CD1, BALB/C and SAMP8 strains have anti-neo-epitope IgM antibodies in their plasma at all ages tested and even when maintained under specific opportunistic pathogen-free conditions. Moreover, we determined that these anti-neo-epitope IgMs are also present in rabbit, goat and rat serum. We also found that, in each mouse that presented hippocampal granules, the anti-neo-epitope IgMs contained in its plasma recognised the neo-epitopes in its own granules.

Conclusions

This study led to the conclusion that anti-neo-epitope IgMs are widespread natural auto-antibodies contained in the plasma of mice and other species. The presence of these natural auto-antibodies not only explains why they are frequently found as contaminants in commercial antibodies, but also paves the way for a new approach to a treatment and diagnosis of pathological brain processes based on natural IgMs and neo-epitopes.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Manich et al.

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