Deoxyribonuclease activity of polyclonal IgGs: a putative serological marker in patients with spondyloarthritides.

Antibodies executing catalytic activity are referred to as antibody enzymes or short "abzymes" and may have diagnostic relevance. Abzymes with deoxyribonuclease (DNase) activity have been demonstrated in patients with autoimmune and infectious diseases. Despite several reports on the occurrence of DNase abzymes in systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, conclusive data about DNase activity of antibodies in patients with spondyloarthritides (SpAs) are lacking.

IgGs containing λ- and κ-type light chains and of all subclasses (IgG1-IgG4) from the sera of patients with autoimmune diseases and viral and bacterial infections hydrolyze DNA.

We present the first evidence demonstrating that small fractions of IgGs of all four subclasses (IgG1-IgG4) from patients with viral (tick-borne encephalitis), bacterial infections (streptococcal infection or erysipelas), and suppurative surgical infections caused by epidermal staphylococci as well as from patients with autoimmune diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis) are catalytically active in the hydrolysis of supercoiled DNA. The hydrolysis of DNA was analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The catalytic activities of nonfractionated IgGs increased in the following order: tick-borne encephalitis < suppurative surgical infection < streptococcal infection < multiple sclerosis < systemic lupus erythematosus, whereas IgGs of healthy donors were inactive.

DNA-hydrolyzing activity of IgG antibodies from the sera of patients with tick-borne encephalitis.

DNase autoantibodies (Abzs) can be found in the blood of patients with several autoimmune diseases, while the blood of healthy donors or patients with diseases with an insignificant disturbance of the immune status does not contain DNase Abzs. Here we present the first analysis of the DNase Abzs activity in the patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). Several strict criteria have been applied to show that the DNase activity is an intrinsic property of IgGs from the sera of TBE patients but not from healthy donors.

DNA-hydrolysing activity of IgG antibodies from the sera of patients with diseases caused by different bacterial infections.

DNase autoantibodies (Abs) can be found in the blood of patients with several autoimmune diseases, while the blood of healthy donors or patients with diseases with insignificant disturbances of the immune status does not contain the DNase Abs. Here we have analysed for the first time the DNase activity in the patients with diseases caused by several bacterial infections. Several rigid criteria have been applied to show that the DNase activity is an intrinsic property of IgGs from the sera of patients with bacterial diseases but not from healthy donors.

[The enzymatic activity of IgG preparations in viral hepatitis].

The activity of the enzymatic activity of the preparations of IgG1, IgG2 and IgG4, isolated from the blood of patients with acute virus hepatitis B and chronic viral hepatitis C resulting in cirrhosis, was studied. The blood samples were found to have DNAase activity significantly exceeding that of immunoglobulins isolated from the blood sera of healthy donors, as well as peroxidase, oxidase and esterase activities, whose level did not significantly differ from those of the donor blood sera. The interaction of IgG preparations with the cations of different metals was studied.

[Identification of Staphylococcus aureus by determining nuclease activity and using methods of multivariate statistical analysis].

A new quantitative method for the determination of the DNA-se activity of bacteria, based on the prevention of the clot formation of DNA with rivanol under the action of microbial DNA-ses, has been developed. The sensitivity of this method is 0.005-0.

[Method of quantitative determination of staphylococcal hyaluronidase activity].

The proposed method for measuring hyaluronidase activity of microorganism is based on prevention of hyaluronic acid clot formation with rivanol under the effect of hyaluronidase. This made possible the quantitative and qualitative detection of hyaluronidase activities of different staphylococcus species and strains. The maximum level of the enzyme and highest rate of its detection were typical of St.

[Assessment of DNAse activity by the rivanol clot method].

A method for assessing DNAse activity in various biological substrata is offered. It is based on the capacity of rivanol to form a clot with DNA inversely proportionate to depolymeraization of DNAse under the effect of nucleases of different origin. The sensitivity of the method is more than 10 times higher than of viscosimetry and the alcohol clot formation test.

[Determination of hyaluronidase activity by the rivanol clot method].

A method for hyaluronidase activity measurement in various biologic samples is suggested, based on rivanol capacity to form a clot with hyaluronic acid inversely proportional to this acid depolymerization under the effect of hyaluronidase. This method sensitivity is ten times higher than that of the mucin clot method; any colorimetric or fluorometric method can be used for detection. The method has been adapted to measurements of commercial hyaluronidase preparations and of blood serum hyaluronidase activity.

Temperature and pH dependent changes of immunoglobulin G structure.

1. The temperature and pH functions of the myeloma IgG(K) conformation were studied by optical rotatory dispersion, circular dichroism, thermal perturbation difference spectroscopy, solvent perturbation difference spectroscopy, electrochemical iodination and difference adiabatic scanning microcalorimetry. 2.