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Inhibition of Adenovirus DNA Synthesis In Vitro by Sera from Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

¹ Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
^* Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
³ Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
⁴ Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461

ABSTRACT

Sera containing antinuclear antibodies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and related disorders were tested for their effect on the synthesis of adenovirus (Ad) DNA in an in vitro replication system. After being heated at 60°C for 1 h, some sera from patients with SLE inhibited Ad DNA synthesis by 60 to 100%. Antibodies to double-stranded DNA were present in 15 of the 16 inhibitory sera, and inhibitory activity copurified with anti-double-stranded DNA in the immunoglobulin G fraction. These SLE sera did not inhibit the DNA polymerases , ß, and had no antibody to the 72,000-dalton DNA-binding protein necessary for Ad DNA synthesis. The presence of antibodies to single-stranded DNA and a variety of saline-extractable antigens (Sm, Ha, nRNP, and rRNP) did not correlate with SLE serum inhibitory activity. Methods previously developed for studying the individual steps in Ad DNA replication were used to determine the site of inhibition by the SLE sera that contained antibody to double-stranded DNA. Concentrations of the SLE inhibitor that decreased the elongation of Ad DNA by greater than 85% had no effect on either the initiation of Ad DNA synthesis or the polymerization of the first 26 deoxyribonucleotides.

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