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Antibodies to HMG proteins in patients with drug-induced autoimmunity
Objective:
To determine the prevalence of autoantibodies to high-mobility group (HMG) proteins in sera from patients with drug-induced lupus (DIL).
Methods:
Forty-two patients who developed autoantibodies and/or lupus after treatment with procainamide or other drugs were tested for HMG autoantibodies by immunoblotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Results:
Twenty-eight of the 42 sera (67%) bound HMG-14 and/or HMG-17. In comparison, 9 of 42 (21%) bound HMG-1 and/or HMG-2. There was a good correlation between ELISA results and binding on immunoblots.
Conclusion:
The high prevalence of antibodies to the nucleosomal core HMGs (HMG-14 and HMG-17) in DIL patients adds evidence implicating nucleosomes as immunogens in drug-induced autoimmunity.