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Anti-DNA antibodies - overview of assays and clinical correlations

Centre for Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK; Centre for Rheumatology, Arthur Stanley House, 40–50 Tottenham Street, London W1T 4NJ, UK.; anisur.rahman{at}ucl.ac.uk

F Hiepe

Medizinische Klinik III, Charite Humboldt University, Schumannstrasse 20=21, D-10117 Berlin, Germany

Many authors have studied the links between levels of anti-dsDNA antibodies and disease activity in patients with SLE. Interpretationof these studies must take into account the facts that there are a range of possible assays for anti-dsDNA and a number of indices available for assessing disease activity. A recent study compared levels of various autoantibodies with organ specific disease activity assessed during the British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG) index. Amti-dsDNA and anti-heparan sulphate levels were more likely to be raised in patients with renal than non-renal disease.

Some anti-DNA antibodies are actually anti-nucleosome antibodies, which lose DNA reactivity when purified under dissociating conditions. Patients with SLE have significantly increased levels of nucleosomes in their sera compared with healthy controls. In patients with SLE, reduced clearance of nucleosomes released from apoptotic cells may induce the formation of antinucleosome antibodies.

Key Words: anti-DNA • nucleosome • disease activity • apoptosis

Lupus, Vol. 11, No. 12, 770-773 (2002)
DOI: 10.1191/0961203302lu313rp


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