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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 22, 13629-13632, Nov, 1984

Phosphorylation of RNA polymerase I augments its interaction with autoantibodies of systemic lupus erythematosus patients

DA Stetler and ST Jacob

Purified RNA polymerase I was phosphorylated by the endogenous protein kinase or dephosphorylated by alkaline phosphatase and used as antigen in a radioimmunoassay with sera from systemic lupus erythematosus patients or serum from an immunized rabbit. Enzyme incubated in the absence of ATP or phosphatase served as control. Three to seven times more of the autoantibodies in the patients' sera reacted with phosphorylated RNA polymerase I than with control enzyme. The reactivity of the dephosphorylated enzyme with lupus autoantibodies was only 50-60% of that observed with control enzyme. Neither phosphorylation nor dephosphorylation of the enzyme had an effect on its reaction with the rabbit antibodies. The effect of phosphorylation on the reaction of each RNA polymerase I subunit (S1-S8; Mr = 190,000- 17,000) with the patients' antibodies was determined by an immunoblot procedure following resolution of the subunits on polyacrylamide gels. Prior phosphorylation of the enzyme resulted in a dramatic increase in binding of each patient's antibodies to all polymerase subunits with the exception of S4. Anti-S4 antibody was not detected with either phosphorylated or control enzyme. Strikingly, antibodies in each patients' sera reacted with S6 only after its phosphorylation. Similarly, anti-S5 antibodies in the serum of one patient were only detected with phosphorylated RNA polymerase I. The present data suggest that at least a significant fraction of the anti-RNA polymerase I autoantibodies in the sera of systemic lupus erythematosus patients might be directed against phosphorylated sites on the enzyme and that phosphorylation may have a role in the production of this and other autoimmunogenic nuclear components which are hallmarks of this disease.
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