Nucleic acids encoding antigens associated with polymyositis and dermatomositis
First Claim
1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, consisting essentially of the sequence shown in FIG. 1 that encodes all or a peptide portion of an Mi-2 protein, wherein the protein expressed from said nucleic acid molecule includes at least one epitope of said protein that is bound by a myositis-specific autoantibody.
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Abstract
Proteins including at least one epitope of the Mi-2 antigen, which are used for the diagnosis of dermatomyositis, and proteins including at least one epitope of the PM-Scl antigen, which are used for the diagnosis of polymyositis, particularly polymyositis-scleroderma overlap disorders are provided in an easily purified form for use in immunoassays and purification of the associated autoantigens. DNA that encode these proteins and that may also be used in diagnostic assays or as probes to obtain related DNA are also provided.
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- 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, consisting essentially of the sequence shown in FIG. 1 that encodes all or a peptide portion of an Mi-2 protein, wherein the protein expressed from said nucleic acid molecule includes at least one epitope of said protein that is bound by a myositis-specific autoantibody.
- 3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule, consisting essentially of twenty-four consecutive nucleotides of the sequence shown in a sequence selected from the group consisting of the sequences shown in FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 4C, FIG. 4D and FIG. 4E, that encodes all or a peptide portion of a myositis specific PM-Scl protein, wherein the protein expressed from said sequence includes at least one epitope of PM-Scl that is bound by a myositis-specific autoantibody.
- 5. A nucleic acid molecule for use as a probe consisting essentially of a sequence of at least 10 nucleotides of the sequence shown in FIG. 1, wherein the molecule specifically hybridizes under non-stringent conditions to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes an Mi-2 antigen.
- 7. A nucleic acid molecule for use as a probe consisting essentially of a sequence of at least 10 nucleotides of a sequence selected from the group consisting of the sequences shown in FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, FIG. 4C, FIG. 4D and FIG. 4E, wherein the molecule specifically hybridizes under non-stringent conditions to a nucleic acid molecule that encodes a PM-Scl antigen.
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