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2007 ; 368
(5
): 1321-31
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Crystal structure of a human autoimmune complex between IgM rheumatoid factor
RF61 and IgG1 Fc reveals a novel epitope and evidence for affinity maturation
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Duquerroy S
; Stura EA
; Bressanelli S
; Fabiane SM
; Vaney MC
; Beale D
; Hamon M
; Casali P
; Rey FA
; Sutton BJ
; Taussig MJ
J Mol Biol
2007[May]; 368
(5
): 1321-31
PMID17395205
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Rheumatoid factors (RF) are autoantibodies that recognize epitopes in the Fc
region of immunoglobulin (Ig) G and that correlate with the clinical severity of
rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Here we report the X-ray crystallographic structure,
at 3 A resolution, of a complex between the Fc region of human IgG1 and the Fab
fragment of a monoclonal IgM RF (RF61), derived from an RA patient and with a
relatively high affinity for IgG Fc. In the complex, two Fab fragments bind to
each Fc at epitopes close to the C terminus, and each epitope comprises residues
from both Cgamma3 domains. A central role in the unusually hydrophilic epitope is
played by the side-chain of Arg355, accounting for the subclass specificity of
RF61, which recognizes IgG1,-2, and -3 in preference to IgG4, in which the
corresponding residue is Gln355. Compared with a previously determined complex of
a lower affinity RF (RF-AN) bound to IgG4 Fc, in which only residues at the very
edge of the antibody combining site were involved in binding, the epitope bound
by RF61 is centered in classic fashion on the axis of the V(H):V(L) beta-barrel.
The complementarity determining region-H3 loop plays a key role, forming a pocket
in which Arg355 is bound by two salt-bridges. The antibody contacts also involve
two somatically mutated V(H) residues, reinforcing the suggestion of a process of
antigen-driven maturation and selection for IgG Fc during the generation of this
RF autoantibody.