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Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol 62, 928-933, Copyright © 1986 by Endocrine Society

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Detection of autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase in autoimmune thyroid diseases by micro-ELISA and immunoblotting

T Kotani, K Umeki, S Matsunaga, E Kato and S Ohtaki

Serum autoantibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO) in patients with thyroid autoimmune diseases were studied by micro-ELISA and immunoblotting. Twenty-four patients, 15 with Graves' disease and 9 with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, whose serum titers were greater than 3200 on the microsomal hemagglutination test (except for 1 patient with a titer of 800) had autoantibodies to TPO. Both immunoglobulin G and M classes of autoantibodies were detected, with the former being more prominent. When TPO and thyroid microsomes were used as a target in a competitive binding inhibition test, the results suggested that TPO was a major thyroid microsomal antigen. On the other hand, immunoblotting analysis showed 3-4 bands in the 45-60K region stained by patients' sera in addition to human TPO with mol wt of 100K and 107K; only the latter 2 bands stained with antiporcine TPO antibody. In the majority of sera, TPO bands were clearer than others, although some sera showed the clearest band with a mol wt of 55K. These results indicate that patients with autoimmune thyroid disease often have autoantibodies to TPO that can be detected by micro-ELISA and immunoblotting, and that TPO is a major component of the thyroid microsomal antigen.


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