Accumulation of antinuclear associated antibodies in circulating immune complexes is more prominent in SLE patients from Sudan than Sweden

The role of anti-nuclear autoantibody (ANA) specificities in immune complexes (IC) formation has been studied to a limited extent in SLE, and not at all in African SLE patients. We compared ANA in IC from Sudanese and Swedish SLE patients. We included 93 Sudanese and 332 Swedish SLE patients fulfilling the 1982 ACR criteria. IC were captured using C1q-coated beads. ANA specificities were quantified in sera and IC. Results were related to modified SLEDAI. Whereas serum levels of anti-Sm, anti-dsDNA and anti-ribosomal P were higher in Swedish patients, IC levels of most ANA specificities were higher among Sudanese patients. This difference was especially prominent for anti-chromatin antibodies, which remained after adjustment for age, disease duration and treatment. Total levels of C1q-binding IC correlated with levels of specific ANA in IC, with highest correlations for anti-chromatin antibodies among Sudanese patients. Whereas occurrence of anti-SSA/Ro60, anti-histone and anti-U1RNP in both serum and IC associated with high SLEDAI score, anti-dsDNA in IC but not in serum associated with high SLEDAI. ANA, especially antibodies targeting chromatin, accumulate more in IC from Sudanese SLE patients. If the autoantibody fraction forming IC is pathogenically important, this might explain the generally described severe SLE in black populations.

Sohrabian, AzitaUppsala universitet,Klinisk immunologi(Swepub:uu)aziso867 (författare)
ElShafie, Amir Ibrahim,1970-Uppsala universitet,Klinisk immunologi(Swepub:uu)amiel226 (författare)
Elagib, Elnour M.Mil Hosp, Rheumatol Unit, Omdurman, Sudan (författare)
Mohammed, Nasr Eldeen A.Al Neelain Univ, Fac Med Lab Sci, Khartoum, Sudan (författare)
Nur, Musa A. M.Alribat Univ Hosp, Rheumatol Unit, Khartoum, Sudan (författare)
Svenungsson, ElisabetKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Gunnarsson, IvaKarolinska Institutet (författare)
Rönnelid, JohanUppsala universitet,Klinisk immunologi(Swepub:uu)joharonn (författare)
Uppsala universitetKlinisk immunologi (creator_code:org_t)

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