Abstract
The presence of autoantibodies directed against arterial antigens in serum samples from spontaneously hypertensive rats and related controls that included Wistar-Kyoto and Sprague-dawley rats were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblotting technique. Circulating immunoglobulin G antibodies reactive against arterial antigen, as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, could be detected in serum samples of 26 of 30 spontaneously hypertensive rats (87%) and 8 of 30 (27%) Wistar kyoto rats. These antibodies (Abs) were not detectable either by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or immunoblotting in sera from Sprague-dawley rats. The arterial antigen-reactive antibody was antigen specific, because the binding reactivity was absorbed by arterial antigen but not by fibroblasts or peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Immunoglobulin G arterial antigen-reactive antibody was significantly higher in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats with established hypertension, compared with young prehypertensive rats or normotensive wistar kyoto rats. Immunoblotting of spontaneously hypertensive rats sera revealed reactivity of arterial antigen-reactive antibody against arterial antigen ranging in size from 20 to 97 kDa. Sera from Wistar kyoto rats recognized arterial antigen ranging in size from 40 to 90 kDa. A significant correlation (p < 0.004) was found between adult spontaneously hypertensive rats with established hypertension and the presence of arterial antigen-reactive antibody reactivity against arterial antigen of 20, 69 and 97 kDa. Antibody directed against a 20 kDa arterial antigen was detected in both young prehypertensive rats and adult rats with established hypertension but not in Wistar kyoto or Sprague-dawley rats. Antibodies directed against both 69 and 97 kDa arterial antigens were detected only in spontaneously hypertensive rats sera. These data show that the pattern of arterial antigen-reactive antibody reactivity in sera of hypertensive rats in heterogeneous, and suggest that arterial antigen-reactive antibody directed against few arterial antigens may be involved in the pathogenesis of hypertension in the spontaneously hypertensive rat.
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