Germ-line genetic variation in the immunoglobulin heavy chain creates stroke susceptibility in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

The risk of cerebrovascular disease in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-A3/SHRSP) arises from naturally occurring genetic variation. In the present study we show the involvement of SHR genetic variation that affects antibody formation and function in the pathogenesis of stroke. We h...

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Published in:Physiological genomics 2019-11, Vol.51 (11), p.578-585
Main Authors: Dhande, Isha S, Kneedler, Sterling C, Joshi, Aniket S, Zhu, Yaming, Hicks, M John, Wenderfer, Scott E, Braun, Michael C, Doris, Peter A
Format: Article
Language:English
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Autoantibodies
Cerebrovascular diseases
Genetic diversity
Heavy chains
Hsp70 protein
Hypertension
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Immunoglobulins
Protein arrays
Proteins
Rodents
Serum levels
Stress proteins
Wnt protein
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Summary:The risk of cerebrovascular disease in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-A3/SHRSP) arises from naturally occurring genetic variation. In the present study we show the involvement of SHR genetic variation that affects antibody formation and function in the pathogenesis of stroke. We have tested the involvement in susceptibility to stroke of genetic variation in , the gene encoding the immunoglobulin heavy chain by congenic substitution. This gene contains functional natural variation in SHR-A3 that diverges from stroke-resistant SHR-B2. We created a SHR-A3 congenic line in which the gene was substituted with the corresponding haplotype from SHR-B2. Compared with SHR-A3 rats, congenic substitution of the locus [SHR-A3( -B2)] markedly reduced cerebrovascular disease. Given the role in antibody formation of the gene, we investigated the presence of IgG and IgM autoantibodies and their targets using a high-density protein array containing ~20,000 recombinant proteins. High titers of autoantibodies to key cerebrovascular stress proteins were detected, including FABP4, HSP70, and Wnt signaling proteins. Serum levels of these autoantibodies were reduced in the SHR-A3( -B2) congenic line.
ISSN:1094-8341
1531-2267
DOI:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00054.2019