start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=179 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=457 end-page=462 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1994 dt-pub=19940201 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Anticardiolipin Antibodies Recognize β(2)-Glycoprotein I Structure Altered by Interacting with an Oxygen Modified Solid Phase Surface en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) derived from the sera of individuals exhibiting the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) directly bind to beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)-GPI), which is adsorbed to an oxidized polystyrene surface. Oxygen atoms were introduced on a polystyrene surface by irradiation with electron or gamma-ray radiation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed the irradiated surfaces were oxidized to generate C-O and C=O moieties. aCL derived from either APS patients or (NZW x BXSB)F-1 mice bound to beta(2)-GPI coated on the irradiated plates, depending on the radiation dose. Antibody binding to beta(2)-GPI on the irradiated plates was competitively inhibited by simultaneous addition of cardiolipin (CL)-coated latex beads mixed together with beta(2)-GPI but were unaffected by addition of excess beta(2)-GPI, CL micelles, or CL-coated latex beads alone. There was a high correlation between binding values of aCL in sera from 40 APS patients obtained by the anti-beta(2)-GPI enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the irradiated plates and those by the beta(2)-GPI-dependent aCL ELISA. Therefore, aCL have specificity for an epitope on beta(2)-GPI. This epitope is expressed by a conformational change occurring when beta(2)-GPI interacts with an oxygen-substituted solid phase surface. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MatsuuraEiji en-aut-sei=Matsuura en-aut-mei=Eiji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=IgarashiYoshiko en-aut-sei=Igarashi en-aut-mei=Yoshiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=YasudaTatsuji en-aut-sei=Yasuda en-aut-mei=Tatsuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TriplettDouglas A. en-aut-sei=Triplett en-aut-mei=Douglas A. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KoikeTakao en-aut-sei=Koike en-aut-mei=Takao kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Cell Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Okayama University School of Medicine affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Immunology Laboratory, Diagnostics Division, Yamasa Corporation affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Cell Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Okayama University School of Medicine affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Pathology, Ball Memorial Hospital affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Medicine II, Hokkaido University School of Medicine END