Immunofluorescence studies on the skin sections of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa patients with anti-P_ (200) pemphigoid sera / 中国免疫学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:In order to determine the nature of P 200 autoantigen Methods:12 cases of anti-P 200 pemphigoid sera were collected The skin sections from 6 cases of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa were studied with these sera by indirect immunofluorescence Results:All the 12 anti-P 200 pemphigoid sera could react with basement membrane zone (BMZ)of 5 cases of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, while epidermolysis bullosa acquisita sera were negative in these skins In addition, in a case of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, epidermolysis bullosa acquisita sera react with both BMZ and intracytoplasmic deposition of type Ⅶ collagen, while no anti-P 200 pemphigoid sera showed this reactivity Conclusion:These results suggested that the 200 kD antigen is not a component of type Ⅶ collagen, but a specific autoantigen