A transfected human muscle cell line expressing the adult subtype of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor for diagnostic assays in myasthenia gravis
D Beeson, L Jacobson, J Newsom-Davis, A Vincent - Neurology, 1996 - AAN Enterprises
D Beeson, L Jacobson, J Newsom-Davis, A Vincent
Neurology, 1996•AAN EnterprisesImmunoprecipitation of human acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is used in the diagnostic
assay for myasthenia gravis (MG). We compared human AChR derived from TE671 cells,
which express fetal-type AChR, with AChR from TE671-epsilon cells, which we have
engineered to express adult-type AChR. Some low-titer MG sera distinguished strikingly
between the two subtypes. Four out of seven MG sera that had equivocal titers in standard
assays gave positive titers with TE671-epsilon AChR, whereas only one out of seven gave a …
assay for myasthenia gravis (MG). We compared human AChR derived from TE671 cells,
which express fetal-type AChR, with AChR from TE671-epsilon cells, which we have
engineered to express adult-type AChR. Some low-titer MG sera distinguished strikingly
between the two subtypes. Four out of seven MG sera that had equivocal titers in standard
assays gave positive titers with TE671-epsilon AChR, whereas only one out of seven gave a …
Immunoprecipitation of human acetylcholine receptor (AChR) is used in the diagnostic assay for myasthenia gravis (MG).We compared human AChR derived from TE671 cells, which express fetal-type AChR, with AChR from TE671-epsilon cells, which we have engineered to express adult-type AChR. Some low-titer MG sera distinguished strikingly between the two subtypes. Four out of seven MG sera that had equivocal titers in standard assays gave positive titers with TE671-epsilon AChR, whereas only one out of seven gave a positive titer with TE671 cells. The new cell line provides a greater concentration of adult AChR than can be obtained from normal human muscle and increases the sensitivity of the diagnostic assay.
NEUROLOGY 1996;47: 1552-1555
American Academy of Neurology