Anti-Phospholipid Antibodies Restore Mesenteric Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Injury in Complement Receptor 2/Complement Receptor 1-Deficient Mice

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Abstract
Complement receptor 2-deficient (Cr2−/−) mice are resistant to mesenteric ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury because they lack a component of the natural Ab repertoire. Neither the nature of the Abs that are involved in I/R injury nor the composition of the target Ag, to which recognition is lacking in Cr2−/− mice, is known. Because anti-phospholipid Abs have been shown to mediate fetal growth retardation and loss when injected into pregnant mice, we performed experiments to determine whether anti-phospholipid Abs can also reconstitute I/R injury and, therefore, represent members of the injury-inducing repertoire that is missing in Cr2−/− mice. We demonstrate that both murine and human monoclonal and polyclonal Abs against negatively charged phospholipids can reconstitute mesenteric I/R-induced intestinal and lung tissue damage in Cr2−/− mice. In addition, Abs against β2 glycoprotein I restore local and remote tissue damage in the Cr2−/− mice. Unlike Cr2−/− mice, reconstitution of I/R tissue damage in the injury-resistant Rag-1−/− mouse required the infusion of both anti-β2-glycoprotein I and anti-phospholipid Ab. We conclude that anti-phospholipid Abs can bind to tissues subjected to I/R insult and mediate tissue damage.