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The endomysium contains a form of transglutaminase called "tissue transglutaminase" or "tTG" for short, and antibodies that bind to this form of transglutaminase are called endomysial autoantibodies (EmA). [6] The antiendomysial antibody test is a histological assay for patient serum binding to esophageal tissue from primate.
Besides its transglutaminase activity, tTG is proposed to also act as kinase, [30] and protein disulfide isomerase, [31] and deamidase. [32] This latter activity is important in the deamidation of gliadin peptides, thus playing important role in the pathology of coeliac disease. tTG also presents PDI (Protein Disulfide Isomerase) activity.
The IgG antibody is similar to AGA IgA, but is found at higher levels in patients with the IgA-less phenotype. It is also associated with coeliac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. [5] [6] [7] Anti-gliadin antibodies are frequently found with anti-transglutaminase antibodies.
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Anti-transglutaminase antibodies to the enzyme tissue transglutaminase (tTG) are found in the blood of the majority of people with classic symptoms and complete villous atrophy, but only in 70% of the cases with partial villous atrophy and 30% of the cases with minor mucosal lesions. [23]
These enzymes can also deamidate glutamine residues to glutamic acid residues in the presence of water [1] Gln-(C=O)NH 2 + H 2 O → Gln-COOH + NH 3. Transglutaminase isolated from Streptomyces mobaraensis-bacteria for example, is a calcium-independent enzyme. Mammalian transglutaminases among other transglutaminases require Ca 2+ ions as a ...
Immunofluorescence is a widely used example of immunostaining (using antibodies to stain proteins) and is a specific example of immunohistochemistry (the use of the antibody-antigen relationship in tissues). This technique primarily utilizes fluorophores to visualize the location of the antibodies, while others provoke a color change in the ...
Recent studies show that gliadin can cross-link to gangliosides in a transglutaminase independent manner, indicating that gliadin specific T-cell could present these antigens to the immune system. [ 17 ]