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  • Title: Sharing of Ia antigens between species. IV. Interspecies cross-reactivity of monoclonal antibodies directed against polymorphic mouse Ia determinants.
    Author: Lunney JK, Osborne BA, Sharrow SO, Devaux C, Pierres M, Sachs DH.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1983 Jun; 130(6):2786-93. PubMed ID: 6406596.
    Abstract:
    The specificity of interspecies Ia cross-reactions has been analyzed by testing a panel of monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to mouse I-E and I-A antigens for reactivity with pig Ia antigens. Our earlier studies showed that mouse anti-I-E alloantisera recognized common determinants on Ia antigens of other species, whereas anti-I-A alloantisera showed much more limited cross-reactivity. These results were confirmed using a panel of 17 anti-I-E mAb, 10 of which were cytotoxic to pig cells. 2D gel electrophoretic analyses of precipitates with these mAb of 35S-labeled, NP40 solubilized pig cells revealed a limited set of protein spots that appeared to be identical to the subset of pig Ia antigens precipitated by A.TH anti-A.TL alloantiserum. Because the cross-reactive mouse sera were produced in mouse strains that do not express an I-E molecule (H-2b and H-2s), it was anticipated that the cross-reacting antibodies would be reactive with the monomorphic determinant of the I-E molecule, Ia.7. However, comparison of the reactivity of these mAb with pig cells and mouse cells revealed that the cross-reactivity on pig cells correlated not with Ia.7 but rather with detection of epitope(s) of the I-E molecule associated with inter-strain polymorphism. Anti-I-A cross-reactions were also detected, but were weaker and more limited. These findings may have implications for the evolution of Ia antigens in mammalian species.
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