Abstract
Previously published data suggest that both xenogeneic and allogeneic anti-Ia sera can recognize carbohydrate-defined antigenic determinants on the surface of lymphocytes. There is also evidence, based on studies with allogeneic anti-Ia sera, that protein-defined Ia antigens exist. In this paper the relationship between these two types of Ia antigen was examined. It was found that in capping studies, the allogeneic anti-Ia serum could cap off the antigens recognized by the xenogeneic antiserum, whereas the xenogeneic antibodies could, at least partially, clear the surface of lymphocytes of Ia antigens detected by the allogeneic antibodies. On the other hand, when immunoprecipitates of radioiodinated cell-surface antigens were examined by SDS-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, it was found that the xenogeneic anti-Ia serum did not immunoprecipitate any labeled material. In contrast, the allogeneic antiserum immunoprecipitated a labeled molecule which corresponded to the protein-defined Ia antigen described by others. Finally, it was shown that serum Ia antigens could be bound by either mouse or rabbit anti-Ia antibody, and this binding blocked any further reactivity with either serum. These results were interpreted as suggesting that two separate classes of Ia antigen molecule appear on the lymphocyte surface-one class has carbohydrate-defined antigenic specificities and the other has protein-defined determinants. Allogeneic anti-Ia sera contain antibodies against both these antigenic systems, whereas xenogeneic sera recognize only the carbohydratedefined series. The genetic implications of this interpretation are discussed.
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Parish, C.R., Higgins, T.J. & McKenzie, I.F.C. Comparison of antigens recognized by xenogeneic and allogeneic anti-Ia antibodies: Evidence for two classes of Ia antigens. Immunogenetics 6, 343–354 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01563926
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