Biochemical and serological studies were performed on more than 400 anti- phosphocholine (PC) hybridoma proteins (HP) derived from six strains of mice; 26 of these HP were examined in detail. All HP possessed specificity for PC, and all those tested contained an H-chain idiotypic determinant, V(H)-PC, which is shared by PC-binding myeloma proteins (BMP) and anti-PC antibodies. Among the HP, three well-defined and distinct families that correlated well with previous studies on serum anti-PC antibodies were identified. The largest group shared idotypic determinants, an L-chain isoelectric focusing (IEF) pattern, and a binding site specificity with the PC-BMP, T15. Using the same criteria, a second group was found to be strikingly similar to another PC-BMP, M603. The third group possessed an idiotypic determinant and an L-chain IEF profile similar to M511, but differences in binding site specificities were observed among the HP. The latter two groups contained members whose L-chain IEF profiles were not identical to other members of that group. Thus, among strains there is a remarkable degree of conservation among responding anti-PC antibodies, in both the kinds of anti-PC families that exist and the immunochemical and structural characteristics of various members within a family. Differences in at least one parameter were observed in each family, demonstrating that even a relatively restricted response is heterogeneous. However, this diversity seems to operate within certain constraints.
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February 01 1981
Anti-phosphocholine hybridoma antibodies. I. Direct evidence for three distinct families of antibodies in the murine response
JL Claflin
S Hudak
A Maddalena
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
1981
J Exp Med (1981) 153 (2): 352–364.
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JL Claflin, S Hudak, A Maddalena; Anti-phosphocholine hybridoma antibodies. I. Direct evidence for three distinct families of antibodies in the murine response . J Exp Med 1 February 1981; 153 (2): 352–364. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.153.2.352
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