title: Species specificity in the binding of IgG to macrophages.
abstract: The binding of human IgG1 and IgG3 and rabbit IgG to guinea-pig peritoneal macrophages was examined, and differences between the species, in terms of their binding mechanisms, were characterized. Rabbit IgG bound with high affinity (Kass = 3.11 +/- 0.45 x 10(6) M-1) to a finite number of receptor sites per cell (1.26 +/- 0.29 x 10(6)) and competitively inhibited the binding of guinea-pig IgG2. Heterogeneity in binding, with distinct high and low affinity components, was observed when human IgG3 was reacted with guinea-pig macrophages, while human IgG1 exhibited only low affinity binding. Neither human IgG subclass competed effectively with guinea-pig IgG2 for its cell receptor. Thus, rabbit IgG appeared to cross-react with a macrophage receptor for guinea-pig immunoglobulin, whereas the human IgG subclasses bound to macrophage membrane components that remained undefined.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic