title: DP epitope mapping by using T-cell clones.
abstract: To determine whether a correlation exists between the genomic HLA class II DP DNA polymorphism and cell surface expression and to detect the DP epitopes responsible for alloreactivity, anti-DP T-cell clones were generated against new PLT blank RFLP DPa and DPb-defined specificities. The clones were tested on the 10th IHWS B-LCLs and on local panel cells. Oligotyping of the tested cells made it possible to (a) correlate the DPa specificity with the DPB1*0402 specificity and (b) split DPb into DPB1*1001 and DPB1*1401. By comparing DNA sequences of the second exon to panel reactivity, the epitopes responsible for DPB1*1001 and 1401 were defined and attributed to beta-chain residues contributing to peptide selection inside the HLA groove. However, DNA sequences could not explain anti-DPa allospecificity, indicating that another structure not yet definable may be involved.
authors.affiliation: Histocompatibility Laboratory, Regional Center for Blood Transfusion, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Urlacher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dormoy
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tongio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics*; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D006682:HLA-DP Antigens