title: Structural and functional epitopes of the human adhesion receptor CD58 (LFA-3).
abstract: CD58 (LFA-3), a heavily glycosylated protein of 40-70 kDa, is expressed on a broad range of hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells. It serves as a physiological ligand of the CD2 receptor, present on T cells and natural killer cells, and plays, thus, an important role in lymphocyte adhesion and T cell activation through CD2. Whereas several epitopes and their respective function are known for CD2, a similarly detailed characterization of CD58 is still lacking. We raised a panel of novel murine monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against recombinant human CD58 and describe here the identification of six structurally and/or functionally distinct epitopes on the CD58 molecule. All epitopes were found to be present in equal numbers on a wide range of CD58+ cells, none of them being differentially up-regulated following cell activation or malignant transformation. Two of these epitopes represent functionally relevant sites, involved in binding of CD58 to CD2 and T cell activation via CD2. One further epitope appears to be selectively involved in CD58-mediated activation, whereas the other three displayed no functional effects. The new mAb allow for the first time the detection of CD58 in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays and immunofluorescence while bound to its receptor CD2 in human serum or on freshly isolated blood cells. Finally, one mAb was found to specifically cross-react with T11TS, the equivalent of CD58 in sheep.
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Immunology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dengler
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Knolle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albert-Wolf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roux
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallich
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Meuer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000502:physiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D018968:CD58 Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic