title: Role of inter-heavy and light chain disulfide bonds in the effector functions of human immunoglobulin IgG1.
abstract: The role of inter-heavy and light chain disulfide bonds in the effector functions of human IgG1 was investigated. This was accomplished by mutating appropriate sites in IgG1 such that the disulfide bond pattern now resembled that of IgG4. The effector functions of the mutant antibody were then compared to native IgG1 and IgG4. The antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity activity was completely abolished in the mutant and the complement-dependent cytotoxicity assay was reduced fifteen-fold. The results suggest that the inter-heavy and light chain disulfide bond pattern of an antibody molecule play a role in its effector functions.
authors.affiliation: Abbott Biotech Inc., Needham Heights, MA 02194.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dorai
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wesolowski
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gillies
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology*; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains