Monoclonal antibody specific for bovine CD 5 antigen which enhances mitogen-induced blastogenesis and IL-2 production.
This study reports on the functional characteristics of a bovine T-cell differentiation antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody (mAb) 8C11. This mAb has previously been found to react with a 67-kD molecule shared by thymocytes and peripheral blood T cells and to be undetectable on the B cells of healthy animals. This antigen is also largely expressed on the B cells from bovine leukemia virus-infected animals. Molecules with a similar cell distribution have been described in other species (mouse, human, rat and sheep), and were termed CD5 molecules. In order to confirm the CD5-like nature of the target molecule recognized by 8C11, functional T-cell assays were carried out. We report here that this mAb, like its human and murine homologues, enhances the proliferative responses of T cells to mitogens or alloantigens but does not directly stimulate T-cell division. Moreover, we have shown an enhancing effect of this 8C11 mAb on bovine interleukin-2 production by concanavalin A-stimulated bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells.
Department of Immunology, University of Namur, Belgium.
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000276:immunology; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D018956:CD5 Antigens; D002417:Cattle; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D007959:Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018956:CD5 Antigens; D007376:Interleukin-2; D007519:Isoantigens; D008934:Mitogens