title: Monoclonal antibody to a structure expressed on a subpopulation of rat CD8 T cell subsets.
abstract: We have developed a monoclonal antibody, RTS-1, which can divide a rat CD8 (+) peripheral T cell population into two functionally distinct subsets. The cell-surface structure defined by this antibody is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 220 kDa found to be a high molecular isoform of rat CD45 antigen. CD4 (+) T cells were not stained by RTS-1 antibody. The cytotoxic T cell-enriched population did not express RTS-1 epitope on the cell surface. CD8 (+) spleen cells as well as RTS-1(+)CD8(+)T cells exhibited strong inhibition on mitogen-induced immunoglobulin G production by rat B cells. Furthermore, RTS-1 antibody, but not the control antibody, abolished CD8(+)T cell-mediated inhibition of immunoglobulin G production by rat B cells. These data suggest that RTS-1 antibody recognizes a unique determinant of rat CD45 antigen that is expressed on a fraction of CD8(+) cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagoya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uede
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000939:Epitopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G