title: Specificity and variable region cDNA sequence of an isogeneic monoclonal antiidiotype to an anti-alpha(1----6)dextran.
abstract: We have characterized a monoclonal isogeneic antiidiotype, IdB5.7, from a BALB/c mouse immunized with the anti-alpha(1----6)dextran C57BL/6 45.21.1. It defined a hapten-inhibitable idiotope expressed on four of the 2 myeloma and 37 hybridoma anti-alpha(1----6)dextrans tested. Sequence comparison of Id+ and Id- anti-alpha(1----6)dextrans suggested that two extra amino acids at VH 100A and 100B and different residues at VH 101 abolish the expression of the idiotope in the Id- anti-alpha(1----6)dextrans. Sequence analysis of the VH of IdB5.7 showed a CDR1 longer than usual and a D segment in CDR3 formed by the fusion of two D minigenes. The IdB5.7 V kappa uses the V kappa 1 germline gene K5.1 with a few substitutions. The D-D fusion in VH CDR3 is a feature which has been reported in several other antiidiotypic antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Perfetti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borden
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Kabat
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D003911:Dextrans / Q000276:immunology*; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003911:Dextrans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D004247:DNA