title: Immunochemical and functional characterization of anti-idiotypic antibodies to a mouse anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody.
abstract: Immunization of BALB/c mice with the mouse anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) HP2/6 resulted in the production of anti-idiotypic antibodies. Analysis of the kinetics of the development of anti-idiotypic antibodies showed a homogeneous response among the immunized animals. Cross-blocking assays performed with anti-CD4 mAbs OKT4, OKT4c and OKT4d showed that syngeneic anti-idiotypic antiserum elicited with mAb HP2/6 recognizes idiotope(s) expressed only on the immunizing mAb. The idiotope(s) is (are) located within or closely related to the antigen-combining site of mAb HP2/6. Hybridization with the myeloma cell line NSO of splenocytes from a BALB/c mouse hyperimmunized with mAb HP2/6 generated the anti-idiotypic mAbs F11-2113, F11-2302 and F11-2444 which recognize idiotope(s) outside the antigen-combining site of mAb HP2/6. Although the anti-idiotypic mAbs cross-inhibit each other in their binding to mAb HP2/6, they differ in the ability to elicit anti-anti-idiotypic antisera. Furthermore, mAb F11-2113 enhances CD4 down-regulation in the presence of mAb HP2/6 to a larger extent than mAbs F11-2302 and F11-2444. The latter results suggest an additional mechanism by which anti-idiotypic antibodies may induce functional abnormalities of CD4+ T cells in human immunodeficiency virus-infected T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dannecker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dammacco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007114:Immunization; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D007106:Immune Sera; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes