title: A monoclonal antibody specific for bovine T cell surface antigen associated with the E-rosette receptor.
abstract: From mice immunized with T lymphocyte-enriched bovine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), a monoclonal antibody termed BLMo-12 was obtained. BLMo-12 reacted with the antigen of Mr 56,000 in lysate of T lymphocytes. This mAb was found to inhibit spontaneous rosette formation by T-bovine lymphocytes with sheep red blood cells but it did not react with B lymphocytes, monocytes, neutrophils or eosinophils. In frozen section of the thymus, BLMo-12 showed a positive staining both the cortex and the medulla. In lymph nodes, the mAb stained the T-dependent paracortex. BLMo-12 reacted with 49.9% of PBMC and 82.5% of thymocytes. Recognition of the bovine homologue of CD2 on the T lymphocyte surface by this mAb was discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University, Towada Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kunita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hohdatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nasu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D018801:CD2 Antigens; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic