Leukocyte surface markers in Rana catesbeiana, identified using mouse monoclonal antibodies.
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), each reactive with thymocytes, neutrophils, and thrombocytes of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, were raised and used for studies of hematopoiesis of metamorphic larvae. The mAbRc-T1, which immunoreacted exclusively with thymocytes in adults, was also strongly reactive to larval thymocytes. Thus the determinant Rc-T1 may provide an appropriate marker for thymocytes, although antigenic sharing is also seen in larval ovarian tissue. Neutrophils detectable by both mAbRc-N1 and Rc-N2 originated primarily in the mesonephros and showed up increasingly in peripheral blood of larvae. Thrombocytes detectable by mAbRc-P may originate in the larval spleen and/or liver but not in the mesonephros.
Sugiyama
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Hirosaki University, Japan.
Amenomori
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Hatakeyama
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D006410:Hematopoiesis; D007814:Larva / Q000502:physiology; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008675:Metamorphosis, Biological; D011892:Rana catesbeiana / Q000276:immunology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000954:Antigens, Surface