A monoclonal antibody specific for rat intestinal lymphocytes.
A monoclonal antibody, RGL-1, was produced by fusion of NSI myeloma cells with spleen cells of a mouse immunized with isolated rat intraepithelial lymphocytes (IEL). SDS-PAGE analysis revealed that RGL-1 precipitated two major noncovalently bound chains of about m.w. 100,000 and 125,000, and a minor component of m.w. 200,000. Examination of both tissue sections and isolated cells indicated that RGL-1 stained the majority of the lamina propria lymphocytes and IEL but only very few cells (less than 2%) in the lymphoid organs and small numbers of lymphocytes in other mucosae. In the small intestine, RGL-1 stained lymphocytes with the helper (W3/25) as well as the cytotoxic/suppressor (OX8) phenotype. The antibody reacted with 95% of the granular IEL but with less than 0.1% of the blood large granular lymphocytes. Although mature IgA plasma cells in the lamina propria were RGL-1-, some large IgA-containing cells were weakly positive. In the gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT), studies combining immunofluorescence and autoradiography indicated that 56 and 73% of rapidly dividing cells of mesenteric lymph nodes and of thoracic duct lymph (TDL) stained with RGL-1, respectively. In addition, 90 to 100% of the IgA-containing blasts of MLN and 75% of those of TDL were labeled by RGL-1. In contrast, rapidly dividing cells of spleen and of peripheral lymph nodes did not stain with RGL-1. Because RGL-1 can be demonstrated on both intestinal lymphocytes and their immediate precursors in the GALT, its expression may be related to the homing of lymphocytes into the gut mucosa.
Cerf-Bensussan
N
N
Guy-Grand
D
D
Lisowska-Grospierre
B
B
Griscelli
C
C
Bhan
A K
AK
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D002469:Cell Separation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000032:analysis; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D005629:Frozen Sections; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology; D007422:Intestines / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000166:cytology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D011922:Rats, Mutant Strains; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013897:Thoracic Duct / Q000166:cytology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface