title: IL-2 receptor subunit, p75: direct demonstration of its IL-2 binding ability by using a novel monoclonal antibody.
abstract: A new monoclonal antibody (mAb), TU11 mAb, was found to be specific for the p75 subunit of human interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R). TU11 mAb reacted with human and Gibbon ape cell lines positive for IL-2Rp75 but not with cell lines negative for IL-2Rp75 tested. TU11 mAb specifically detected a single cell surface molecule with a molecular weight of 75 kd. The 75 kd molecule was identical to p75 detected by TU27 mAb specific for human IL-2Rp75 in sequential immunoprecipitation. TU11 mAb did not block IL-2 binding to the high-affinity IL-2R at all and precipitated p75 bound with IL-2. Using TU11 mAb, we have demonstrated here that solubilized p75 has an IL-2 binding site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohbo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamura
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2