title: Two monoclonal antibodies specific for the T cell receptor V alpha 8.
abstract: Two monoclonal antibodies, KT50 and KT65, specific for V alpha 8 have been established. This was determined as follows: (a) 4 T cell clones, C6, R1, G22 and I9, out of 43 T cell clones with various antigen specificities, major histocompatibility complex restrictions and V beta usages not only bound KT50 and KT65 but also expressed V alpha 8 mRNA, (b) KT50 and KT65 precipitated molecules from the clone C6 similar to the T cell receptor molecules precipitated in C6 cells by KT11 (anti-V beta 11) or KTL2 (anti-Ti) and (c) KT50 and KT65 were mitogenic and induced cytotoxicity. All strains of mice so far examined have populations of KT50+ and KT65+ T cells of 1.4%-3.6% and 0.9%-2.6%, respectively. Different H-2 haplotypes were not observed to affect the number of cells expressing KT50 or KT65. In addition KT15 (anti-CD8), without cross-linking to KT50 or KT65, augmented proliferation triggered by KT50 or KT65.
authors.affiliation: MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, GB.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomonari
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lovering
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fairchild
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spencer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002469:Cell Separation; D003602:Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta