title: Monoclonal antibodies to the human interferon-gamma receptor: blocking of the biological activities of interferon-gamma and purification of the receptor.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies against the human interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) receptor were developed by injecting mice with a preparation of receptor that was purified from solubilized placental membranes by ligand affinity chromatography. Three antibodies were identified by their ability to block the binding of 125I-labeled IFN-gamma to its receptor on HeLa cells at 4 degrees C. One of these antibodies blocked several biological activities of IFN-gamma, including its antiviral activity, its ability to induce HLA-DR surface antigens, and its ability to protect cells from NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. This antibody exhibited higher binding capacity to cells at 37 degrees C and was significantly less displaceable by an excess of IFN-gamma as compared with the other two antibodies. Immunoaffinity chromatography of solubilized crude placental membrane preparation yielded a purified receptor that exhibited a molecular weight of 88,000. The purified receptor retained its ability to bind 125I-labeled IFN-gamma in solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Novick
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Reiter
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Eshhar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubinstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002459:Cell Fusion; D002460:Cell Line; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000378:metabolism; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D014780:Viruses / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D007371:Interferon-gamma