title: Monoclonal antibodies specific for single chain or two chain GAT-specific suppressor factors: production and analysis of in vitro modulating properties.
abstract: Fusion of spleen cells from rats hyperimmunized with T cell hybridoma derived GAT-specific TsF1 or TsF2 suppressor T cell factors has resulted in the generation of hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies reactive with the appropriate GAT-TsF used for immunization, and in several cases, reactive with other GAT-TsF1 and TsF2. The monoclonal anti-TsF1 antibodies are capable of modulating in vitro GAT-specific PFC response in a GAT-specific manner; some suppress responses to GAT directly, whereas others reverse GAT-TsF1-mediated suppression of responses. The monoclonal anti-TsF2 antibodies all reverse suppression but are reactive with combinatorial determinants, I-J+ chains or antigen-binding chains of the GAT-TsF2. The data are discussed in terms of the nature of the determinants recognized by these antibodies as well as the potential uses of these reagents for studying the suppressor T cell pathway and potential relationships between Ts1, Ts2, and T helper cells.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sorensen
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002469:Cell Separation; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*; D011108:Polymers; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D008222:Lymphokines; D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic; C020749:GAT