title: Activation of a functional idiotype network response by monoclonal antibody specific for a virus (M-MuLV)-induced tumor antigen.
abstract: BALB/c mice were injected with IgM mAb specific for Moloney murine leukemia virus (M-MuLV)-determined cell surface Ag in an attempt to inhibit Moloney sarcoma growth. The monoclonal IgM significantly inhibited sarcoma growth when given to the mice after inoculation with Moloney murine sarcoma/leukemia virus, and also potentiated the in vivo antibody response specific for M-MuLV Ag. These responses were significantly greater than the primary response to the virus alone in age- and sex-matched control mice, and were also seen in mice which were injected with the IgM antibody only and not with virus, suggesting that an Ag-independent mechanism may be involved. The M-MuLV-specific serum antibody responses induced by the monoclonal IgM, with or without prior virus inoculation, were predominantly of the IgG1 isotype, with some IgG2a; no other isotypes were found to have titers significantly higher than in the normal response to virus alone. M-MuLV-specific IgG1 was detected only in mice injected with monoclonal IgM, and not in the response to virus alone. The same sera also had high titers of anti-idiotypic antibodies, (Ab2), as well as anti-anti-idiotypic antibodies (Ab3). It appears, therefore, that passive immunization with M-MuLV-specific IgM mAb activates an idiotypic network, which results in both Ab2 and Ab3 responses; the M-MuLV-specific response may be considered a subset of Ab3.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital, AL.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vakil
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kearney
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Lamon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D007167:Immunotherapy; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus / Q000276:immunology*; D012513:Sarcoma, Experimental / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes