title: A newly characterized group of anti-phosphocholine antibodies: group III antibodies.
abstract: Four anti-phosphocholine (PC) monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) are described that can be clearly distinguished from group I and II anti-PC antibodies [Chang et al. (1982) J. Immun. 128, 702-706]. They bind optimally and suboptimally PC-histone coated ELISA plates equally well, in contrast to group I and II MAbs which bind much less well to suboptimally coated plates. On optimally coated plates their fine specificity for PC analogues is group II-like, whereas on suboptimally coated plates it is group I-like; group I and II MAbs each maintain their own characteristic fine specificity patterns on either type of plate. At the molecular level, all four MAbs utilize VK24 light chains and share a 5.2 kb rearranged band in Southern blot analysis (using a JH probe and EcoRI restricted DNA). The term "group III" is proposed to define and distinguish these anti-PC antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002794:Choline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: C033523:4-nitrophenylphosphorylcholine; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; D002794:Choline