title: Further studies of the specificities of monoclonal anti-i and anti-I antibodies using chemically synthesized, linear oligosaccharides of the poly-N-acetyllactosamine series.
abstract: The I- and i-antigen activities of chemically synthesized, linear oligosaccharides of the neolacto series containing one, two or three N-acetyllactosamine (Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc) units have been tested by inhibition of binding of five anti-i and eight anti-I monoclonal antibodies to radioiodinated I- and i-active glycoproteins. The inhibitory activities of the milk oligosaccharides lacto-N-neotetraose (Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----3Gal beta 1----4Glc) and lacto-N-tetraose (Gal beta 1----3GlcNAc beta 1----3Gal beta 1----4Glc) have also been determined. The results clearly show that: (a) the determinants that best fit the combining sites of anti-i antibodies are at least hexasaccharides of the neolacto series, (b) linear tetra- and hexasaccharides of the neolacto series can strongly inhibit the binding of anti-I antibodies of group 2 which are known to be primarily directed at the repeating Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----3 domains of branched neolacto sequences, (c) the beta- but not the alpha-methyl anomer of the glycoside Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1-O-Me inhibits the binding of anti-I antibodies of group 1 which recognise the branch point sequence Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----6-, (d) the reactivity of the beta-methylglycoside is impaired if the sequence is further elongated as in Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta 1----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc beta-O-Me, and (e) lacto-N-tetraose has no inhibitory activity with any of the anti-i or anti-I antibodies tested.
mesh_terms: D000606:Amino Sugars / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007048:I Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D008759:Methylglycosides / Q000276:immunology; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000276:immunology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000606:Amino Sugars; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D006023:Glycoproteins; D007048:I Blood-Group System; D008759:Methylglycosides; D009844:Oligosaccharides; C000458:N-acetyllactosamine; C013084:lacto-N-neotetraose