title: Alternative pathway fof bovine complement Immunochemical studies on factor B-like serum protein and its conversion product B gamma 2.
abstract: Rabbits produced antibodies to a factor B-like serum protein (factor Bbov), its conversion product B gamma 2 and some other bovine serum proteins after repeated immunization with zymosan which previously had been incubated with fresh bovine serum. Such antisera were used to monitor purification of B gamma 2 from fresh bovine sera incubated with zxymosan. Subsequently, antisera specific for factor Bbov and B gamma 2 were produced. Antiserum produced against B gamma 2 cross-reacted with factor Bbov. Functional assays for factor Bbov were carried out in a hemolytic system with guinea pig erythrocytes in EGTA buffer. Heat inactivation (56 degrees C/5 min) of bovine serum destroyed the antigenicity of factor Bbov but not that of B gamma 2. Factor Bbov had an apparent molecular weight of 95,000 and B gamma 2 a molecular weight of 40,000 daltons. Conversion of factor Bbov to B gamma 2 was determined qualitatively by immunoelectrophoresis and quantitatively by radial immunodiffusion. Conversion of factor Bbov to B gamma 2 in bovine serum, in the presence of zymosan or cobra venom factor (CoVF) required Mg++ but not Ca++, did not occur in heat inactivated (56 degrees C/5 min) serum and was maximal, but not complete, when fresh bovine serum was incubated with zymosan (20 mg/mL) at 37 for two hours.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001609:Beta-Globulins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003167:Complement Activation; D003170:Complement Pathway, Alternative; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013696:Temperature; D015054:Zymosan / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001609:Beta-Globulins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D015054:Zymosan; D004492:Edetic Acid