title: Presence of IgT-C and I-A subregion-encoded determinants on distinct chains of monoclonal antigen-specific augmenting factor derived from a T cell hybridoma.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies specific for mouse T cell alloantigens, Tindd and Tsud, linked to the Igh-1 locus on chromosome 12, were used to directly define the antigen-binding molecule produced by a cloned hybridoma. The T cell hybridoma, FL10, was established from antigen-binding T cells of A/J mice. FL10 produces an antigen-specific augmenting T cell factor (TaF) that bears a unique I region-controlled determinant (I-A) and has antigen-binding capacity. The Tindd, but not the Tsud, determinant was detected on the surface of FL10. The presence of both Tindd and I-A subregion-controlled determinants on FL10-derived TaF was directly demonstrated by the adsorption of TaF with immunoadsorbents prepared with monoclonal antibodies. The Igh-1-linked T cell alloantigen, Tsud, was not found on TaF. Further experiments indicated that Tindd is present on the antigen-binding polypeptide chain and not on the second chain bearing the I-A determinant. Despite the presence of the Tindd determinant on hybridoma-derived TaF, augmentation induced by TaF was restricted by the H-2 type of the responding mice and not by the Igh-1 allotype.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005802:Genes, MHC Class II; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000032:analysis*; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D007519:Isoantigens / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011946:Receptors, Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007519:Isoantigens; D011946:Receptors, Antigen