title: The immune response against anti-idiotope antibodies. I. Induction of idiotope-bearing antibodies and analysis of the idiotope repertoire.
abstract: In the present analysis we dissect the idiotype repertoire, independently of hapten-binding specificity, by immunizing different strains of mice with cross-linked monoclonal anti-idiotope antibodies against antibody B1-8. B1-8 is a monoclonal antibody with specificity for the hapten (4-hydroxy-3-nitro-phenyl)acetyl (NP) and carries a germ line gene-encoded variable region. The results demonstrate that the expression of B1-8 idiotopes and their association with each other and with NP-binding specificity are strain-specific. Certain idiotopes are expressed on antibodies differing in antigen-binding specificity, whereas one of the idiotopes appears strictly associated with NP-binding antibodies. The genetic analysis provides strong evidence that the strain specificity of the idiotope repertoire is a result of V region polymorphism in the mouse.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001665:Binding Sites; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007114:Immunization; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000276:immunology; D010648:Phenylacetates; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D009596:Nitrophenols; D010648:Phenylacetates; C026242:4-hydroxy-5-nitrophenyl acetic acid