title: F4/80, a monoclonal antibody directed specifically against the mouse macrophage.
abstract: A hybridoma clone which secretes a macrophage (M phi)-specific monoclonal antibody, F4/80, was produced by fusing spleen cells from a rat hyperimmunized with cultured thioglycollate-induced mouse peritoneal M phi with a mouse myeloma, NS1. Binding of antibody to primary cells and cell lines was detected by radioimmune indirect binding assay, autoradiography or fluorescence-activated cell sorter analysis. F4/80 binds to mouse M phi from the peritoneal cavity or other sources, blood monocytes, M phi derived from bone marrow precursors in culture and M phi-like cell lines, but not to other cells, including polymorphonuclear leukocytes, lymphocytes or fibroblasts. F4/80 does not bind to M phi via Fc receptors, is not cytotoxic and is of the rat IgG2b subclass. Since F4/80 binds to all M phi defined by adherence, morphology and immune phagocytosis, it provides a new marker to define the M phi in the mouse. Large differences in expression of antigen F4/80 were found, depending on intraperitoneal stimulation, time in culture and stage of maturation. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that the antigen F4/80 is part of a component of Mr 160000 which is synthesized by the M phi and, at least in part, exposed on the cell surface.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000941:Antigens; D001345:Autoradiography; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D002460:Cell Line; D002469:Cell Separation; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D051381:Rats; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D011961:Receptors, Fc