title: Idiotypic analysis of antibodies to hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL). II. Distribution and frequency of occurrence of idiotypes shared by A/J anti-HEL antibody.
abstract: Anti-HEL Ab from one A/J mouse (No. a-4),Ida-4(HEL), was s.c. inoculated into rabbits to induce anti-idiotypic (anti-Id) sera. After absorption with normal A/J Ig, two anti-Id serra (R101 and R102) were obtained. The interaction between 125I-Id(a-4)(HEL) and anti-Id sera was completely inhibited by unlabelled Ida-4(HEL), but not by non-specific Ig. The anti-Id sera were used to investigate the distribution of A/J (No. a-4) anti-HEL idiotypes in sera obtained from HEL-immunized animals. Idiotypes shared by Ida-4(HEL) were also detected in the sera of five examined mouse strains, but not in any of the examined rat, guinea-pig, goat, and sheep sear. Our experiments suggest the presence of inter- as well as intrastrain idiotype in mice. However, cross-reactivity appeared to be weak. When R101 and R102, respectively, were the anti-Id sera used, the frequency of occurrence of Ida-4(HEL) in stain A wa 1/106 and 1/53; in other mouse strains it was 1/277 and 1/85.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008805:Mice, Inbred A; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009113:Muramidase / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D009113:Muramidase