title: Localization of T-cell determinants on bovine beta-lactoglobulin.
abstract: T-cell determinants of bovine beta-lactoglobulin (beta-LG) in BALB/c(H-2d), C57BL/6(H-2b) and C3H/He(H-2k) mice were identified using a set of overlapping synthetic peptides encompassing the entire primary structure of the protein. Lymph node cells from mice immunized with beta-LG were subjected to cell proliferation assay in the presence of these peptides and uptake of 3H-labeled thymidine was measured. Determinant regions were indicated to lie in residues 42-56, 62-76 and 139-153 in BALB/c mice, residues 11-26, 72-86, 100-113 and 119-133 in C57BL/6 mice, residues 72-86, 91-104, 129-143 and 139-153 in C3H/He mice. Some of these fragments included the antigenic motifs predicted by hypotheses according to amphipathicity and sequential patterns of peptides. We reported elsewhere that residues 42-56 and 72-86 represent one of the B-cell antigenic determinants in BALB/c and C3H/He, respectively. These peptides serve as good models of colinear T- and B-cell determinants as they contain both of T- and B-cell determinants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Products, National Institute of Animal Industry, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kurisaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaminogawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002417:Cattle; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D007782:Lactoglobulins / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007782:Lactoglobulins; D010455:Peptides