title: Characterization of two human IgM monoclonal antibodies reactive with HLA-B27.
abstract: We describe here the generation and characterization of two human monoclonal IgM antibodies (UL-4F11 and UL-F6) reactive with HLA-B27. The monoclonal antibody (mAb) UL-4F11 is cytotoxic for peripheral mononuclear cells and, therefore, useful as typing reagent for HLA-B27 and HLA-B38. Protein chemistry showed that the mAb UL-4F11 precipitates HLA-B27 molecules. Epitope mapping analysis suggests that the amino acids 45, 67, 82 and 83 (alpha-1 domain) of the HLA-B27 sequence are necessary for mAb UL-4F11 reactivity. The mAb UL-F6 is suitable for complement dependent lysis of lymphoblastoid cell lines and stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells with HLA-B27 (B*2701, B*2702, B*2703, B*2705, B*2707), B13, B40 (60,61), B47 and B48 specificities. Its reactivity indicates that the amino acid valine in position 152 and glutamic acid in position 163 of the alpha-2 domain are crucial for the binding epitope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transfusion Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wölpl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toubert
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Siemoneit
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Eiermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neumayer
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Goldmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D005260:Female; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011247:Pregnancy; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015796:HLA-B27 Antigen; D007075:Immunoglobulin M