title: Variable regions of two murine antibodies that bind the SLE associated 16/6 idiotype.
abstract: Experimental systemic lupus erythematosus can be induced in naive mice of different strains using a human monoclonal antibody bearing the 16/6 idiotype and a murine anti-16/6 Id monoclonal antibody designated 1A3-2. Herein we report the isolation of a second anti-16/6 Id antibody, 3F7-8, from BALB/c mice afflicted with experimental SLE. In contrast to the previously reported (1A3-2) anti-16/6 Id monoclonal antibody, mAb 3F7-8 does not induce experimental SLE upon immunization. The variable heavy and light chains of both antibodies were cloned and their sequences were determined. The VH of mAb 1A3-2 was found to express a germ line gene from the Q52 family, with a high homology to an anti-lysozyme antibody. The VH of monoclonal antibody 3F7-8 was found to express a 7183 germ line gene, showing over 95% homology with the VH of 12 anti-Sm antibodies isolated from MRL-lpr mice. Based on sequence homology to other known antibodies, we further demonstrated that monoclonal antibodies 1A3-2 and 3F7-8 bind lysozyme and the Sm ribonucleoproteins, respectively, in addition to their binding to the 16/6 Id.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waisman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mozes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003429:Cross Reactions; D015326:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Heavy Chain; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001323:Autoantibodies; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains