title: The Fya, Fy6 and Fy3 epitopes of the Duffy blood group system recognized by new monoclonal antibodies: identification of a linear Fy3 epitope.
abstract: Four new anti-Duffy murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs): two anti-Fy6 (MIMA-107 and MIMA-108), one anti-Fya (MIMA-19) and one anti-Fy3 (MIMA-29) were characterized. Identification of epitopes by means of synthetic peptides (Pepscan) showed that the anti-Fy6 reacted most strongly with peptides containing the sequence 19QLDFEDV25 of the Duffy glycoprotein, and less strongly with peptides containing LDFEDV (MIMA-107) or LDF only (MIMA-108). The anti-Fya recognized epitope 38DGDYGA43 containing the Gly42 residue, which defines the Fya blood group antigen. MIMA-29 is the first anti-Fy3 reactive with a linear epitope 281ALDLL285 located in the fourth extracellular domain (ECD4, loop 3) of the Duffy glycoprotein. The four new antibodies extend the list of six anti-Fy MAbs formerly characterized by Pepscan analysis that allow some general conclusions. Fine specificities of various anti-Fya, or anti-Fy6 are not identical, but all of them recognize linear epitopes located around, respectively, Gly42 or between two potential N-glycosylation sites at Asn16 and Asn27. Anti-Fy3 recognize either a linear epitope located in ECD4, or a conformational epitope that includes amino acid residues of ECD4 and of other ECDs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunochemistry, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Kazimiera
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wasniowska
authors.forename: Elwira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lisowska
authors.forename: Gregory R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Halverson
authors.forename: Asok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Marion E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism*; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D000939:Epitopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments