Heterogeneity of mouse Thy 1.2 antigen expression revealed by monoclonal antibodies |
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Authors: | P Del Guercio I Motta P Metezeau S Brugere R Perret P Truffa-Bachi |
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Institution: | 1. INSERM U131, 32 rue des Carnets 92140 Clamart, CNRS ER 232 France;2. Service Commun Trieur des Cellules, INSERM-PASTEUR, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France |
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Abstract: | A different sensitivity of T cells from C57B1/6 and DBA/2 mice to treatment with the monoclonal anti-Thy 1.2 F7D5 serum as compared with a conventional alloantiserum is reported. Depletion of T helper cells, Con A-, PHA-, MLC-, and GVH-reactive cells from a DBA/2 or C57B1/6 spleen cell population was readily achieved with the conventional alloserum. In contrast, the F7D5 antiserum abolished all T functions studied in C57B1/6 spleen cells whereas it was totally or partially ineffective on DBA/2 spleen cells when T helper, MLC, or GVH reactivity were assayed. It did however eliminate the capacity of DBA/2 spleen cells to respond to stimulation with Con A or PHA. Analysis in an Ortho-Cytofluorograf of thymocytes and sIg? lymphocytes labeled with either GAMB-F or F7D5 + RAM Ig-F showed no difference at the level of the thymocytes: Thy 1.2 antigen as revealed by either GAMB or F7D5 is similarly expressed in the two mouse strains. The fluorescence profiles of splenic T lymphocytes indicated a reduced representation per unit cell basis of the Thy 1.2 antigenic determinant recognized by F7D5 in DBA/2 mice. Moreover, this same determinant is expressed in only 70% of all Thy 1.2-positive cells detected in DBA/2 sIg? population. This implies that, in DBA/2 mice, maturation of T cells is accompanied by a complete or partial loss of the F7D5 Thy 1.2 determinant and that T helper functions and MLC and GVH reactivity are mediated by T cells which express little or none of this F7D5 Thy 1.2 determinant. |
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