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Biochemical evidence for structurally distinct H-2Dd antigens differing in serological properties
Authors:Duane W Sears  Pamela H Wilson
Institution:(1) Department of Biological Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of California at Santa Barbara, 93106 Santa Barbara, California
Abstract:H-2Dd antigens, as defined by the private H-2.4 determinant, exist as two immunochemically distinct populations in H-2a and H-2dm2 splenocytes and in the transformed cell line, RADA1(H-2 a). The two populations are distinguishable by the anti-H-2.28 serum, k/r anti-h2, which is directed, in part, against the H-2.28 family of public determinants encoded by the D end of the b haplotype. Sequential precipitates of lentil-lectin-purified glycoprotein extracts metabolically labeled with radioactive amino acids reveal that approximately one-quarter to one-third of the H-2Dd antigens, designated H-2Dd (b28 +), react with this antiserum, whereas two-thirds to three-quarters, designated H-2Dd(b28), do not. Paired-label tryptic peptide maps in this and a previous study indicate that H-2Dd(b28+) and H-2Dd(b28 ) are closely related structurally and are more likely to represent modified forms of the same gene product rather than products of different genes, although the existence of closely related genetic loci is not rigorously excluded. Together, H-2Dd(b28+) and H-2Dd(b28) have a radioactivity level seven times higher than H-2Ld, which also reacts with the anti-H-2.28 serum but which lacks the H-2.4 determinant. As yet unresolved, however, is the question of whether the observed quantitative differences between these three antigens reflect actual molar differences at the cellular level, or whether the variation is the result of metabolic or compositional factors. In any case, a complex serological and structural relationship is found to exist between antigens encoded by the D/L end of the MHC.
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