Receptors for IgA on human lymphocytes--I. detection and specificity.
Receptors for IgA on human lymphocytes--I. detection and specificity.
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人淋巴细胞上的 IgA 受体——I.
DOI:
10.1016/0161-5890(81)90085-7
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Lydyard,PM
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作者:
Fanger,MW;Lydyard,PM
In this study large numbers of peripheral blood lymphocytes bearing receptors specific for IgA (RFcα) were detected by a rosetting technique using highly sensitized ox erythrocytes (EAα). Although significant percentages of RFcα bearing cells could be detected immediately after isolation (30%), even greater percentages of lymphocytes (65%) expressed RFcα after overnight incubation. Detection of RFcα was dependent on the degree of sensitization of the indicator cells by IgA antibody. The percentages of cells bearing receptors for IgA, IgG or IgM, indicated that some lymphocytes (T cells) bearing receptors for IgA also bear Fc receptors for another Ig isotype. Rosette inhibition studies using myeloma immunoglobulins suggested that RFcα have a greater specificity for the IgA2 than for the IgA1 subclass. That monomer blocked IgA rosette formation with approximately the same efficiency per mg as the dimer provided evidence that neither secretory component nor multivalent Fc display were critical to interaction with RFcα. Furthermore, the ability of a myeloma IgA with a missing Cα3 domain to inhibit IgA rosette formation indicated that the site on IgA which interacts with RFcα is in the Cα2 domain and is not dependent on H chain pairing. These findings seem consistent with a major role in secretory immune defense for RFcα and the cells with which they are associated.