PRODUCTION OF A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY USEFUL IN THE MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MURINE T-CELL-REPLACING FACTOR B-CELL GROWTH FACTOR-II
PRODUCTION OF A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY USEFUL IN THE MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MURINE T-CELL-REPLACING FACTOR B-CELL GROWTH FACTOR-II
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.13.4581
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发表时间:
1987-07-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
TAKATSU, K
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作者:
HARADA, N;TAKAHASHI, T;TAKATSU, K
T-cell-replacing factor (TRF) is a T-cell-derived factor required for terminal differentiation of activated B cells to immunoglobulin-secreting cells. Previous studies have shown that a murine T-cell hybrid (B151K12) produces factor(s) that (i) induce immunoglobulin secretion by the B-cell leukemia line BCL1 and secondary anti-2,4-dinitrophenyl IgG synthesis in vitro by dinitrophenyl-primed B cells (TRF activity) and (ii) cause proliferation of the BCL1 cells [B-cell growth factor II (BCGF-II) activity]. Both activities appear to be associated with the same molecule. Here we report the production of a monoclonal antibody to murine TRF. The monoclonal antibody, designated TB13, strongly inhibited both TRF and BCGF-II activities and absorbed TRF-as well as BCGF-II-active molecules produced by B151k12 and by Xenopus oocytes that has been injected with mRNA transcribed from plasmid pSP6K-mTRF23. Inhibition was linearly dependent on the concentration of both TB13 and TRF. Monoclonal antibody TB13 did not inhibit the activities of B-cell stimulatory factor 1, interleukin 1, interleukin 2, or interleukin 3. TRF activity in dissolved samples of immunoprecipitates obtained with TB13 was recovered after NaDodSo4/PAGE, in the fractions corresponding to a protein band at Mr 46,000. Our results indicate that monoclonal antibody TB13 recognizes a molecule that has both TRF and BCGF-II activities.