Structural, functional, and idiotypic characteristics of a phosphorylcholine-binding IgA myeloma protein of C57BL/ka allotype

J Exp Med. 1975 Mar 1;141(3):608-19. doi: 10.1084/jem.141.3.608.

Abstract

An IgA phosphorylcholine (PC)-binding myeloma protein with IgCH allotypic determinants different from those of BALB/c mice is characterized. The myeloma, CBPC 2, was induced in the CB-20 strain of mice which is congenic to BALB/c but differs from it by carrying the A15 allotypic determinant of C57BL/ka mice. Sequence analysis of the CBPC 2 light chain through the first hypervariable region, as well as isoelectric point analysis, show that this chain is indistinguishable from that of T15, a PC-binding myeloma protein of BALB/c origin. The heavy chains of CBPC 2 and T15 differ by only two amino acids (positions 14 and 16) through the first hypervariable region. As measured by inhibition of precipitation, both CBPC 2 and T15 have the same specificity for PC, glycerophosphorylcholine, acetylcholine, and choline. In addition, CBPC 2 possesses the binding site-associated idiotypic determinant which is present on T15. However, like normal or induced C57BL/6 anti-PC antibody, it does not possess the nonbinding site idiotypic determinant.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Binding Sites, Antibody
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Choline / metabolism
  • Chromatography, Affinity
  • Epitopes
  • Glycerylphosphorylcholine / metabolism
  • Immunoglobulin A*
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Isoantigens*
  • Isoelectric Focusing
  • Lactobacillus acidophilus / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Multiple Myeloma / immunology
  • Myeloma Proteins* / isolation & purification
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / immunology
  • Organophosphorus Compounds / metabolism*
  • Plasmacytoma / immunology
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Rabbits / immunology

Substances

  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Epitopes
  • Immunoglobulin A
  • Immunoglobulin Fragments
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Isoantigens
  • Myeloma Proteins
  • Organophosphorus Compounds
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Glycerylphosphorylcholine
  • Choline