We have previously reported that the Ia specificities, coded for by the I region within the H-2 complex, appear to consist predominantly of carbohydrate. This conclusion was reached by examining low molecular weight Ia-bearing oligosacharides isolated from mouse serum. We now report hapten-inhibition studies which indicate that the binding of both allogeneic and xenogeneic anti-Ia antibodies to the Ia glycoproteins found predominantly on B lymphocytes can be specifically inhibited by certain free sugars. Both inhibition assays revealed that the specificity for the following Ia antigens resides predominantly in the following sugars: (a) Ia.1: N-acetyl-D-mannosamine or related sugars; (b) Ia.3: alpha-D-galactose and related sugars; (c) Ia.7: L- fucose; and (d) Ia.15: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. It seems likely that these sugars are found at the terminal nonreducing ends of the carbohydrate portion of the Ia-bearing glycoproteins present in the lymphocyte membrane. In contrast, several public and private H-2 antigenic specificities did not appear to be sugar defined. These studies imply that at least some of the Ia genes from both the I-A and I-C subregions of the I region code for glycosyl transferases which modify oligosaccharide structure and impart specificity to the Ia antigens by alteration of their terminal sugar residues.
Ia antigenic specificities are oligosaccharide in nature: hapten- inhibition studies
Ian F C B,A. Mckenzie,C. R. Clarke,Parish
Published 1977 in Journal of Experimental Medicine
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PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
1977
- Venue
Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Publication date
1977-04-01
- Fields of study
Biology, Medicine
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- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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CONCEPTS
- anti-ia antibodies
Antibodies, from allogeneic or xenogeneic sources, that recognize Ia determinants.
Aliases: allogeneic anti-Ia antibodies, xenogeneic anti-Ia antibodies
- glycosyl transferases
Enzymes that add or alter sugar residues on glycoconjugates.
Aliases: glycosyltransferases
- hapten-inhibition studies
Binding assays that use free sugars to test whether they block antibody interaction with Ia antigens.
Aliases: hapten inhibition assays, inhibition assays
- ia.1
An Ia antigenic specificity examined in the inhibition assays.
- ia.15
An Ia antigenic specificity examined in the inhibition assays.
- ia.3
An Ia antigenic specificity examined in the inhibition assays.
- ia.7
An Ia antigenic specificity examined in the inhibition assays.
- i-a and i-c subregions
Mouse H-2 I-region subregions implicated here as sources of Ia genes.
Aliases: I-A/I-C subregions, I-A subregion and I-C subregion
- ia glycoproteins
B-lymphocyte membrane glycoproteins that carry Ia determinants.
Aliases: Ia-bearing glycoproteins
- terminal nonreducing ends
The outermost nonreducing sugar termini of an oligosaccharide chain.
Aliases: terminal sugar residues, nonreducing sugar termini
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