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PMID: 6571999 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Anti-HLA antibodies of predetermined specificity: a chemically synthesized peptide induces antibodies specific for HLA-A,B heavy chain.

Church WR, Walker LE, Houghten RA, Reisfeld RA

Abstract

A chemically synthesized dodecapeptide (Asp-Ala-Ala-Ser-Pro-Arg-Glu-Glu-Pro-Arg-Ala-Pro), consisting of residues 39 through 50 of the HLA-B7 heavy chain sequence and containing a highly hydrophilic hexapeptide segment (Pro-Arg-Glu-Glu-Pro-Arg), induced antibodies that bound specifically to free HLA-A, and HLA-B heavy chains and to the soluble dodecapeptide. Although these antibodies reacted with free HLA-A,B heavy chains in blots on nitrocellulose, they failed to immunoprecipitate the HLA-A,B-beta 2-microglobulin antigen complex solubilized from human lymphoblastoid cells by nonionic detergents. These observations suggest that the physical characteristics of this particular soluble hydrophilic dodecapeptide may closely resemble nonallotypic determinants expressed by free HLA-A,B heavy chains and that such antigenic sites may be modified by conformational changes in the native HLA-A,B heavy chain-beta 2-microglobulin complex.

MeSH Terms
Amino Acid Sequence Antibody Specificity HLA Antigens/immunology Humans Isoantibodies Isoelectric Point Macromolecular Substances Molecular Weight Peptide Fragments/chemical synthesis,immunology
Chemicals
HLA Antigens Isoantibodies Macromolecular Substances Peptide Fragments
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Church W R
Walker L E
Houghten R A
Reisfeld R A
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1983-01-00
Pages
255-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC393351
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 10180 · United States
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