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. 1978 Mar;34(3):459–463.

The reaction between the complement subcomponent C1q, IgG complexes and polyionic molecules.

N C Hughes-Jones, B Gardner
PMCID: PMC1457604  PMID: 640715

Abstract

The strength of the bond between 125I-labelled C1q and immune complexes, Fc piece, dextran sulphate, polyglutamic acid and polylysine has been investigated. The binding of C1q to Fc piece, small molecular weight (less than 10,000) dextran sulphate, polyglutamic acid and polylysine have value; for the functional affinity constant (Ko) in the range of 0.2-1.5 X 10(4) M-1. In contrast the binding of C1q to immune complexes and large molecular weight polyions (greater than 100,000 is much greater and lies in the range 3 X 10(7)--4 X 10(8) M-1. The differences in the binding constants between the two groups can be explained if the Fc piece and small molecular weight compounds bind to only 1 head of the C1q molecule but the immune complexes and large molecules bind to 2 heads. There are probably 6 binding sites on the C1q molecule for dextran sulphate. The enhancement of the binding affinity of C1q by reduction in ionic strength and the reaction with polyions, indicate that ionic groups are present near or within the binding sites.

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