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. 1976 Aug;25(2):212–226.

Detection of circulating antigen-antibody complexes by their inhibitory effect on the agglutination of IgG-coated particles by rheumatioid factor of Clq.

A Z Lurhuma, C L Cambiaso, P L Masson, J F Heremans
PMCID: PMC1541367  PMID: 954232

Abstract

The agglutination of Ig-coated particles by human RF or Clq can be inhibited by Ig aggregates or AgAb complexes. The effect of Ig class was studied by means of agarose-linked human monoclonal Igs. RF was inhibited by all subclasses of IgG and IgA but not by IgM, whereas Clq reacted with IgM, IgG3 and IgG1. Heat-aggregated IgG3 was fractionated by gel-filtration on Ultrogel. Inhibition was restricted to certain fractions of aggregates, viz (IgG3) approximately 7 and (IgG3) approximately 21 for RF, and (IgG3) approximately 10, (IgG3) approximately 14 and (IgG3) approximately 27 for Clq. In a precipitin curve experiment, it was found that RF was inhibited by soluble complexes over an extended range of AgAb ratios, the inactivation of Clq being limited to complexes with 2-5 times antigen excess. Inhibiting factors were found in patients with various diseases and, at low titres, in 22% of healthy people. In 27% of patients' sera, the inhibitors were demonstrable by Clq only after removal of endogenous RF by adsorption on insolubilized IgG. In several patients endogenous agglutinating activity and direct inhibitory activity tended to alternate during the course of the disease. Sera from various patients were also filtrated on Ultrogel and the elution was monitored by immunoassay of IgA, IgM and IgG, as well as by the two inhibition tests. The inhibiting factors were distributed over several peaks which only partially coincided with the elution profiles of IgG and IgM.

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