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. 1986 Mar;83(6):1872–1876. doi: 10.1073/pnas.83.6.1872

Antibodies to synthetic joining segment peptide of the T-cell receptor beta-chain: serological cross-reaction between products of T-cell receptor genes, antigen binding T-cell receptors, and immunoglobulins.

S F Schluter, J J Marchalonis
PMCID: PMC323186  PMID: 3081906

Abstract

Immunoglobulin light and heavy chains show sequence homology to one another and to the polypeptide chains of putative T-cell receptors in the J (joining) segment of the variable region. Antibodies produced against synthetic peptides corresponding to the entire JH1 region and part of the diversity segment region cross-react serologically with products of normal T cells and monoclonal T-cell lines. In this study we generate immune affinity-purified rabbit antibodies to a synthetic 16-mer peptide consisting of the entire JT sequence and part of the T-cell diversity sequence corresponding to these segments of the human putative T-cell receptor beta gene YT35. Both free peptide and peptide coupled to bovine serum albumin as carrier were found to stimulate the production of antibody. The immune affinity-purified anti-JT peptide antibodies bound to intact immunoglobulin and to light and heavy chain as detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and by immunoblot transfer. The antibody reacted by these techniques with membrane components of the human monoclonal amplifier T-cell MOLT-3 and the murine suppressor T-cell WEHI-7. The component detected in the MOLT-3 cell corresponded to the beta-chain of the alpha/beta heterodimer putative T-cell receptor; whereas the molecule detected in the WEHI-7 line had properties corresponding to those of antigen-specific T-cell suppressor receptors. The molecular size of this component under reducing conditions was approximately 68 kDa and the intact form had an apparent mass of 140 kDa. These results provide direct proof of serological cross-reaction among products of putative T-cell receptor genes, antigen-binding T-cell receptors, and immunoglobulins, thereby supporting the concept that antigen receptors of T lymphocytes all represent new immunoglobulin translocons.

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