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. 1983 Jul;80(14):4479–4483. doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.14.4479

Naturally occurring cytotoxic human antibodies recognize H-2-controlled murine lymphocyte antigens.

P Iványi, T Leupers, P van Mourik
PMCID: PMC384062  PMID: 6603619

Abstract

Human sera contain cytotoxic naturally occurring (CyNa) antibodies which discriminate between lymph node cells from mice differing only at the H-2 complex. Sera from three healthy subjects (normal human sera, NH sera) and one serum from a patient with multiple sclerosis reacted with cells expressing Db, Kd, Kk, and Kp molecules, respectively. However, the following observations suggested that the binding specificity of these CyNa antibodies is to antigens that are distinct from the classical H-2 antigens: (i) the NH sera did not contain cytotoxic anti-HLA antibodies, (ii) redistribution (capping) of H-2 antigens did not induce resistance to lysis for CyNa antibodies, and (iii) individual variation was demonstrated in the expression of the murine lymphocyte antigens detected by the human CyNa antibodies. The reason for this variation appeared to be different for individual NH serum. A maternal effect influenced the expression of the murine lymphocyte antigen detected by one NH serum (anti-H-2b). The differences detected by another NH serum (anti-H-2p) appeared to be inherited, as shown by progeny testing. We hypothesize that the human CyNa antibodies may be directed against antigens controlled or modified by murine viruses (milk borne or endogenous), whose expression is under the influence of the H-2 complex, and that their production might have been stimulated by the products of human genes homologous to murine viruses.

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