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Independent Movement of IgD and IgM Molecules on the Surface of Individual Lymphocytes

From the Institute for Experimental Gerontology, Organization for Health Research TNO, 151, Lange Kleiweg, Rijswijk (Z.H.), The Netherlands

Abstract

It is now generally accepted that immunoglobulins (Ig) on the membrane of lymphocytes are mobile in the plane of the membrane itself. The reaction of divalent antibodies with the Ig molecules, which were originally diffusely distributed, induces cross-linkage and aggregation of the Ig molecules. These aggregates are then actively transported to one pole of the cell where they form the so-called caps. This capping process is markedly inhibited in the cold and can be blocked by different drugs (1, 2).

We used this phenomenon for the investigation of Ig molecules of two different classes (IgM and IgD) on individual lymphocytes.

Materials and Methods. Cord blood lymphocytes from 20 healthy babies and peripheral lymphocytes from 20 adults were investigated for the presence of membrane-bound Ig in immunofluorescence. Lymphocytes were obtained by gradient centrifugation with the Isopaque Ficoll technique (3). Cells were tested for viability and stained in suspension.

Footnotes

¹ Institute for Immunology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

² Research Fellow, Rotterdam Radio-Therapy Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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