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The Journal of Immunology, 1977, 118: 749-755.
Copyright © 1977 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.
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Murine and Rat IgE: Relationships in Terms of Binding to Cell Receptors and to Antibodies against Rat Epsilon Chain1

Glen M. Lang, Dan H. Conrad2, Ken A. Kelly, Brian G. Carter, Arnold Froese and Alec H. Sehon

From the MRC group for Allergy Research, Department of Immunology, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, R3E OW3

Abstract

The similarity between murine and rat IgE was examined in terms of their fixation to target cells and interaction with monospecific antibodies to rat {varepsilon}-chain (anti-{varepsilon}). Purified rat monoclonal IgE (IgEr) was found to block the fixation of murine reagin (IgEm) to mouse and rat skin and to rat basophilic leukemia (RBL) cells. The capacities of mouse reaginic serum (MRS), rat reaginic serum, and IgEr to inhibit the binding of radiolabeled 125I-IgEr to RBL cells were shown to be similar. These results suggest that the binding of IgE of either species occurs on the same or on adjacent receptor sites of mast cells and RBL cells. The antigenic cross-reactivity between IgEm and IgEr was established by depletion of the reaginic activity from MRS by treatment of MRS with anti-{varepsilon}. The reaginic activity of MRS could be recovered by the addition of IgEr to anti-{varepsilon}:IgEm complexes. From these findings it may be inferred that i) IgEm and IgEr share some antigenic determinants and ii) the regions of the immunoglobulins responsible for fixation to receptors on mast cells and RBL cells are identical or similar.

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1 This work was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council of Canada.

2 Recipient of a postdoctoral fellowship from the Medical Research Council of Canada.






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