Structural polymorphism of I–E subregion antigens determined by a gene in the H–2K to I–B genetic interval
- 1 May 1979
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 279 (5712), 437-439
- https://doi.org/10.1038/279437a0
Abstract
THE generation of immune responses in mice is influenced by Ir genes located in the I region of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC)(1). In some instances maximum responses require complementation by two genes, one in the I-A or I-B and the other in the I-E or I-C subregion(2,3). The effects of these genes are thought to be mediated by Ia alloantigens, which are cell surface molecules whose expression is controlled by the I region(4). This is based on the observations that anti-Ia sera inhibit in vitro immune responses(5,6), and soluble factors that enhance in vitro immune responses express Ia alloantigenic determinants(7,9). Jones et al.(10), using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, observed that the expression of I-E subregion antigens is controlled by two genes, one in the I-A subregion, the other in the I-E subregion, and that the polymorphism of these antigens is influenced by an I-A subregion gene. As an explanation, the authors proposed that only one of the two polypeptide chains present in I-E immunoprecipitates is an I-E subregion product, the second being a product of the I-A subregion. Antisera obtained by cross-immunisation of I-E subregion-disparate strains of mice immunoprecipitates a molecular complex consisting of two chains, designated alpha and beta, with molecular weights of 32,000 and 29,000 respectively(11-14). Previous studies suggested that I-E antigens isolated from B10.A(5R) and B10.D2 mice had identical alpha-chains but different (beta)-chains(15). However, as these mice differed at multiple genetic regions, it was not possible to show which I subregion(s) determined the polymorphism of the E(beta) chain. Therefore, we investigated the effects of the I-A subregion on the polymorphism of I-E subregion antigens. We have now shown by peptide mapping that the I-E subregion polymorphism which Jones et al. found to be controlled by the I-A subregion probably reflects structural polymorphism of beta-chains controlled by an I-A subregion gene.Keywords
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