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Identification of woodchuck class I MHC antigens using monoclonal antibodies
Authors:T. I. Michalak  N. D. Churchill  D. Codner  S. Drover  W. H. Marshall
Affiliation:Liver Research Laboratory, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada;immunology Laboratories, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Abstract:
Abstract: Two class I major histocompatibility complex (MHC) proteins with molecular masses of 43- and 39-kDa were identified in the cell surface membranes of normal woodchucks using a newly developed anti-woodchuck class I monoclonal antibody (mAb) B1b.B9 and immuno-blotting. B1b.B9 was generated by immunizing mice with viable wood-chuck peripheral blood mononuclear cells and was selected for anti-class I MHC reactivity using a cellular enzyme–linked immunoassay, indirect immunofluorescence on tissue sections and flow cytofluorimetry. The distribution pattern of class I MHC antigen on woodchuck lymphoid cells was found to be similar to that reported in other species. Also, the antigen expression on normal woodchuck hepatocytes was comparable to that observed on normal human liver parenchymal cells; thus, the antigen was not detected on hepatocytes by staining of liver tissue sections, but was found by indirect immunofluorescence staining of isolated liver cells. Western blot analysis of the plasma membranes from normal woodchuck hepatocytes revealed the presence of a single species of class I MHC heavy chain protein with a molecular mass of 43-kDa, whereas splenocyte plasma membranes showed intense expression of a 43-kDa species, as well as the presence of a 39-kDa protein. The 39- and 43-kDa proteins were extracted with Triton X-114 to the hydrophobic protein phase, suggesting that they both contain a hydrophobic transmembrane domain. The data obtained indicate that the B1b.B9 identifies a nonpolymorphic epitope of woodchuck class I MHC heavy chains, providing an important reagent for the study of the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus infection in a woodchuck model.
Keywords:MHC class I    model hepatitis B virus infection    monoclonal antibody    woodchuck
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