Abstract
Two monoclonal IgM antibodies, 179K and 35/5F, obtained following immunization of mice with A2,MN or O,MN human erythrocytes, agglutinate NN and MN red cells strongly, and MM erythrocytes weakly. As shown by hemagglutination inhibition and solid phase ELISA, both antibodies are highly specific for the blood group N determinant. They react with N glycoprotein, its amino-terminal glycopeptides and with Ss glycoprotein (glycophorin B), which carries the blood group N determinant. They fail to react with M glycoprotein, M glycoprotein-derived glycopeptides, or with internal glycopeptides derived from N glycoprotein. Reaction of the antibodies with N glycoprotein is abolished by desialylation, periodate oxidation/borohydride reduction, orN-acetylation of the glycoprotein. Thus, the antibodies are specific for an epitope which includes sialylated oligosaccharide chain(s) and is located in the region of the amino-terminal leucine residue of N glycoprotein. MMU− erythrocytes, lacking both blood group N and Ss glycophorin are non-reactive. Agglutination of MMU+ erythrocytes by the anti-N antibodies occursvia interaction with glycophorin B and correlates with the Ss phenotype of red cells MM,S erythrocytes are usually more strongly, agglutinated than MM,ss cells. The agglutination of MM erythrocytes decreases markedly as the pH is increased from 6 to 8, while agglutination of NN red cells is much less affected by shifts in pH over this range. As a result, both monoclonal antibodies are highly anti-N specific typing reagents when the agglutination assay is carried out at pH 8.
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Waśniowska, K., Reichert, C.M., McGinniss, M.H. et al. Two monoclonal antibodies highly specific for the blood group N determinant. Glycoconjugate J 2, 163–176 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050472
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