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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 144, Issue 4 1375-1381, Copyright © 1990 by American Association of Immunologists
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K Meek, M Takei, H Dang, I Sanz, MJ Dauphinee, JD Capra and N Talal
Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235.
Antibodies to the small nucleoprotein Sm occur spontaneously in human and murine systemic lupus erythematosus. Human and mouse monoclonal anti-Sm autoantibodies designated 4B4 and Y2 share an idiotype (Id) determinant located on the Ig H chain. To understand the molecular basis of this cross-reactivity, the VH regions of both antibodies were sequenced and analyzed for homology. The antibodies showed only 49.6% homology. The second complementary determining region (CDR2) was the most likely candidate for the Id site. To investigate this possibility, rabbit antiserum was made against a peptide corresponding to the CDR2 of 4B4. This antiserum was specific for the immunizing peptide and reacted weakly to a peptide corresponding to the CDR2 of Y2. Anti-CDR2 antibody bound to 4B4 and Y2 but not to other human and mouse mAb. Binding was directed at the H chain when analyzed by Western blots. Anti-CDR2 antibody blocked anti-Id antibody binding to 4B4 and Y2 by 58% and 24%, respectively. These studies suggest that this interspecies Id maps to the H chain CDR2 and that a conserved Id can occur within molecules that are otherwise radically different.
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