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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-8
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In common with other mammalian species, the laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus) expresses MHC class I molecules that have been categorized as either classical (class Ia) or nonclassical (class Ib). This distinction separates the class Ia molecules that play a conventional role in peptide Ag presentation to CD8 T cells from the others, whose function is unconventional or undefined. The class Ia molecules are encoded by the RT1-A region of the rat MHC, while the RT1-C/E/M region encodes up to 60 other class I genes or gene fragments, a number of which are known to be expressed (or to be expressible). Here we report upon novel MHC class Ib genes of the rat that we have expression cloned using new monoclonal alloantibodies and which we term RT1-U. The products detected by these Abs were readily identifiable by two-dimensional analysis of immunoprecipitates and were shown to be distinct from the class Ia products. Cellular studies of these molecules indicate that they function efficiently as targets for cytotoxic killing by appropriately raised polyclonal alloreactive CTL populations. The sequences of these class Ib genes group together in phylogenetic analysis, suggesting a unique locus or family. The combined serological, CTL, and sequence data all indicate that these products are genetically polymorphic.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
162
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
743-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-8-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Antigen Presentation, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Antigen-Antibody Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Haplotypes, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Histocompatibility Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-L Cells (Cell Line), pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Rats, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9916694-T-Lymphocytes
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
RT1-U: identification of a novel, active, class Ib alloantigen of the rat MHC.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't