Analysis of immunoglobulins secreted by hybridomas derived from rheumatoid synovia

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
C M BrownR N Maini

Abstract

Twenty-six IgG-secreting and eight IgM-secreting hybridomas were derived from the synovia of two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Hybridomas were obtained by fusing a heteromyeloma cell line, SPAZ-4 with synovial mononuclear cells that were not deliberately stimulated in vitro. Over 96% of the IgG-secreting hybridomas produced antibodies which belonged to the IgG1 subclass and showed lambda light chain predominance; the latter was not seen in IgM antibodies, where kappa light chains dominated by 3:1. All IgG antibodies were cationic. Synovial B cells were not exposed to extrinsic stimuli prior to fusion, therefore these results reflect the state of B cell activation and differentiation in vivo. Our results indicate that IgG-secreting B cells in the RA joint are under a selective influence which is, as yet, unidentified. One out of eight IgM-secreting and two out of 26 IgG-secreting hybridomas produced rheumatoid factors (RF). The IgM-RF specificity for IgG heavy chain subclasses was determined and showed that the monoclonal bound to IgG1, IgG2 and IgG4 but not IgG3 with exception of IgG3 Goe of the G3m (st) allotype, a profile typical of specificity for the Ga epitope. This monoclonal also distinguished a determinant in...Continue Reading

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