Cold agglutinin activity is common among human monoclonal IgM Rh system antibodies using the V4-34 heavy chain variable gene segment

Transfusion
S J ThorpeK M Thompson

Abstract

The V4-34 gene segment is commonly used by human monoclonal IgM alloantibodies against blood group antigens and by cold-reactive red cell autoantibodies with anti-I or anti-i specificity. This study was conducted to determine whether cold agglutinin activity is found among the V4-34-encoded alloantibodies. Fifty-four human IgM monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) against Rh system antigens were tested for cold agglutinin activity against red cells lacking the relevant Rh system antigen and for reactivity with tissue I and/or i antigens using immunohistochemistry. The findings were correlated with the utilization of the V4-34 segment as determined in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with an antibody (9G4) that is specific for this gene product and were also correlated with other serologic properties. Of the MoAbs, 59 percent were 9G4-positive. Of the 9G4-positive subset, 16 and 44 percent agglutinated native adult (express I) and cord (express i) cells, respectively, at 4 degrees C; these levels rose to 84 and 94 percent, respectively, with the use of papain-treated cells. The red cell antigens recognized at 4 degrees C were cleaved by endo-beta-galactosidase, which is consistent with their being I and i. Of the 9G4-positive subset...Continue Reading

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