A. Nisonoff

Role of antibody and T cells in the long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have shown that the long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis associated with perinatal inoculation of syngeneic IgE is accompanied by the synthesis of autoantibodies to IgE. Synthesis of IgE can also...

IgE-secreting cells in the thymus: correlation with induction of tolerance to IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have shown previously that normal mice become tolerant to endogenous IgE when they are approximately 2 weeks old and that this corresponds closely with the initial appearance of IgE in serum....

Three-dimensional structure of two crystal forms of FabR19.9 from a monoclonal anti-arsonate antibody.

Lascombe, M B, Alzari, P M, Poljak, R J, Nisonoff, A

The three-dimensional structure of FabR19.9 from a well-characterized anti-p-azobenzenearsonate monoclonal antibody has been determined by x-ray diffraction techniques in two crystalline forms (I and...

Inhibition of IgE synthesis by anti-IgE: role in long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis by neonatally administered soluble IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

Inoculation of syngeneic IgE into 2- to 12-day-old mice results in prolonged synthesis of anti-IgE antibodies without further challenge. These anti-IgE antibodies may be largely responsible for the...

Induction and properties of syngeneic murine anti-immunoglobulin D.

Haba, S, Thorbecke, G J, Nisonoff, A

High titers of autoantibodies directed to isotypic determinants of IgD were produced by inoculation of syngeneic monoclonal IgD, conjugated covalently to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, into adult or...

Evidence for Control of Synthesis of the Variable Regions of the Heavy Chains of Immunoglobulins G and M by the Same Gene*

Wang, A. C., Wilson, S. K., Hopper, J. E., Fudenberg, H. H., Nisonoff, A.

Previous work indicated that the light chains of a monotypic immunoglobulins G2-K and M-K from a single patient (Ti1) are identical. Our present data show that the monotypic immunoglobulins G and M...

Three-dimensional structure of Fab R19.9, a monoclonal murine antibody specific for the p-azobenzenearsonate group.

Lascombe, M B, Alzari, P M, Boulot, G, Saludjian, P, Tougard, P, Berek, C, ...

The crystal structure of Fab R19.9, derived from an anti-p-azobenzenearsonate monoclonal antibody, has been determined and refined to 2.8-A resolution by x-ray crystallographic techniques. Monoclonal...

Isotype switching by a microinjected mu immunoglobulin heavy chain gene in transgenic mice.

Durdik, J, Gerstein, R M, Rath, S, Robbins, P F, Nisonoff, A, Selsing, E

Immunization of transgenic mice carrying an immunoglobulin mu heavy chain resulted in a response dominated by expression of the transgene variable region. Unexpectedly, in a large proportion of the...

Identity of the V kappa 10-Ars-A gene segments of the A/J and BALB/c strains.

Meek, K, Sanz, I, Rathbun, G, Nisonoff, A, Capra, J D

To characterize the light chain gene segments involved in the murine immune response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin p-azophenylarsonate (Ars), we have determined the amino acid and/or nucleotide...

Induction of high titers of anti-IgE by immunization of inbred mice with syngeneic IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have generated high titers (up to 1 mg/ml) of antibodies to isotypic determinants of IgE by immunization of A/J mice with syngeneic monoclonal IgE conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin. As much...

Genetic and serological analysis of the expression of crossreactive idiotypic determinants on anti-p-azobenzenarsonate antibodies and p-azobenzenarsonate-specific suppressor T cell factors.

Sy, M S, Brown, A, Bach, B A, Benacerraf, B, Gottlieb, P D, Nisonoff, A, ...

Data are reported on the genetic control and structure of antigen-specific suppressive molecules obtained from azobenzenearsonate (ABA)-specific suppressor T cells (Ts). Ts-derived suppressor factors...

Influence of helper T cells on the expression of a murine intrastrain crossreactive idiotype.

Hathcock, K S, Gurish, M F, Nisonoff, A, Conger, J D, Hodes, R J

The requirement for idiotype-specific helper T (Th) cells in the generation of a major intrastrain crossreactive idiotype was investigated. This idiotype, designated CRIA, is associated with a large...

Relationship of VH and VL genes encoding three idiotypic families of anti-p-azobenzenearsonate antibodies.

Robbins, P F, Rosen, E M, Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We describe here an intrastrain, cross-reactive idiotype (CRI), CRID, associated with anti-p-azobenzenearsonate antibodies of the A/J strain of mouse and distinguishable, by some but not by all of...

Induction of an immune response through interaction of helper cells with an immune complex bound to the surface of B cells.

Romano, T J, Lerman, S P, Bangasser, S, Thorbecke, G J, Nisonoff, A

Adoptive anti-trinitrophenyl (Tnp) responses were elicited from Tnp-hemocyanin (Tnp-KLH)-primed cells by challenge with an immune complex of KLH and a Tnp conjugate of the Fab fragment of rabbit...

Immunofluorescent Evidence for Cellular Control of Synthesis of Variable Regions of Light and Heavy Chains of Immunoglobulins G and M by the Same Gene

Levin, A. S., Fudenberg, H. H., Hopper, J. E., Wilson, S. K., Nisonoff, A.

Two distinct paraproteins (IgG2-K and IgM-K) from one patient shared identical light chains and significant portions of the variable regions of the heavy chains. Idiotypic determinants on the IgG and...

Binding to idiotypic determinants of large proportions of thymus-derived lymphocytes in idiotypically suppressed mice.

Owen, F L, Ju, S T, Nisonoff, A

All A/J mice immunized with a conjugate of p-azophenylarsonate groups to keyhole limpet hemocyanin produce antibodies against azophenylarsonate, some of which share a crossreactive idiotype. The...

Segregation at a locus determining an immunoglobulin genetic marker for the light chain variable region affects inheritance of expression of an idiotype

Laskin, J. A., Gray, A., Nisonoff, A., Klinman, N. R., Gottlieb, P. D.

Previous investigations have demonstrated close genetic linkage between loci governing expression of strain-specific idiotypes and immunoglobulin heavy (H) chain allotype (i.e., the CH locus). This...

Constancy of amino-terminal amino-acid sequences of antibodies of defined specificity and shared idiotype from individual inbred mice.

Friedenson, B, Tung, A S, Nisonoff, A

Amino-terminal amino-acid sequences were determined for the heavy (H) chains of anti-p-azophenylarsonate antibodies with shared idiotype, isolated from nine individual A/J mice. Mice chosen for...

Role of antibody and T cells in the long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have shown that the long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis associated with perinatal inoculation of syngeneic IgE is accompanied by the synthesis of autoantibodies to IgE. Synthesis of IgE can also...

IgE-secreting cells in the thymus: correlation with induction of tolerance to IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have shown previously that normal mice become tolerant to endogenous IgE when they are approximately 2 weeks old and that this corresponds closely with the initial appearance of IgE in serum....

Three-dimensional structure of two crystal forms of FabR19.9 from a monoclonal anti-arsonate antibody.

Lascombe, M B, Alzari, P M, Poljak, R J, Nisonoff, A

The three-dimensional structure of FabR19.9 from a well-characterized anti-p-azobenzenearsonate monoclonal antibody has been determined by x-ray diffraction techniques in two crystalline forms (I and...

Inhibition of IgE synthesis by anti-IgE: role in long-term inhibition of IgE synthesis by neonatally administered soluble IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

Inoculation of syngeneic IgE into 2- to 12-day-old mice results in prolonged synthesis of anti-IgE antibodies without further challenge. These anti-IgE antibodies may be largely responsible for the...

Induction and properties of syngeneic murine anti-immunoglobulin D.

Haba, S, Thorbecke, G J, Nisonoff, A

High titers of autoantibodies directed to isotypic determinants of IgD were produced by inoculation of syngeneic monoclonal IgD, conjugated covalently to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, into adult or...

Evidence for Control of Synthesis of the Variable Regions of the Heavy Chains of Immunoglobulins G and M by the Same Gene*

Wang, A. C., Wilson, S. K., Hopper, J. E., Fudenberg, H. H., Nisonoff, A.

Previous work indicated that the light chains of a monotypic immunoglobulins G2-K and M-K from a single patient (Ti1) are identical. Our present data show that the monotypic immunoglobulins G and M...

Three-dimensional structure of Fab R19.9, a monoclonal murine antibody specific for the p-azobenzenearsonate group.

Lascombe, M B, Alzari, P M, Boulot, G, Saludjian, P, Tougard, P, Berek, C, ...

The crystal structure of Fab R19.9, derived from an anti-p-azobenzenearsonate monoclonal antibody, has been determined and refined to 2.8-A resolution by x-ray crystallographic techniques. Monoclonal...

Isotype switching by a microinjected mu immunoglobulin heavy chain gene in transgenic mice.

Durdik, J, Gerstein, R M, Rath, S, Robbins, P F, Nisonoff, A, Selsing, E

Immunization of transgenic mice carrying an immunoglobulin mu heavy chain resulted in a response dominated by expression of the transgene variable region. Unexpectedly, in a large proportion of the...

Identity of the V kappa 10-Ars-A gene segments of the A/J and BALB/c strains.

Meek, K, Sanz, I, Rathbun, G, Nisonoff, A, Capra, J D

To characterize the light chain gene segments involved in the murine immune response to keyhole limpet hemocyanin p-azophenylarsonate (Ars), we have determined the amino acid and/or nucleotide...

Induction of high titers of anti-IgE by immunization of inbred mice with syngeneic IgE.

Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We have generated high titers (up to 1 mg/ml) of antibodies to isotypic determinants of IgE by immunization of A/J mice with syngeneic monoclonal IgE conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin. As much...

Genetic and serological analysis of the expression of crossreactive idiotypic determinants on anti-p-azobenzenarsonate antibodies and p-azobenzenarsonate-specific suppressor T cell factors.

Sy, M S, Brown, A, Bach, B A, Benacerraf, B, Gottlieb, P D, Nisonoff, A, ...

Data are reported on the genetic control and structure of antigen-specific suppressive molecules obtained from azobenzenearsonate (ABA)-specific suppressor T cells (Ts). Ts-derived suppressor factors...

Influence of helper T cells on the expression of a murine intrastrain crossreactive idiotype.

Hathcock, K S, Gurish, M F, Nisonoff, A, Conger, J D, Hodes, R J

The requirement for idiotype-specific helper T (Th) cells in the generation of a major intrastrain crossreactive idiotype was investigated. This idiotype, designated CRIA, is associated with a large...

Relationship of VH and VL genes encoding three idiotypic families of anti-p-azobenzenearsonate antibodies.

Robbins, P F, Rosen, E M, Haba, S, Nisonoff, A

We describe here an intrastrain, cross-reactive idiotype (CRI), CRID, associated with anti-p-azobenzenearsonate antibodies of the A/J strain of mouse and distinguishable, by some but not by all of...

Induction of an immune response through interaction of helper cells with an immune complex bound to the surface of B cells.

Romano, T J, Lerman, S P, Bangasser, S, Thorbecke, G J, Nisonoff, A

Adoptive anti-trinitrophenyl (Tnp) responses were elicited from Tnp-hemocyanin (Tnp-KLH)-primed cells by challenge with an immune complex of KLH and a Tnp conjugate of the Fab fragment of rabbit...

Immunofluorescent Evidence for Cellular Control of Synthesis of Variable Regions of Light and Heavy Chains of Immunoglobulins G and M by the Same Gene

Levin, A. S., Fudenberg, H. H., Hopper, J. E., Wilson, S. K., Nisonoff, A.

Two distinct paraproteins (IgG2-K and IgM-K) from one patient shared identical light chains and significant portions of the variable regions of the heavy chains. Idiotypic determinants on the IgG and...

Binding to idiotypic determinants of large proportions of thymus-derived lymphocytes in idiotypically suppressed mice.

Owen, F L, Ju, S T, Nisonoff, A

All A/J mice immunized with a conjugate of p-azophenylarsonate groups to keyhole limpet hemocyanin produce antibodies against azophenylarsonate, some of which share a crossreactive idiotype. The...

Segregation at a locus determining an immunoglobulin genetic marker for the light chain variable region affects inheritance of expression of an idiotype

Laskin, J. A., Gray, A., Nisonoff, A., Klinman, N. R., Gottlieb, P. D.

Previous investigations have demonstrated close genetic linkage between loci governing expression of strain-specific idiotypes and immunoglobulin heavy (H) chain allotype (i.e., the CH locus). This...

Constancy of amino-terminal amino-acid sequences of antibodies of defined specificity and shared idiotype from individual inbred mice.

Friedenson, B, Tung, A S, Nisonoff, A

Amino-terminal amino-acid sequences were determined for the heavy (H) chains of anti-p-azophenylarsonate antibodies with shared idiotype, isolated from nine individual A/J mice. Mice chosen for...

SEROLOGIC DEMONSTRATION OF DUAL SPECIFICITY OF RABBIT BIVALENT HYBRID ANTIBODY

Fudenberg, H. H., Drews, Genevieve, Nisonoff, A.

Hybrid, bivalent antibody molecules bearing specific combining sites for both ovalbumin and bovine gamma globulin were produced by reoxidation of a mixture of the 3.5S fragments of the two...

Antigen- and receptor-driven regulatorymechanisms. The failure of idiotype- coupled spleen cells to induce unresponsiveness in animals lacking the appropriate VH genes is caused by the lack of idiotype-matehed targets

Sy, M-S, Dietz, MH, Nisonoff, A, Germain, RN, Benacerraf, B, Greene, MI

A/J anti-p-azobenzenearsonate (ABA) antibodies bearing cross-reactive idiotypic (CRI) determinants, when coupled to spleen cells and then injected intravenously into naive animals, stimulate...

Electron Microscopic Observations of Rabbit Antibodies

Hall, C. E., Nisonoff, A., Slayter, H. S.

Electron micrographs were obtained showing the individual, shadow-cast macromolecules from solutions of purified anti-p-azobenzoate rabbit antibody and of normal γ-globulin. The two materials look...