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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells
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Methods for Quantitative Detection of Antibody-induced Complement Activation on Red Blood Cells

Published on: January 29, 2014

Antibody--antigen complex stimulated lysis of non-sensitized sheep red cells by human lymphocytes. I. Requirements

E W Fuson, M W Shaw, R A Hubbard

    Clinical and Experimental Immunology
    |October 1, 1979
    PubMed

    IgG antibody--antigen complexes stimulated lysis of non-sensitized sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) by normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). Heat-aggregated human IgG, rabbit IgG-ovalbumin complexes and rabbit IgG-sensitized ox erythrocytes (ORBC) were effective in the induction of SRBC lysis by PBL. However, IgM-sensitized ORBC and IgM-complement-sensitized ORBC were ineffective. As only SRBC and not ORBC or chicken erythrocytes (CRBC) were lysed under identical experimental conditions, it is conceivable that the SRBC receptor present on the T cell is involved. Furthermore, 45% inhibition of lysis was obtained by pretreating the effector cells with anti-human thymocyte globulin (ATG) and complete inhibition was obtained by adding SRBC stroma to the reaction mixture. The requirement for the inclusion of IgG complexes and the absence of specific anti-target cell antibody distinguish this reaction from natural cell-mediated cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). Immune killer T cells would not appear to be responsible as eight different donors were used and none of these were cytotoxic to SRBC in the absence of IgG complexes. The induction of this cytotoxic reaction appears to require the recognition and interaction by the effector cells of two separate molecular entities, i.e. the SRBC membrane by the T cell and the IgG Fc region by an IgG-Fc receptor-bearing cell.

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