期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1991
卷号：88
期号：11
页码：4718-4722
DOI：10.1073/pnas.88.11.4718
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：The murine suppressive factor of allergy (SFA) has been purified from a T-cell hybridoma and found to consist of two functionally and biochemically distinct protein molecules. One protein (17 kDa) modulates the low-affinity Fc receptor for IgE on lymphocytes (i.e., CD23); it decreases the binding avidity of IgE to CD23-bearing B cells without affecting quantitative expression of CD23 and is thus designated epsilon-receptor-modulating protein. The second protein (30 kDa) suppresses IgE biosynthesis (i.e., SFA). This purified SFA suppresses interleukin 4-induced IgE and IgG1 synthesis by lipopolysaccharide-activated spleen cells but has no effect on other antibody isotypes; since the activity of SFA is not blocked by anti-interferon gamma monoclonal antibody, it is thus distinct from interferon gamma. The data presented indicate that epsilon-receptor-modulating protein and SFA are protein molecules that are involved in modulating the CD23 molecule and IgE antibody synthesis, respectively.
