Studies on the In Vivo Effects of Antibody INTERACTION OF IgM ANTIBODY AND COMPLEMENT IN THE IMMUNE CLEARANCE AND DESTRUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES IN MAN

AUTOR(ES)

Atkinson, John P.

RESUMO

Purified human IgM isoagglutinins were utilized to sensitize 51Cr-labeled erythrocytes so as to produce a known number of complement-fixing sites. These cells were then reinfused into the erythrocyte donor. A minimum of 20 C1-fixing sites/erythrocyte were required for decreased survival. As the amount of antibody coating the erythrocytes was increased, a larger percentage was sequestered. With 80 C1-fixing sites, more than 75% of the injected erythrocytes were removed from the circulation within 10 min. In each case, the clearance pattern consisted of rapid hepatic sequestration followed by a gradual return of a portion of the erythrocytes into the circulation where they survived normally.

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