PMID- 15106876 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20041109 LR - 20191108 IS - 1572-3887 (Print) IS - 1572-3887 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 2 DP - 2004 Feb TI - The natural antibody repertoire of sharks and humans recognizes the potential universe of antigens. PG - 103-18 AB - In ancestral sharks, a rapid emergence in the evolution of the immune system occurred, giving jawed-vertebrates the necessary components for the combinatorial immune response (CIR). To compare the natural antibody (NAb) repertoires of the most divergent vertebrates with the capacity to produce antibodies, we isolated NAbs to the same set of antigens by affinity chromatography from two species of Carcharhine sharks and from human polyclonal IgG and IgM antibody preparations. The activities of the affinity-purified anti-T-cell receptor (anti-TCR) NAbs were compared with those of monoclonal anti-TCR NAbs that were generated from a systemic lupus erythematosus patient. We report that sharks and humans, representing the evolutionary extremes of vertebrate species sharing the CIR, have NAbs to human TCRs, Igs, the human senescent cell antigen, and to numerous retroviral antigens, indicating that essential features of the combinatorial repertoire and the capacity to recognize the potential universe of antigens is shared among all jawed-vertebrates. FAU - Adelman, Miranda K AU - Adelman MK AD - Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA. FAU - Schluter, Samuel F AU - Schluter SF FAU - Marchalonis, John J AU - Marchalonis JJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Protein J JT - The protein journal JID - 101212092 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antigens) RN - 0 (Autoantibodies) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin G) RN - 0 (Immunoglobulin M) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) SB - IM CIN - Protein J. 2004 Aug;23(6):357; author reply 359-60. PMID: 15517982 MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology MH - Antigens/*immunology MH - Autoantibodies/*immunology MH - Chromatography, Affinity MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Epitope Mapping MH - Humans MH - Immune System/immunology MH - Immunity, Innate/*immunology MH - Immunoglobulin G/immunology MH - Immunoglobulin M/immunology MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/immunology MH - Male MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/*immunology MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Sharks/*immunology EDAT- 2004/04/27 05:00 MHDA- 2004/11/13 09:00 CRDT- 2004/04/27 05:00 PHST- 2004/04/27 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/11/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/04/27 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/b:jopc.0000020077.73751.76 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein J. 2004 Feb;23(2):103-18. doi: 10.1023/b:jopc.0000020077.73751.76.