Abstract
An anti-idiotypic antiserum was raised in a rabbit against a pool of purified F.334 rat anti-GAT antibodies. GAT-13, the idiotype defined by this serum, is present in all F.334 anti-GAT sera from primary and secondary anti-GAT responses. Anti-GAT sera of 13 inbred rat strains, with different RT1 haplotypes and with different heavy- and light-chain allotypes, all express idiotypic determinants cross-reacting with GAT-13. Thus, like in mice anti-GAT antibodies from rats express public idiotypic determinants. The anti-idiotypic serum also recognizes a highly conserved idiotypic specificity present on mouse and guinea-pig anti-GAT antibodies. The mouse, rat and guinea-pig express a similar highly conserved idiotypic specificity after immunization with GAT. All anti-GAT antibodies from the mouse and guinea-pig bear this idiotypic specificity. These results confirm the existence in the anti-GAT response of interspecies cross-reactive idiotypic determinants.
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