Abstract
Monoclonal IgG1, IgG2a, IgG2b and IgG2c were prepared from rat hybridoma cells treated with tunicamycin in order to inhibit N-linked glycosylation. The IgG produced by these cells was about 70% lower in carbohydrate content compared to IgG from equivalent untreated cells, but was similar to the corresponding normal IgG in terms of antigen binding. However, the ability of carbohydrate deficient (CHO-) IgG to bind in vitro to Fc receptor extracted from jejunum of neonatal rats was impaired in most cases and, in all but one case, the amount of CHO- IgG transported from gut lumen to blood in vivo was markedly reduced. No reduction in binding of normal IgG to extracted receptor was observed in the presence of various sugars. It is postulated that N-linked carbohydrate acts to stabilize the structure within the IgG molecule which is responsible for binding to this Fc receptor, possibly in the CH2 domain.
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