描述:
The 53-6.7 antibody monoclonal antibody specifically binds to the 38 kDaα
and 34 kDa α
' chains of the CD8 differentiation antigen (Ly-2 or
Lyt-2) of all mouse strains tested. The CD8
αandα
' chains (CD8a) form heterodimers with the CD8
β
chain (CD8b, Ly-3, or Lyt-3) on the
surface of most thymocytes. A subpopulation of mature T lymphocytes (i.e., MHC class I-restricted T cells, including most T
suppressor/cytotoxic cells) expresses almost exclusively the CD8
αβ
heterodimer (the
α
' chain is absent). Subsets of
γδ
TCR-bearing T cells,
intestinal intrapithelial lymphocytes, and dendritic cells express CD8a without CD8b. It has been suggested that the expression of the
CD8a/CD8b heterodimer is restricted to T lymphocytes which matured in the thymus or in an extrathymic environment that had been
influenced by thymus-initiated neuroendocrine signals. CD8 is an antigen coreceptor on the T-cell surface which interacts with MHC class I
molecules on antigen-presenting cells or epithelial cells. It participates in T-cell activation through its association with the T-cell receptor
complex and protein tyrosine kinase lck (p56 [lck]). The CD8
α
and
α
' chains arise from alternatively spliced messengers of a single
CD8a
gene. The longer
α
form associates with p56 [lck] via a CXCP motif in its cytoplasmic domain, which it shares with CD4, but not with CD8b.
The truncated
α
' chain is unable to associate with p56 [lck], and it may function to attenuate the CD8-mediated costimulatory signal during
intrathymic T-cell maturation. In vivo and in vitro treatment with 53-6.7 mAb has reportedly been effective at depleting CD8+ peripheral T
lymphocytes. The 53-6.7 antibody has also been reported to cross-reaact with CD8
α
- and
α
'-like polypeptides on subsets of thymic and
peripheral lymphocytes in the Egyptian toad,
Bufo regularis
.
The antibody was conjugated to BD Horizon™ BV650 which is part of the BD Horizon™ Brilliant Violet™ family of dyes. This dye is a
tandem fluorochrome of BD Horizon™ BV421 with an Ex Max of 405-nm and an acceptor dye with an Em Max at 650-nm. BD Horizon™
BV650 can be excited by the violet laser and detected in a filter used to detect APC-like dyes (eg, 660/20-nm filter). Due to the excitation and
emission characteristics of the acceptor dye, there will be spillover into the APC and Alexa Fluor® 700 detectors. However, the spillover can
be corrected through compensation as with any other dye combination.