Description

• The 74-12-4 (also known as clone PT4) monoclonal antibody specifically binds to CD4, a 55-kDa antigen expressed on T lymphocytes
• This antibody does not react with CTL effectors, CTL precursors, or NK cells (ie, CD8[bright] cells) and it does not cross-react with human or bovine cells
• Two peripheral T-helper lymphocyte phenotypes can be distinguished in the pig: CD4+CD8- and CD4+CD8[dull]
• mAb 74-12-4 has been reported to inhibit proliferative responses of peripheral blood lymphocytes to mitogen, soluble antigen, and alloantigen
• It is only marginally effective for in vivo depletion of peripheral CD4+ T cells
• Two alloantigenic forms of CD4 have been recognized in miniature swine based upon their recognition (CD4.1) or lack of recognition (CD4.2) by mAb 74-12-4; the CD4.2 phenotype displays an autosomal recessive, non-MHC-linked, pattern of inheritance
• The molecular basis for the polymorphism is a cluster of nucleotide differences leading to multiple amino-acid substitutions in the Ig CDR2-like loop structure
• This mAb was clustered as anti-CD4a at the First International Swine CD Workshop
• It has been reported to crossreact with chicken leukocytes.