Characterization of Murine Hemopoietic Cells using Rat Anti-Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies

Three rat anti-mouse monoclonal antibodies reactive with different populations of cells in mouse bone marrow have been extensively characterized with respect to their binding to cells in the lymphohemopoietic system. One antibody identifies lymphocytes committed exclusively to the B lineage. A second antibody identifies cells of the myeloid lineage including granulocytes and macrophages. The third antibody binds to nearly all of the bone marrow cells including erythrocytes, however, quantitative differences in antigenic expression allows the discrimination between early and late erythroid cells and can be used to purify eosinophils. The differential binding of these three monoclonal antibodies to mature cells, immature cells and progenitor cells (CFU-S, CFU-C (GM), BFU-E, and CFU-E) permits the construction of a scheme of lymphohemopoietic differentiation based on the expression of three cell surface antigens.