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The stability of soluble immune complexes was investigated after isolation by gel filtration and sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation. Soluble immune complexes were formed between specific goat anti-dinitrophenol (DNP) antibodies and DNP conjugated to a large (19 S) carrier, namely bovine thyroglobulin. The composition and molecular weight of these complexes were determined by ultracentrifugation on calibrated sucrose density gradients and the use of different isotopic markers for antigen and antibody. A good separation of immune complexes containing one, two, or three antigen molecules per complex was obtained by ultracentrifugation while gel filtration was less effective. Ultracentrifugational analysis of fractions isolated by these two procedures showed that large immune complexes containing more than one antigen were relatively labile, whereas small immune complexes containing one antigen were stable. The stability of large immune complexes was dependent on dilution. Because dilution affects the size and composition of soluble immune complexes, it is important to emphasize that for the investigation of a causal relationship between the biological properties and the size and composition of immune complexes, analysis of the immune complexes should be performed in the same dilutions in which they will be used experimentally.
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