圆弧青霉菌毒素-青霉酸人工抗原的合成与鉴定

为建立圆弧青霉毒素-青霉酸的免疫学检测方法, 研究了青霉酸(PA)的人工抗原合成.通过碳二亚胺法将青霉酸(PA)分别与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)和卵清蛋白(OVA)联结, 得到青霉酸人工抗原PA-BSA和PA-OVA.采用紫外扫描光谱法、SDS-PAGE和动物免疫试验对合成的抗原进行鉴定.结果显示联结后的人工抗原特征性吸收峰出现偏移, PA与BSA的偶联比为23.2:1, PA与OVA的偶联比为10.4:1.以PA-BSA为免疫抗原免疫小鼠, PA-OVA为包被抗原, 采用间接ELISA检测抗血清, 其效价达到1:12 800.表明青霉酸的人工抗原已合成, 为建立有效的免疫检测方法提供了基础.     

脱落酸人工抗原合成及多克隆抗体制备

目的:为了对植物细胞中的脱落酸(ABA)进行定量和定位分析,研究了脱落酸人工抗原的合成以及多克隆抗体的制备。方法:用重氮化法将ABA分别与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)、卵清白蛋白(OVA)联结,得到ABA的免疫抗原和包被抗原,并采用紫外全波长扫描和SDS-PAGE对合成的抗原进行了鉴定。以经过鉴定的抗原免疫白兔,制备出ABA的多克隆抗体;采用间接酶联免疫法(ELISA)对抗血清进行效价检测,通过离子交换层析法获得纯化的抗体。结果:ABA与BSA的平均偶联比为5.3∶1,抗血清效价为1∶16000。结论:人工抗原和多克隆抗体制备成功,为采用ELISA和免疫胶体金技术(ICG)检测ABA提供了有效工具。     

金霉素单克隆抗体的制备及检测方法的建立

采用羰基二咪唑法,将半抗原金霉素(AM)分别与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)和卵清蛋白(OVA)偶联制备金霉素免疫抗原AM-BSA和检测抗原AM-OVA,通过紫外光谱扫描检测偶联产物。采用细胞杂交瘤技术,制备抗金霉素单克隆抗体杂交瘤细胞株,建立了金霉素竞争ELISA检测方法,其灵敏度达到50ng/ml,且呈现良好的线性关系(r=0.9812),并且与其他抗生素无交叉反应。     

氯霉素全抗原的合成及鉴定

为建立氯霉素的免疫分析方法,采用混合酸酐法和重氮化法,将半抗原氨霉素(CAP)与载体牛血清白蛋白(BSA)及卵清蛋白(OVA)偶联制备免疫抗原CAP-BSA和包被抗原CAP-OVA.以紫外扫描确定偶联率,并用酶联免疫(ELISA)的方法鉴定,确定偶联成功.经过比较,混合酸酐法优于重氮化法.     

氨苄青霉素人工抗原的制备及抗体特性鉴定

根据氨苄青霉素(AMP)分子结构上存在的化学活性基团羧基,用碳化二亚胺法(EDC)将AMP偶联于载体蛋白BSA,合成人工抗原BSA-AMP,用紫外扫描(Uv)和SDS-PAGE进行鉴定,推算分子结合比;用BSA-AMP免疫新西兰白兔,间接ELISA测定多抗血清(pAb)效价,阻断ELISA鉴定其敏感性,琼脂双扩散试验和交叉反应试验鉴定其特异性.结果表明,BSA-AMP偶联成功,分子结合比为1:17.6,获得了高效价、敏感、特异的AMP pAb,为AMP残留免疫学检测方法的建立奠定了基础.     

除草剂2,4-D特异性多克隆抗体的制备及鉴定

目的是制备特异性的2,4-D多克隆抗体.用活性酯和混合酸酐法将半抗原2,4-D分别与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)和卵清蛋白(OVA)共价偶联;以2,4-D-BSA作免疫原免疫两只新西兰白兔;以2,4-D-OVA包被96孔酶标板,用间接酶联免疫吸附分析(ELISA)法检测抗血清效价和竞争性ELISA法检测2,4-D.结果显示2,4-D与BSA和OVA的偶联比率分别为32∶1和18∶1,抗血清效价＞6.4×105,在优化条件下2,4-D的最低检测限达37ng/mL.实验成功地制备了2,4-D特异性多克隆抗体,为其ELISA方法的建立提供了条件.     

双交联法制备桔霉素-蛋白质偶联抗原及抗体

以1,4-丁二醇二缩水甘油醚(双环氧试剂)为偶联剂,合成桔霉素-蛋白质偶联抗原CIT-BSA,经过HPLC分析、紫外扫描和红外光谱鉴定表明,偶联物成功制备,CIT/BSA的偶联比为8.16.通过免疫BALB/C小鼠,获得抗桔霉素多克隆抗体,经间接ELISA检测,效价达到1.1×105.间接竞争ELISA表明,桔霉素(CIT)的最低检测浓度为10μg/L,其线性范围为10～250μg/L,IC50为100μg/L.分析了不同方法制备的偶联抗原的免疫原性,实验表明,桔霉素抗原决定簇C7位置的羧基保留是获得针对桔霉素特异性抗体的必要条件.为快速检测桔霉素的酶联免疫检测技术的建立和检测试剂盒的研制提供技术依据.     

天然产物莪术醇单克隆抗体的制备

为制备小分子化合物莪术醇的单克隆抗体,先将莪术醇(curcumol)与载体蛋白牛血清蛋白(BSA)偶联形成完全抗原,用基质辅助激光解吸飞行时间质谱法(MALDI-TOF-MS)鉴定莪术醇人工抗原的偶联率,然后采用杂交瘤技术获得杂交瘤株,并对其进行小鼠腹水的制备与纯化.结果表明:莪术醇半抗原与载体的偶联比为19.6,单克...     

一种改进的分泌抗半抗原抗体杂交瘤细胞株筛选方法

目的:研究解决半抗原分子单克隆抗体制备技术路径中遇到的在阳性杂交瘤细胞株筛选时无法排除载体蛋白间交叉反应影响的问题,以半抗原去甲肾上腺素(norepinephrine,NE)为例。方法:在NE完全抗原免疫小鼠实施细胞融合后,分别包被牛血清白蛋白(BSA)、卵清白蛋白(OVA)、BSA-NE、OVA-NE等4种不同抗原的酶标板平行检测细胞培养上清液;挑选BSA、OVA检测结果为阴性,BSA-NE、OVA-NE检测结果为阳性的孔内细胞进行克隆化筛选单克隆细胞。结果:本筛选方法可一次性从8板96孔板中筛选到13个符合要求的阳性孔,经3次克隆化后获得6株特异性强的杂交瘤细胞株。结论:本方法避免了载体蛋白间交叉反应对筛选的影响,改进了传统的单一指标筛选方法,筛选效率更高。     

对称性二甲基精氨酸(SDMA) 高效价血清抗体的制备*

目的: 制备高效价SDMA血清多克隆抗体。方法: 先由鸟氨酸合成乙胺基丙胺,再与SDMA合成SDMA半抗原,再用戊二醛法将SDMA半抗原与载体蛋白BSA(或OVA)偶联,合成SDMA完全抗原。完全抗原用弗氏佐剂乳化,免疫2只新西兰大耳白兔,隔两周免疫一次,第五次免疫一周后,心脏取血,分离血清,ELISA法检测血清中抗体的滴度,用竞争ELISA法检测小分子的抑制作用。结果: 两只兔免疫获得的抗SDMA抗体血清滴度分别为1∶128 000和1∶56 000;小分子竞争后两只兔血清吸光度值均接近阴性血清吸光度值,说明小分子抑制作用均良好。结论: 血清中抗体滴度达1∶10⁴以上,小分子抑制作用良好,初步说明SDMA兔血清抗体制备成功。     

Purified protein derivative (PPD) as an immunogen carrier elicits high antigen specificity to haptens.

The effectiveness of the carrier protein in eliciting antigen-specific antibodies was investigated. The effect of the carrier protein was independent of the conjugation chemistry involved. Keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), purified protein derivative (PPD), and ovalbumin (OVA) were used as carrier proteins in the immunization of mice. Three antigens were studied: LY170881 (a small drug molecule), 4-[1'-cyanobenz(f)isoindolyl]butyric acid (CBI-butyric acid), and a seven residue peptide GPGRGPG (KLE1). The serum antibody response to the antigen or antigen:BSA conjugate was superior in the case where the PPD:antigen conjugates were used as the immunogen when compared to KLH and OVA. The specificity of the antibodies to the respective antigens vs cross-reactivity with the carrier protein was investigated. PPD-coupled antigen immunized mice generated a higher percentage of antigen-specific hybridomas compared to the other carrier proteins. These findings confirmed PPD as the best carrier molecule for the production of both polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies.     

Hypophysectomy and neurointermediate pituitary lobectomy decrease humoral immune responses to T-independent and T-dependent antigens

In rats, hypophysectomy (HYPOX) or neurointermediate pituitary lobectomy (NIL) reduce humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. However, to our knowledge, the differences in the effects of anterior versus posterior pituitary hormones on the immune responses have not been studied to date. We compared in rats, the effects of sham surgery (SHAM), HYPOX, and NIL on humoral immune responses to T cell-independent (TI) type 1 antigen DNP-LPS and to TI type 2 antigen DNP-FICOLL, as well as to T cell-dependent (TD) antigens ovalbumin (OVA) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). The results showed that: (1) both HYPOX and NIL induced a similar and significant decrease in IgM responses towards TI-1 antigens, (2) NIL but not HYPOX induced a decreased IgM response to TI-2 antigens, and (3) both HYPOX and NIL induced similar and significant decrease in IgG responses to TI-2 antigens. Compared with the SHAM group, IgM responses to both TD antigens did not change in HYPOX and NIL animals, whereas the IgG responses to OVA and BSA significantly decreased in HYPOX and NIL animals. These results indicate that hormones of the anterior and posterior pituitary play their own role in the regulation of humoral immune responses.     

Palmitate binding to and efflux kinetics from human erythrocyte ghost

At 0 degrees C, pH 7.3, palmitate (PA) binds to human erythrocyte ghosts suspended in 0.2% bovine serum albumin (BSA) solution with molar ratios of PA to BSA, v, between 0.2 and 1.3. The binding depends on the water phase PA concentration, measured in equilibrium experiments, using BSA-filled ghosts as semipermeable bags. The saturable binding has a capacity of 19.4 +/- 7.5 nmol g-1 packed ghosts (7.2 x 10(9) cells) and Kd = 13.5 +/- 5 nM. PA exchange efflux kinetics to 0.2% BSA is recorded from ghosts without and with 0.2% BSA with a resolution time of about 1 s. Data are analyzed in terms of compartmental models. Using BSA-free ghosts the kinetics is essentially monoexponential. The rate constant is 0.0287 +/- 0.0022 s-1. Using ghosts with BSA, the kinetics is biexponential with widely different rate constants. Extrapolated zero-time values reflect, according to additional investigations, 'instantaneous' release of PA from the outer surface of the ghosts. Analyses of the biexponential curve up to about 55% tracer efflux assign unequivocally values to three model parameters. (1) k1, the dissociation rate constant of the PA-BSA complex is (1.47 +/- 0.03) x 10(-3) s-1 and (2.56 +/- 0.08) x 10(-3) s-1 and (4.08 +/- 0.13) x 10(-3) s-1 at v = 0.2, 0.6 and 1.4, respectively. (2) k3*, the overall rate constant of PA transport from the inside of the ghost membrane to the medium is 0.0269 +/- 0.0020 s-1 independent of v. (3) Qkin, the ratio of PA on the inside of the membrane to PA on BSA within the ghosts is v dependent and smaller than a corresponding ratio Qeq measured in equilibrium by a value corresponding to PA on the outer surface. This fraction is released with a rate constant, k5, which is of the order of 1 s-1. The data suggest a maximum PA transport capacity, Jmax, of 2 pmol min-1 cm-2, 0 degrees C, pH 7.3.     

Selective suppression by auto-anti-idiotypic antibody of B-cell idiotype repertoires generated after stimulation with the same hapten on T-dependent and T-independent carriers

In the present study, we investigated whether auto-anti-idiotypic antibody in the immune sera from old mice could recognize antitrinitrophenyl (TNP) plaque-forming cells (PFC) generated after stimulation with the T-dependent and T-independent forms of the hapten, TNP. Young and old C57BL/6J male mice were immunized with a variety of T-dependent (TNP-bovine gamma-globulin, TNP-BGG; TNP-keyhole Limpet hemocyanin, TNP-KLH; ovalbumin, OVA; bovine serum albumin, BSA; BGG) and T-independent (TNP-Brucella abortus, TNP-BA; TBP-Ficoll; TNP-polyacrylamide beads, TNP-PAA) antigens either in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA) or in soluble form. Splenic anti-TNP or antiprotein PFC responses were assayed for anti-idiotype-blocked, hapten- or protein-augmentable IgM, IgG and IgA PFC, 1-2 weeks after immunization. It was found that 8-month-old mice produced significantly a higher percentage of hapten augmentable (26-42%) IgM PFC response to T-independent antigens as compared with the 2-month-old mice (3-6% augmentation). Similarly, old mice produced a significantly higher percentage of hapten or protein augmentable (25-129%) IgG PFC response to T-dependent antigens as compared with the 2-month-old group (2-6% augmentation). The data support the view that age-related regulation of auto-anti-idiotypic antibody is a general phenomenon for immune responses to T-dependent and T-independent antigens. Hapten-reversible inhibition of plaque formation was used to determine whether anti-idiotypic antibody containing antisera from old mice could inhibit B-cell idiotype repertoires generated after stimulation with the same hapten, TNP, on T-dependent and T-independent carriers. Pools of immune sera from 8-month-old mice primed with T-dependent TNP-BGG or TNP-KLH antigens but not with T-independent TNP-PAA or TNP-BA antigens, or with the proteins OVA, BSA, or BGG selectively inhibited IgM, IgG, and IgA anti-TNP PFC from 2-month-old mice that were previously primed with either TNP-BGG or TNP-KLH. In contrast, immune sera from old mice primed with TNP on either T-dependent or T-independent carriers inhibited anti-TNP PFC from mice primed with T-independent TNP-PAA or TNP-BA antigens. Immune sera from old mice primed with OVA or BSA only inhibited the respective antiprotein PFC. The immune sera from young mice did not show any appreciable inhibition of PFC generated after stimulation by any of the antigens studied.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Immunological studies of an artificial antigen with specificity of a common polysaccharide antigen of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract Synthetic d -rhamnan, with the structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa common polysaccharide antigen (CPA), was conjugated with BSA. The artificial antigen obtained, and the natural antigens, lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of P. aeruginosa and Pseudomonas cerasi with rhamnan chains of the same structure, were studied by ELISA with rabbit antibodies to the d -rhamnan-BSA conjugate and to the P. cerasi O-antigen. Immunological relations between the LPS of P. aeruginosa and P. cerasi determined by CPA as well as between these LPS and d -rhamnan-BSA were revealed by ELISA. O-antiserum to P. cerasi possesses protective activity in the mouse passive protection test when mice are challenged with some P. aeruginosa strains; the antiserum to the d -rhamnan-BSA does not possess protective activity in mice.     

Whole protein and defined CD8(+) and CD4(+) peptides linked to penetratin targets both MHC class I and II antigen presentation pathways

Cytoplasmic delivery and cross-presentation of proteins and peptides is necessary for processing and presentation of antigens for the generation of cytotoxic T cells. We previously described the use of the 16 amino acid peptide penetratin from the Drosophila Antennapedia homeodomain (penetratin, Antp) to transport cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitopes derived from ovalbumin (OVA) or the Mucin-1 tumor-associated antigen into cells. We have now shown that penetratin covalently conjugated to OVA protein and linked in tandem to CD4(+) and/or CD8(+) T-cell epitopes from OVA-stimulated T cells in vitro (B3Z T-cell hybridoma and OT-I and OT-II T cells). The induction of these responses was directly mediated by the penetratin peptide as linking a nonspecific 16-mer peptide to OVA or mixing did not induce CD8(+) or CD4(+) T-cell responses in vitro. Furthermore, interferon (IFN)-γ-secreting CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells were induced which suppressed B16.OVA tumor growth in C57BL/6 mice. Tumor protection was mediated by a CD8(+) T-cell-dependent mechanism and did not require CD4(+) help to protect mice 7 days after a boost immunization. Alternatively, 40 days after a boost immunization, the presence of CD4(+) help enhanced antigen-specific IFN-γ-secreting CD8(+) T cells and tumor protection in mice challenged with B16.OVA. Long-term CD8 responses were equally enhanced by antigen-specific and universal CD4 help. In addition, immunization with AntpOVA significantly delayed growth of B16.OVA tumors in mice in a tumor therapy model.     

Exchange efflux of [3H]palmitate from human red cell ghosts to bovine serum albumin in buffer. Effects of medium volume and concentration of bovine serum albumin.

[3H]Palmitate, PA, exchange efflux kinetics is recorded from human erythrocyte ghosts to buffer with bovine serum albumin, BSA, at 0 degrees C. The effects have been investigated of three medium/ghost volume ratios: 36, 80 and 500, of six BSA concentrations, [BSA]: 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.2, 1 and 2% (1.5, 3.0, 7.5, 30, 150 and 300 microM) and of various v, molar ratios of palmitate to BSA, between 0.15 and 0.94. Data are analyzed in terms of a virtually closed three-compartment model. In theory, the tracer efflux is biexponential and the rate coefficients differ at least 20 fold [1]. The efflux rate at 2% BSA is monoexponential beyond our resolution time of about 1 s, but nearly biexponential at or below 0.2% BSA with a well-defined smallest-rate coefficient beta. beta depends strongly on [BSA] but is remarkably v independent. The medium/ghost volume ratio has no effect on beta when [BSA] > or = 0.2%, although beta measured at 2% BSA is almost 2-fold higher than at 0.2%. This suggests the presence of an unstirred layer, USL. According to our model, the observations are understood quantitatively on basis of our previously published dissociation rate constants of the PA-BSA complex, as well as PA equilibrium bindings to ghost membranes (Bojesen, I.N. and Bojesen, E. (1991) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1069, 297-307). Essentially, beta is theoretically a function of two terms, one comprising the membrane transport parameters and the other the medium-dependent variables. Most important is the clearance with respect to monomer concentration adjacent to the membrane. The clearance is calculated on basis of quasi-stationary diffusion in USL. The data are compatible with a planar USL of 6 microns depth and with the same area as a ghost but not with a spherical USL.