Monoclonal antibodies to Mycoplasma pneumoniae antigens]

Approaches to obtaining stable mouse hybridomas, capable of producing monoclonal antibodies (McAb) to M. pneumoniae key antigens, were developed. As the result of hybridization experiments, 7 clones were obtained; of these, 4 clones stably synthesized IgG McAb. Clones H1/H9 and H9/B2 synthesized antibodies to thermolabile, proteinase-sensitive K protein, produced by cytoplasmic membranes of M. pneumoniae cells. The molecular weight of this protein was found to be 90 kD. McAb of clone H1/H9, labeled with horse-radish peroxidase and fluorescein isothiocyanate, specifically reacted with M. pneumoniae antigens in the immunofluorescence test and the enzyme immunoassay (EIA). The sensitivity of EIA was 0.25 ng/ml of antigen protein. These data are prerequisites for the development of diagnostic test systems for the detection of M. pneumoniae antigens in different biological substances obtained from patients with respiratory pathology.     

Monoclonal antibodies in the diagnosis of infections caused by the herpes simplex virus

A series of hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies (McAb), specifically interacting with Herpes simplex virus (HSV) proteins, types 1 and 2, has been obtained. McAb 7c4 and 4f6 have been shown to be highly active in the solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) and to produce no reaction with HSV antigen in the indirect immunofluorescent assay (IIFA). McAb 2b6, 3e5, 4A, 2C effectively detect McAb in IIFA, but not EIA, while McAb 3d 10 exhibit activity in both biochemical assays. Moreover, as established in this investigation, McAb 4A are active against the protein of HSV capsid, McAb 3d10 and 2b6 detect two individual epitopes on the molecule of ribonucleohydreductase, McAb 2C are specific with respect to surface glycoprotein gB, McAb 7c4 and 416 recognize one or two overlapping epitopes of protein gD. McAb 2C are capable of completely neutralizing the infectious activity of HSV in the in vitro cell system. As determined by IIFA, McAb 4A and 4e5 stain specific inclusions in the nucleus of HSV-infected cells, while McAb 2C stain HSV protein, localized in the cytoplasm. All above-mentioned McAb are active against two common antigenic determinants of HSV 1 and HSV 2. The data obtained in this investigation suggest that the series of McAb under study may serve as the basis for the development of diagnostic test systems for the detection of HSV, types 1 and 2, by EIA and IIFA techniques.     

Monoclonal antibodies to Chlamydia psittaci: their isolation, characteristics and use]

A panel of 22 hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies (McAb) to C. psittaci was obtained. 15 hybridomas produced IgG1 antibodies, 4 hybridomas produced IgM antibodies and 3 hybridomas produced IgG2b, IgG3 or IgA antibodies. IgG1 antibodies and 2 IgM antibodies did not bind complement in the complement fixation test. All McAb were reactive in the enzyme immunoassay and the indirect immunofluorescence test and did not precipitate specific antigens. Peroxidase conjugates on the basis of McAb effectively detected Chlamydia antigen, prepared from the crude suspension of chick embryo yolk sack infected with different strains of C. psittaci and C. trachomatis, in different modifications of EIA.     

Immunobiological properties of monoclonal antibodies to Mycoplasma hominis antigens

Approaches to obtaining stable mouse hybridomas synthesizing monoclonal antibodies (McAb) to M. hominis key antigens were developed. 4 clones capable of the stable synthesis of McAb of different IgG classes were obtained. Clones A3/2 and A5/D produced antibodies to the thermostable determinant to with a mol. wt. of 80-120 kD, sensitive to sodium periodate and resistant to potassium proteinase. Clone H9/B2 synthesized McAb which interacted with potassium proteinase-sensitive M. hominis thermolabile determinant with a mol. wt. of 80 kD. McAb of clone A3/2, labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate and horse-radish peroxidase, specifically reacted with M. hominis antigens in the immunofluorescence test and the immunoenzyme assay (EIA). The sensitivity of EIA was 0.25 ng/ml of antigen protein. These data may serve as prerequisites for the development of diagnostic test systems aimed at the detection of M. hominis antigens in different clinical substances.     

人心肌肌钙蛋白Ⅰ单克隆抗体及多克隆抗体的制备

目的:以重组人心肌肌钙蛋白Ⅰ(cTnⅠ)为抗原制备鼠源单克隆抗体(McAb)及兔源多克隆抗体,并鉴定抗体的特性。方法:以纯化的重组人cTnⅠ为抗原免疫BALB/c小鼠,取鼠脾细胞同Sp2/0骨髓瘤细胞融合,利用选择培养基筛选融合的杂交瘤细胞,用有限稀释法分离获得能够稳定分泌抗cTnⅠ的McAb阳性克隆,并利用体内诱生法大规模制备McAb,用辛酸-硫酸铵沉淀法纯化抗体;兔多抗制备以cTnⅠ为抗原常规免疫后取其血清;用间接ELISA和Western印迹鉴定抗体的性质。结果:经ELISA鉴定,筛选出5株能分泌cTnⅠMcAb的杂交瘤细胞株,即C5B2、C5B3、C5B4、C5B1、B1A6,效价最高的B1A6株分泌的McAb为IgG3型,纯化后效价为1∶10000,亲和常数为1.08×10-9mol/L,Western印迹鉴定表明cTnⅠMcAb有良好的特异性;兔多抗纯化后的效价为1∶8000。结论:制备了具有良好特性的cTnⅠMcAb和多克隆抗体。     

抗乙型肝炎病毒e抗原和核心抗原双特异性单克隆抗体的建立与应用

用基因工程技术在大肠杆菌中高效表达的乙型肝炎病毒核心抗原(内含高滴度的e抗原)免疫Balb/C小鼠,取免疫小鼠脾细胞与小鼠骨髓瘤细胞(Sp2/0)融合,获得两株分泌高滴度既抗-HBe又抗-HBc的双特异性杂交瘤细胞系。细胞培养上清液中抗体滴度为100～1000以上;免疫腹水中的抗体滴度为8万至10万以上,均属IgG2a亚类。细胞在实验室连续传代二年多,仍保持高效分泌抗体能力。此单克隆抗体与HBeAg或HBcAg的结合可被抗-HBc或抗-HBc阳性血清所抑制,竞争抑制率在85.9％～96.8％之间。用此单克隆抗体与HBe的β型单克隆抗体和抗HBc的α型单克隆抗体配对,可组装成检测HBeAg/抗-HBe和抗-HBc的诊断试剂,具有重要的应用价值。     

Monoclonal antibodies to the species-specific and group antigens of Rickettsia prowazekii]

A number of hybridomas to different R. prowazekii determinants were obtained by the hybridization of spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized with R. prowazekii corpuscular and soluble antigens. Some of the monoclonal antibodies (McAb) reacted with R. prowazekii thermolabile species-specific protein and did not react with R. typhi antigens (McAb of batches B4/4 and A-D3). McAb C5/2 and A3/2 reacted with the group thermostable antigen, common for R. prowazekii and R. typhi. McAb to the species-specific thermolabile antigen belonged to IgG2a. The McAb thus obtained permit the identification of R. prowazekii and R. typhi and the solution of the problem of the intragroup differentiation of rickettsiae belonging to the typhus group.     

The detection of the herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 antigens in clinical specimens by using monoclonal antibodies

The possibility of using monoclonal antibodies (McAb), obtained earlier, for the detection of herpes simplex virus (HSV) in clinical specimens taken from sick and infected persons was studied. The examination of 90 persons revealed that the mixture of McAb 4A and 2C could effectively detect the presence of HSV antigen in the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) directly in cells contained in cytological preparations (smears, scrapes, impressions) obtained from different organs of patients. The search of optimum combinations of McAb for the detection of HSV antigens by the method of the solid-phase enzyme immunoassay (EIA) was carried out. This study, made on purified HSV used as an experimental model, revealed that the maximum sensitivity could be achieved with the use of two McAb (4f6 and 7c4) out of three McAb (4f6, 7c4 and 3d10). The approbation of both variants of EIA on clinical specimens taken from 99 patients (blood clots, seminal fluid, scrapes of cervical canal cells, peripheral blood lymphocytes) showed that the addition of McAb 3d10 made it possible to detect 8 more positive specimens. 754 specimens from 337 patients were studied with the use of McAb-based EIA, and in 204 of these patients (61%) HSV antigen was detected. The results obtained with the use of our McAb were compared with the data obtained with certified commercial test systems. The coincidence of the EIA data with those obtained with the use of the Murex Wellcozyme HSV test system (UK) was registered in 75% of cases (in 15 out of 20 cases). The coincidence of the IFA data with those obtained with the use of the Sanofi test system (France) was observed in all 19 cases (100%).     

麻疹病毒单克隆抗体的研究

获得6株麻疹病毒的单克隆抗体.用HI、HLI、PHA及NT等方法证明,其中X、Y、Z3株均同时有高效价的HI、HLI活性和中和病毒的能力。另3株T、U、V仅能凝集麻疹病毒致敏的血球。用免疫沉淀法进一步证明、Z株与H蛋白结合。     

Expression of human T antigens in interspecies hybridomas

Interspecies hybrids were constructed by fusing normal human male peripheral blood mononuclear cells with BW5147, a HGPRT- thymoma derived from an AKR mouse. Hybrid cells were selected in HAT media in culture dishes containing 1 X 10(7) human red blood cells. Twelve weeks after fusion, hybridomas were diluted to 10-15 cells/well and characterized for their expression of the human immune cell surface antigens HLA-DR, T3, T4, and T8 using fluorescent microscopy and cytographic analysis. More than 70% of the hybrid colonies expressed human T-cell surface antigens. Moreover the specific human repetitive DNA (ALU) bound to DNA sequences isolated from the hybridomas after Southern transfers. However, the same hybrids did not have a statistically significant increase in their chromosome number when compared to the mouse parent cell line. Several of the hybridomas produced a soluble factor capable of stimulating the growth of the IL-2 restricted murine cell line CTLL-2 and supported DNA synthesis in human peripheral T-cell populations. Panning experiments demonstrated that the IL-2 producing hybridomas could be enriched by selecting for the human T-cell surface antigen T3. The results presented here indicate that mouse X human hybridomas which express a broad range of human lymphocyte markers can be constructed and maintained in continuous culture for extended periods of time. It also appears that the T3-Ti receptor complex mediates the proliferation of T cells through the T3 molecules linkage to the secretion and/or production of IL-2. The usefulness of interspecific T-cell hybrids as an immunogenetic research tool as well as the significance of the mapping data are discussed.     

Monoclonal antibodies detecting different epitopes on the Forssman glycolipid hapten

Two hybridomas, derived by fusing mouse myeloma cells with spleen cells from a rat immunized with mouse mammary tumors, have been shown to produce antibodies that recognize cell surface antigens on mesenchymal cells in a variety of tissues. Evidence presented in this report suggests that these antibodies detect overlapping epitopes on the Forssman glycolipid hapten (GalNAc alpha 1-3GalNAc beta 1-3Gal alpha 1-4Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1Cer). One antibody (33B12) reacts with the terminal sugar sequence GalNAc alpha 1-3GalNAc and is specific for Forssman. The other antibody (117C9) recognizes the internal sugar sequence GalNAc beta 1-3Gal. The terminal sugar sequence GalNAc beta 1-3Gal in globoside, as well as the internal sugar sequence GalNAc beta 1-4Gal in asialo-GM1, is not recognized as an antigenic determinant by 117C9. Nevertheless, the 117C9 antibody does not react exclusively with the Forssman antigen. In a lipid extract fractionated by Folch partition of mouse mammary tumors, the antibody also detects other glycolipids.     

Anti-MHC immunity detected prior to intentional alloimmunization

Cell fusion was performed between spleen cells from young BALB/cBy (H-2 ^d) mice which have never been immunized and SP2/0 mouse plasmacytoma cells. A monoclonal H-2-specific cytotoxic IgM antibody was obtained (By-1) which detected a new public biregional H-2 specificity, H-2.m210. The mcAb By-1 reacted strongly with H-2K^d, D^d, and H-2^s antigens, gave weak cross-reactions with H-2K^k, D^q, H-2^r, and H-2^v antigens and was negative with H-2^b, H-2^f, H-2^p, and H-2L^d antigens. A polymorphic reaction pattern was also observed on a panel of lymphocytes from B 10.W strains. The intriguing finding on this reaction pattern was the reactivity on H-2^d cells, including the syngeneic BALB/cBy and truly autologous cells. As shown by capping and immunoprecipitation experiments on H-2^d cells and by studies on H-2^d-transfected mouse L cells, the target molecules for McAb By-1 were H-2K^d and H-2D^d molecules. The BALB/cBy mouse, from whose spleen cells the McAb By-1 was obtained, survived after the fusion experiment, and serum was examined for the presence of cytotoxic H-2-specific antibodies during the rest of its life. At the time of the fusion, no autoreactive serum antibodies were found, but about 4 months later, we found in the serum of this mouse autoreactive H-2-specific cytotoxic IgM antibodies. The serum antibodies followed the same reaction pattern as that of the McAb By-1. As far as we know, this is the first report of autoreactive H-2-specific antibodies in serum of a mouse which has never been immunized and of the first natural autoreactive H-2-specific monoclonal antibody.Abbreviations McAb monoclonal antibody - MHC major histocompatibility complex - H-2 major histocompatibility complex of mice - CTLs cytotoxic T cells - FMF flow microfluorometry - FITC fluorescein isothiocyanate - LPS lipopolysaccharide W.E. coli 0111:134 - PBS phosphate-buffered saline - Iodogen 1,3,4,6,-tetrachloro-3,6-diphenylglycoluril - GAMIg goat-antimouse immunoglobulin - Staph-A Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I     

鱼类致病性豚鼠气单胞菌单克隆抗体-胶体金检测方法的建立

以福尔马林灭活的豚鼠气单胞菌按2.5×107个/只和5.0×107个/只分成两个剂量组免疫BALB/c小鼠,通过杂交瘤技术制备针对豚鼠气单胞菌的单克隆抗体(McAb),用间接ELISA法对所需的杂交瘤细胞株进行特异性筛选,获得了2株可分泌特异性McAb的杂交瘤细胞,并分别命名为3F3和2C9C3。经过鉴定,这两株McAb能够特异性的针对豚鼠气单胞菌,其抗体亚类分别为IgG1型和IgM型;腹水效价分别为10-6和10-5;相对亲和力较高;3F3针对豚鼠气单胞菌脂多糖表位,而2C9C3针对非脂多糖抗原位点。利用实验制备的McAb建立了以McAb为基础的双抗夹心法膜式超灵敏胶体金快速检测方法,所研制的豚鼠气单胞菌胶体金快速检测卡灵敏度好,特异性高,重复性好,检测时间快,操作简便,为水产上豚鼠气单胞菌的快速鉴定和诊断以及该菌流行的监测提供有力的工具。       

The surface antigens of Rickettsia prowazekii studied with monoclonal antibodies]

R. prowazekii antigens have been tested with the use of monoclonal antibodies (McAb) to different epitopes of the microorganism. As revealed in these tests, McAb B4/4 and A-3/D, active against species-specific thermolabile antigen, interact with protein having a molecular weight of 90-120 KD. McAb C5/2, active against thermostable group antigen common with that of Rickettsia typhi, interact with LPS-like antigen having a molecular weight of 30 KD. Ultrastructural immunochemical studies have revealed that both R. prowazekii antigens are located on surface structures of rickettsiae, such as the microcapsule and cell wall.     

清洁级实验动物四种病毒抗体玻片酶免疫检测试剂盒的研制

本文报道对清洁级实验动物应排除的四种病毒（淋巴细胞脉络丛脑膜炎病毒、小鼠脱脚病病毒、鼠肝炎病毒和仙台病毒）抗体玻片酶免疫（ＥＩＡ）检测试剂盒的研制。四种病毒感染的细胞和对照细胞经冷丙酮固定于载玻片上制成特异性抗原和对照抗原,此四种病毒的抗血清各１０份和ＳＰＦ小鼠血清２０份分别与四种病毒的特异性抗原和对照抗原进行ＥＩＡ交叉试验,结果显示,抗原只与其相应抗血清发生特异性显色反应,与非特异性小鼠血清和ＳＰＦ小鼠血清不显色。与ＨＩ或ＥＬＩＳＡ方法比较,通过对１１２份普通小鼠血清进行测试,结果表明,ＥＩＡ对仙台病毒抗体的检出率（１９．６％）显著高于（＜０．００５）ＨＩ（６．３％）,对小鼠脱脚病病毒抗体的检出率（２３．３％）与ＨＩ（２１．４％）无显著性差异（Ｐ＞０．０５）。ＥＩＡ对淋巴细胞脉络丛脑膜炎病毒和鼠肝炎病毒抗体的检出率分别为１．８％和７１．２％,ＥＬＩＳＡ对两种病毒抗体的检出率分别为１．８％和６７．６％,两种方法对两种病毒抗体的检出率无显著性差异（Ｐ＞０．０５）。重复性试验表明两批四种病毒抗体试剂盒对１０８份小鼠血清两次测定的符合率为９６～１００％。四种病毒的ＥＩＡ抗原在－１８℃保存１２个月或在２－８℃保存３     

Plasmodium yoelii: characterization of a protective idiotype during malarial infection in mice

We have previously identified and characterized a monoclonal antibody (McAb 302) with potent passive protective activity in mice infected with Plasmodium yoelii, a murine malarial parasite which depends on antibodies for resolution. To further study the appearance and regulation of this antibody during infection, we prepared syngeneic monoclonal antibodies specific for idiotopes present on McAb 302. Three hybridomas were established which synthesized antibodies that bound only to the homologous idiotype but which did not recognize isotypic specificities. All three of these antibodies were found to recognize distinct 302 idiotopes and two of these were shown to be specific for determinants associated with the antibody combining site of McAb 302. One of these monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies was used to develop an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the 302 idiotype. When serum samples taken at different times from mice undergoing a primary infection with P. yoelii were tested in this assay, the 302 idiotype could not be detected even though the host was mounting a significant humoral response to the 230-kDa antigen recognized by McAb 302. These studies suggest that the idiotype of the protective McAb 302 is not a predominant one involved in the resolution of a P. yoelii infection and that only some idiotypes of antibodies directed to relevant plasmodial antigens possess significant biological activity. Therefore, protective immunization with plasmodial antigens may require the elicitation of selected idiotypes. Attempts to alter the course of P. yoelii infection by preimmunization with monoclonal or polyclonal anti-idiotypic reagents were unsuccessful.     

The role of class II MHC molecules in the activation of class I-reactive T cell hybridomas

To examine the role of Ia molecules in T cell responses to allo-class I major histocompatibility antigens, a series of allo-class I-reactive T cell hybridomas was established. Of 134 T cell hybridomas obtained from the fusion of C3H/HeJm or B10.HTT T cells stimulated with C57BL/6 splenocytes, nine T cell hybridomas were reactive to class I antigens and 126 T cell hybridomas were reactive to class II antigens. Six of the nine IL 2-producing T cell hybridomas were further analyzed: five mapped to H-2Kb and the other mapped to H-2Db. Three of these T cell hybridomas, HTB-157.7, HTB-176.10, and HTB-177.2, could react to the EL-4 cell line that expresses H-2Kb and H-2Db class I antigens but lacks class II I-Ab molecules. Furthermore, the activation of these three T cell hybridomas with C57BL/6-derived splenocytes was not blocked by either anti-I-A or anti-L3T4 antibody. In contrast, the other three T cell hybridomas, CB-127.6, CB-221.7, and HTB-102.7, failed to react with EL-4 but reacted with the LB cell line which expresses class I (H-2Kb, H-2Db) and class II (I-Ab) molecules. Although class II molecules were required for activation of the latter clones, there was no apparent I-A allele specificity, suggesting that a relatively nonpolymorphic Ia determinant was involved. The activation of the three latter T cell hybridoma clones with C57BL/6 splenocytes could be blocked completely by either anti-I-A or anti-L3T4 antibody. The data are interpreted in terms of possible T cell receptor models for recognition of class I with nonpolymorphic class II determinants.     

抗单纯疱疹病毒单克隆抗体的研究——Ⅱ.单克隆抗体介导细胞毒效应的研究

建立了单克隆抗体(McAb)介导细胞毒作用(ADCC)~(51)Cr释放试验的测定力法。确定了最适工作条件。ADCC测定结果表明,5株抗HSV McAb介导ADCC的活性不同:McAb 1A12、2A8和1G8无ADCC活性;而1D10和2C5两株McAb作1:10稀释时,~(51)Cr释放率分别为27.09％和25.07％,稀释至1:100或1:1000时仍有ADCC活性。结果提示,不同的McAb抗原决定族诱导产生的抗体,在介导ADCC免疫保护作用上有差异,并为McAh治疗临床单纯疱疹病毒感染的可能性提供了实验资料。     

Generation of hybridomas producing human monoclonal antibodies against human cytomegalovirus

In vitro stimulation of human lymphocytes were studied in connection with cell fusion. When splenic lymphocytes were stimulated with human cytomegalovirus (CMV), they produced IgG but not IgM antibody against CMV. The stimulation with 50 ng/ml of CMV antigen induced the maximum antibody response, and higher concentrations of CMV antigen decreased antibody response and increased nonspecific IgG production. Human splenic lymphocytes were stimulated for 6 days with CMV antigen (50 ng/ml) and/or B-cell growth factor (BCGF), and then fused with mouse myeloma cells. Stimulation with a combination of antigen and BCGF were able to generate CMV-specific hybridomas synergistically. Two of these hybridomas were cloned by limiting dilution. The human monoclonal antibodies produced by them, C1 and C23, bound to CMV but not to other herpesviruses. C23 neutralized virus infectivity C1 did not at all. This method for generation of hybridomas producing human monoclonal antibodies against a predefined antigen may be applicable to a variety of viral antigens.     

Utilization of leucine methyl ester for the generation of hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies specific to tumor-associated antigens

In an attempt to obtain monoclonal antibodies specific to tumor-associated antigens. C3H/He mice were immunized with syngeneic MM2 tumor cells, and the primed spleen cells were fused with P3-X63-Ag8.653 myeloma cells. The outgrowth of hybridomas, however, was extremely low and monoclonal antibodies were not obtained. The reason for the low hybridoma growth was studied. It was found that MM2 cells used as the immunogen, the fusion partner myeloma cells and the resulting hybridomas shared at least one tumor-associated antigen, namely Q5 antigen. Because of this common antigen, cytotoxic cells, presumably cytotoxic T lymphocytes, which were lytic to the hybridomas, were induced during the culture for generation of the hybridomas. Removal of lysosome-rich cells, including cytotoxic T lymphocytes, from the primed spleen cells before the fusion by treatment with leucine methyl ester, a lysosomotropic agent, drastically improved the outgrowth of hybridomas. By this method, seven stable hybridoma clones producing monoclonal antibodies specific to tumor-associated antigens were obtained. Two of the seven clones were found to secrete monoclonal IgM species, which reacted with the extra-cellular region of the Q5 antigen. This procedure will be an option when production of monoclonal antibodies specific to cell-surface antigens is intended and outgrowth of hybridomas is unexpectedly low.