title: Specific biodetection of a murine spontaneous mammary carcinoma with labelled anti-human blood group-A monoclonal antibody.
abstract: The expression of cell surface antigens of the spontaneous transplantable M3-murine tumour was studied by means of the monoclonal antibody (MAb) B2C114 which recognizes the human blood group-A carbohydrate antigen. Following radioiodination the MAb retained their immunoreactivity and demonstrated a significantly higher in vitro binding with isolated M3-tumour cells as compared with a control antibody. B2C114 revealed 10(6) antigenic sites per cell, with a constant affinity of 5.1 x 10(9)/M. Biodistribution studies showed that B2C114 discriminated between malignant tumour and mouse normal tissues. Radioimmunodetection of Balb/c mice bearing s.c. M3-tumour showed that tumour was specifically defined without subtraction 1 day after injection of the radiolabelled antibody.
authors.affiliation: Oncologic Center of Nuclear Medicine, National Atomic Energy Commission, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Horenstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koss
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Colombo
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Glait
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System / Q000276:immunology; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes