title: Anti-equine tumor necrosis factor (TNF) activity of antisera raised against human TNF-alpha and peptide segments of human TNF-alpha.
abstract: Antisera raised in rabbits against either purified recombinant-derived human tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- alpha (huTNF) or huTNF peptide-bovine thyroglobulin conjugates were evaluated for anti-equine TNF (eqTNF) activity. Binding and neutralizing anti-eqTNF activities were found in antisera raised against whole huTNF or against either of the peptides containing the N-terminal 15 amino acids of huTNF (huTNF[1-15] and huTNF[1-31]). Anti-eqTNF activity was not detected in antisera raised against huTNF[65-79], huTNF[98-111] or huTNF[124-141] peptides. The addition of excess huTNF[1-15] completely inhibited the ability of anti-huTNF[1-15] to bind eqTNF and reduced by approximately 25% the anti-eqTNF activity of an antiserum raised against whole huTNF. Nonconjugated huTNF[1-15] did not have eqTNF agonist or antagonist activity. Results were consistent with previous structural and functional data implicating the N-terminus of huTNF in receptor binding and indicate that the homologue of huTNF[1-15] on eqTNF may be a potentially important target for neutralizing anti-eqTNF antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: MacKay
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Socher
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D007106:Immune Sera; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha