title: A monoclonal IgM antibody to a methylcholanthrene-induced tumour. I. Specificity for alpha-N-acetylgalactosamine but with no cross-reactivity to the human blood group A determinant.
abstract: A monoclonal IgM antibody, H17, has been obtained from rats immunized with mouse fibrosarcoma cells from an in vitro established methylcholanthrene (MCA)-induced tumour. H17 shows specific and very selective binding to alpha-N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc alpha) when tested for reactivity to a panel of glycolipids. It cross-reacts with GalNAc alpha on the Forssman antigen extracted from dog small intestine, but not from the human blood group A determinant, a finding not commonly observed among antibodies with this specificity. Despite its specificity, H17 does not react with TA3-Ha, a mouse mammary adenocarcinoma, known to express the Tn antigen (GalNAc alpha-O-Ser/Thr). The uniqueness of H17 probably relates to the fact that it has been generated against an MCA-induced tumour rather than against the pure saccharide itself. Minimum energy conformation structures of different GalNAc alpha containing saccharide molecules were computer modelled to allow a plausible interpretation of the accessible site of GalNAc alpha for successful interaction with the H17 paratope as compared to other GalNAc alpha binding antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gigliotti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teneberg
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angström
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wigzell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hansson
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000116:Acetylgalactosamine / Q000276:immunology*; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005354:Fibrosarcoma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000939:Epitopes; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D000116:Acetylgalactosamine