title: Ovarian cancer-associated antibodies recovered from ascites: their use for the isolation of ovarian cancer-associated antigen to produce monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Immune complexes (ICs) were recovered from the ascites of a patient with stage IV endometrioid ovarian cancer by sequential precipitation with 33% saturated ammonium sulfate and 2.5% polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG 6000), followed by affinity chromatography on protein A-Sepharose CL-4B. The IgG-containing ICs were dissociated using 8 M urea, separated by ion-exchange chromatography on Sephadex QAE-50, and subsequently analyzed for purity by immunoelectrophoresis (IEP) and radial immunodiffusion (RID). Recovered antibody was tested for reactivity by immunohistologic techniques against paraffin-embedded tumor tissue and acetone-fixed cell suspensions of epithelial tumors. The antibody which demonstrated ovarian cancer-associated activity was absorbed with antigen extracts of breast, colon, and lung cancers as well as keratin to reduce cross-reactivity. The absorbed endometrioid ovarian cancer-associated antibody (OCAAb) was used to produce an immunoadsorbent column for the recovery of tumor-associated antigens. A mouse monoclonal antibody designated FEN-1 was produced using this antigen-containing fraction, and preliminary screening has demonstrated ovarian tumor-associated reactivity. The use of autologous ICs as reagents for preparing tumor antigen-rich immunogens may provide a valuable tool in the search for tumor-associated antigens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York.
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Giancotti
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Dorsett
authors.forename: H N
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ioachim
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C017589:ovarian tumor associated antigen