title: A monoclonal antibody to free N-acetylneuraminic acid.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody (70-A) to free N-acetylneuraminic acid was obtained by immunizing mice with its synthetic beta-glycoside, sodium O-[(5-acetamido-3,5-dideoxy-D-glycero-beta-D-galacto-2- nonulopyranosyl)onate]-(2----3)-1,2-di-O-tetradecyl-sn-glyce rol, followed by fusing the isolated spleen cells with mouse myeloma cells and cloning positive fusions. 70-A reacted with various synthetic beta-glycosides of N-acetylneuraminic acid and also with cytidine-5'-monophosphate-N- acetylneuraminic acid, known as its sole naturally occurring beta-glycoside. The inhibition assay showed that N-glycolylneuraminic acid had slightly lower reactivity than N-acetylneuraminic acid, but other monosaccharides tested, such as N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine or N-acetylmannosamine, had no reactivity toward 70-A. Reactivity of 70-A with free N-acetylneuraminic acid was confirmed by measuring the specific binding of N-[14C]acetylneuraminic acid to the antibody. The association constant of 70-A with N-acetylneuraminic acid was determined to be 5.96.10(4) M-1 by equilibrium dialysis.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Institute, MECT Corporation, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kijima-Suda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D012794:Sialic Acids; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid