title: In vitro and in vivo properties of human/mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody specific for common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen.
abstract: A human/mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody specific for a common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen was efficiently obtained by ligating human heavy-chain enhancer element to the chimeric heavy- and light-chain genes. Cell binding and competitive inhibition assays of both radioiodine and indium-111- (111In) labeled chimeric antibodies demonstrated in vitro immunoreactivity identical with that of the parental murine monoclonal antibodies. The biodistribution of the radiolabeled chimeric antibody in tumor-bearing nude mice was similar to that of the parental murine antibody. Tumor accumulation of radioiodinated parental and chimeric antibodies was lower than that of 111In-labeled antibodies, probably because of dehalogenation of the radioiodinated antibodies. Indium-111-labeled chimeric antibody clearly visualized xenografted tumor. These results suggest that a human/mouse chimeric antibody can be labeled with 111In and radioiodine without the loss of its immunoreactivity, and that chimeric antibody localizes in vivo in the same way as the parental murine antibody.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000276:immunology*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D002678:Chimera / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D015452:Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes