title: Monoclonal antibodies directed against human tissue-type plasminogen activator: a characterization of their species specificity, affinity and heavy-chain binding.
abstract: Six monoclonal antibodies (mIgG) and a polyclonal antibody (pIgG) directed against human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) were tested for their species specificity towards human or murine t-PA. Whereas pIgG as well as several mIgGs discriminated poorly between these two t-PA species, one mIgG (clone E3) was highly specific for human t-PA. Inhibition and binding studies of human t-PA by mIgGs revealed high affinity-high inhibitory (E3) as well as high affinity-poor inhibitory (B1) mIgGs. The relative affinity of two mIgGs for human t-PA was found to be equal or even superior to that of pIgG. Immunoblotting of reduced two-chain t-PA and of an isolated heavy chain of t-PA prepared by recombinant DNA technology, showed that the E3 antibody was directed against the heavy chain of t-PA.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000939:Epitopes; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator