title: Syngeneic monoclonal anti-idiotype antibodies that bear the internal image of a human cytomegalovirus neutralization epitope.
abstract: Two glycoproteins have been identified on human CMV that induce neutralizing antibody; an 86,000-Da glycoprotein and a 130,000-, 92,000-, and 50,000-Da glycoprotein coimmunoprecipitating complex that appears to be the gB homologue of HSV. We have produced syngeneic monoclonal anti-Id antibodies (mAb2) of the IgM isotype to a CMV-neutralizing monoclonal antibody (mAb1) that is known to bind to the 86,000-Da glycoprotein on the virion envelope. These mAb2 bear the internal image of the original viral antigen as shown by their ability to 1) recognize an interspecies idiotype in CMV-positive human antisera, 2) block mAb1 binding to CMV antigen, and 3) block CMV neutralization by mAb1 in vitro. Immunization of mice with both of these affinity chromatography-purified mAb2 stimulated the production of anti-anti-Id monoclonal antibodies (which we termed mAb3), which bound to the mAb2 by ELISA and neutralized CMV infectivity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins