title: Quantitation of expression of idiotopes recognized by a panel of monoclonal antibodies in normal serum immunoglobulin: use of a novel 4-stage ELISA assay.
abstract: This paper describes the application of a sensitive ELISA assay detecting as little as 10 ng/ml of a specific idiotope. Using this assay we were able to divide monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies generated using a single IgG1 lambda paraprotein as the immunogen into three distinct groups. Seven antibodies detected determinants which were expressed only by the immunogen. The remaining seven antibodies all reacted with normal serum immunoglobulin. Four antibodies reacted with "public" idiotopes which were strongly expressed by serum immunoglobulin, and three antibodies reacted with "restricted public" idiotopes which were only weakly expressed by serum immunoglobulin. This last group may be of significant interest as agents for the immunotherapy of B-cell malignancies. The conservation of expression of these idiotopes in many individual sera suggests that they have a physiological role in immune regulation and would therefore be excellent targets for immunotherapy of B-cell tumours while their quantitatively low expression by circulating immunoglobulin is unlikely to interfere with tumour cell specific binding in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Cachia
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Pepper
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Dewar
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Krajewski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000032:analysis*; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains; D007167:Immunotherapy; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell / Q000628:therapy; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000628:therapy; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D007146:Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains