title: Protective effects of murine monoclonal antibodies in experimental septicemia: E. coli antibodies protect against different serotypes of E. coli.
abstract: Murine monoclonal antibodies that bind outer membrane antigens of the J5 mutant of Escherichia coli O111:B4 were derived from spleen cells of BALB/c mice immunized with killed whole cells and boosted with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and LPS-associated proteins. Seven hybridomas were selected for their reactivity against the J5 LPS; they cross-reacted with O111, O55, O127, and O128 E. coli LPS. One (B7B3) also reacted with the Serratia marcescens LPS and Klebsiella pneumoniae lipid A. A protective effect was obtained with D6B4 antibody in a lethal endotoxemia model induced by LPS from O111, O127, and O128 E. coli serotypes in D-galactosamine-sensitized mice. D6B4 and D6B3 antibodies protected mice infected with E. coli O111:B4, when administered before infection. The D6B4 antibody was also protective when administered after infection. The antibodies D6B3 and D4B5 were protective in heterologous infection induced by E. coli O2:K1.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherches Immunologiques, Roussel-UCLAF, Osny, France.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mandine
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zalisz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guenounou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Smets
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006825:Hybridomas; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides