title: Generation of monoclonal anti-dermatan sulphate antibodies cross-reacting to calf thymus DNA.
abstract: Monoclonal anti-dermatan sulphate antibodies were produced with hybridization after immunizing BALB/c mice with dermatan sulphate (DS). These antibodies were tested for cross-reactivity to double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) and heat-denatured DNA (ssDNA). Five clones had binding activity to DS, dsDNA and ssDNA in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, but no clones binding to DS alone were produced. Two (2H8 and 3C4) of the five clones were selected for analysis. Their binding activity to DS, ssDNA and dsDNA were inhibited by DS, dsDNA and ssDNA. DNase I treatment abolished the binding activity to dsDNA and ssDNA, completely, but had no effect on the binding activity to DS. On the other hand, chondroitinase ABC treatment of the solid-phased DS augmented the binding to DS. The inhibition assay using digested fractions suggested that the epitope recognized by 2H8 and 3C4 clones could not be in delta Di-4S or delta Di-diSB but in the linkage regions of DS.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakabayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohmoto
authors.lastname: Megumi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D002807:Chondroitin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D002810:Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004247:DNA / Q000276:immunology*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000276:immunology; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000378:metabolism; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D002807:Chondroitin; D004247:DNA; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D002810:Chondroitinases and Chondroitin Lyases