title: Monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies to opioid receptors.
abstract: Two monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Id-135 and anti-Id-14, both of the IgM class) which interact with the binding site of opioid receptors were generated. A monoclonal anti-beta-endorphin antibody (3-E7) which displays binding characteristics for opioid ligands similar to opioid receptors served as the antigen (Gramsch, C., Meo, T., Riethmüller, G., and Herz, A., (1983) J. Neurochem. 40, 1220-1226; Meo, T., Gramsch, C., Inan, R., Höllt, V., Weber, E., Herz, A., and Riethmüller, G. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 4048-4088) and the hybridomas obtained were screened for anti-idiotypic antibodies with Fab fragments of 3-E7. The anti-idiotypes were then screened for opioid binding to rat brain membrane receptors, yielding several positive clones two of which were more intensively studied. Both anti-idiotypic antibodies were about equally potent in displacing the mu- and delta-opioid receptor ligands [3H]dihydromorphine, 125I-labeled beta-endorphin, [D-Ala2, D-Leu5-3H]enkephalin and [3H]naloxone from rat brain membrane opioid receptors; no interaction was observed with the kappa-ligands [3H]ethylketazocine or [3H]bremazocine. The anti-idiotypic antibodies were able to precipitate [3H] diprenorphine binding sites from solubilized opioid receptor preparations. In addition, both antibodies showed opioid antagonistic properties as demonstrated by their abilities to block the inhibitory effect of [D-Ala2, D-Leu5-3H]enkephalin on prostaglandin E1-stimulated cAMP accumulation in NG 108-15 hybrid cells. Our findings demonstrate the successful generation of monoclonal antibodies interacting with membrane-bound and solubilized opioid receptors of the mu- and delta-type.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropharmacology, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Planegg-Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gramsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kosin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Herz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004090:Dihydromorphine / Q000378:metabolism; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009270:Naloxone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011957:Receptors, Opioid / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D001615:beta-Endorphin / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011957:Receptors, Opioid; D009270:Naloxone; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine; D001615:beta-Endorphin; D016308:Enkephalin, Leucine-2-Alanine; D004090:Dihydromorphine; D000242:Cyclic AMP