title: Reconstitution of functionally active antibody directed against creatine kinase from separately expressed heavy and light chains in non-lymphoid cells.
abstract: We report here for the first time reconstitution and secretion of functionally active antibody in non-lymphoid cells. Expression vectors for the light and the heavy chain of a monoclonal antibody directed against creatine kinase (EC 2.7.3.2) were introduced into COS and CHO Chinese hamster ovary dhfr- cells. Introduction of the expression vectors separately gave rise to immuno-reactive material in the culture supernatants, but only cotransfection of the expression plasmids resulted in secretion of protein with immuno-reactivity against antibodies directed against mouse heavy and light chains as well as specific antigen-binding affinity, as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Secreted kappa and gamma chains from reconstituted antibody were characterized by immunoadsorption and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In COS cells, reconstituted antibody was transiently secreted; cotransfection of kappa and gamma chain expression plasmids with a dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR)-expression plasmid into CHO dhfr- cells gave rise to stable transformants secreting functionally active antibody.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000276:immunology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000032:analysis; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D010053:Ovary; D055503:Protein Multimerization; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains; D007145:Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D003402:Creatine Kinase