title: Immunoaffinity chromatography of bovine FSH using monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Bovine FSH (bFSH) was used to immunize BALB/c mice. Spleen cells were fused to the SP 2/0 cell line to produce hybridomas that secreted monoclonal antibodies to bFSH. One of these antibodies (USDA-bFSH-MC28) was extensively characterized and found to be a gamma 1 with kappa light chains, having extremely low cross-reactivity with other bovine pituitary hormones and with ovine and porcine FSH. The dissociation constant as measured by Scatchard analysis was 4.3 nmol/l, and proved to be in a very useful range for affinity chromatography. In an essentially one-step immunoaffinity chromatography procedure, bFSH was easily isolated in a single chromatographic step from crude anterior pituitary homogenate with better yield and with the same purity as classical chromatographic techniques.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002417:Cattle; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone