title: Universal bispecific antibody for targeting tumor cells for destruction by cytotoxic T cells.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that bispecific hybrid antibodies produced by cell-cell fusion or chemically conjugated heteroaggregates can direct cytotoxic T lymphocytes to kill target cells for which they have no intrinsic specificity, a phenomenon we call effector cell retargeting (ECR). These studies used bispecific reagents with one specificity directed to CD3 or Ti on the effector cell and the other directed to a target cell antigen. To avoid the need to create different hybrid hybridomas for each target antigen we have developed a universal means to elicit ECR through the use of an antiglobulin step. We have constructed a bispecific hybrid antibody with dual specificity for CD3 and a rat immunoglobulin light chain allotype. This bispecific antibody could mediate ECR to a range of target cells, each coated with distinct surface-binding rat monoclonal antibodies. A particular advantage of targeting to surface-bound monoclonal antibodies is that all other available effector systems may also attack the same antibody-coated target cell.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology*; D013945:Thymoma; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains