title: Production of large amounts of mouse polyclonal antisera.
abstract: A simple and inexpensive method for producing larger volumes of mouse polyclonal antisera is described. Groups of BALB/c mice were immunized with different human sperm antigens classified according to molecular weight. Mice were immunized twice with the antigen, twice pristane pretreated, and then injected with a non-antibody-secreting myeloma cell line to induce ascites formation. Antibody activity of the ascites fluid approximated that of the serum. Thus, one mouse can provide about six times the amount of antibody-containing fluid usually obtained after conventional immunization. This method also may be applicable for ascites fluid production in nude mice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Science, Poznan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurpisz
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Fulgham
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000032:analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D007114:Immunization / Q000379:methods; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology*; D008819:Mice, Nude; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D007136:Immunoglobulins