title: Production and characterization of high-affinity monoclonal antibodies against morphine.
abstract: Twelve hybridoma cell lines producing MAbs against morphine were established by using morphine hemisuccinate-conjugated bovine serum albumin as an immunogen. The MAbs belonged to the IgG1 subclass with kappa- or lambda-chains. The association constants of the antibodies ranged from 4.6 x 10(8) to 4.7 x 10(10) (M-1). These antibodies revealed slightly different cross-reactivities with various agonistic opiates and antagonists. In general, the antibodies were strongly cross-reactive with the opiate agonists, codeine, ethylmorphine, dihydromorphine and dihydrocodeine, while their cross-reactivities with norcodeine and the opiate antagonists, naloxone and naltrexone, were weak. The cross-reactivities with dihydromorphinone, dihydrocodeinone, naloxone, naltrexone, dextromethorphan and homatropine varied from clone to clone. Interestingly, certain MAbs displayed weak but significant cross-reactivities with the synthetic opiate, meperidine. However, none of the antibodies was cross-reactive with the opioid peptides, beta-endorphin, Met-enkephalin, and D-Ala2-D-Leu5-enkephalinamide. Radioimmunoassay for morphine using one of the antibodies (MOR 131.5.13) was shown to be sufficiently sensitive (IC50 = 0.1 nM) for the purposes of forensic analysis of morphine. This set of monoclonal anti-opiate antibodies is assumed to be suitable for analyzing the structure-function relationship in the hapten-antibody interaction, since the antibodies revealed similar but not identical cross-reactivities with various morphine related compounds.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiochemistry, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Janejai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagamatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes / Q000032:analysis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009020:Morphine / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007132:Immunoglobulin Isotypes; D009020:Morphine