title: Recognition of several idiotopes on a monoclonal anti-hepatitis B virus surface antigen using monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies.
abstract: A monoclonal murine antibody H3F5 directed to the a determinant of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) was used to raise several monoclonal anti-idiotypes. Cross-blocking experiments between the anti-idiotypes and the patterns of inhibition produced by a number of other monoclonal anti-HBsAg, generated in the same fusion as H3F5, identified three idiotopes on H3F5 which were shared to varying degrees with the other anti-HBsAg monoclonals. One behaved as a dominant cross-reacting idiotope (CRI) in that it appeared strongly in 5/7 monoclonal idiotypes. The CRI could represent an important target for regulation by anti-idiotope. Monoclonal antibodies have many advantages over polyclonal sera in the detailed analysis of idiotope structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, School of Pathology, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Thanavala
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tedder
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Roitt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes