title: Cell-mediated immunity to chemically xenogenized tumors--III. Generation of monoclonal antibodies interfering with reactivity to novel antigens.
abstract: To develop monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) recognizing drug-mediated tumor antigens on a chemically xenogenized murine lymphoma, hybridomas were constructed with splenocytes from histocompatible mice hyperimmunized with L5178Y cells antigenically altered by triazene treatment in vivo (clone D, derived from a polyclonal L5178Y/DTIC subline). Screening of supernatants with parental and xenogenized cells showed that nine MAbs displayed exclusive or preferential reactivity with clone D cells as detected by immunofluorescence, and failed, as a rule, to bind normal or unrelated malignant cells of the same or different haplotype. Moreover, no reactivity was displayed to the triazene-xenogenized variants of antigenically unrelated tumors. All nine MAbs, however, were capable of binding a panel of L5178Y/DTIC clones in addition to clone D. When the ability of these antibodies to interfere with the development of cell-mediated immunity to clone D cells in vitro was tested, it was found that the proliferative reaction and generation of cytolytic activity by syngeneic lymphocytes were inhibited by addition of several MAbs to the tumor--lymphocyte co-cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grohmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Puccetti
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mage
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Romani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007940:Leukemia L5178 / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D013602:T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic / Q000276:immunology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm