title: Purification of bovine thyroid-stimulating hormone by a monoclonal antibody.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody directed against bovine TSH was obtained by hybridoma technology. This antibody was specific for TSH and did not react with bovine LH and FSH. Affinity chromatography of crude TSH was performed on anti-TSH Sepharose. Bovine TSH was purified in a single step to near homogeneity by this technique, as shown by cation exchange chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified TSH. The biological activity of the hormone was not affected during the purification, as determined by [3H]thymidine incorporation of the TSH-dependent FRTL5 cell line. The results indicate that affinity purification of TSH by means of a monoclonal antibody is a simple one-step procedure for the production of biologically active, highly purified TSH.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lock
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Denderen
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aarden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002417:Cattle; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D013972:Thyrotropin