title: Production of specific monoclonal antibodies against the active sites of human pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor variants by in vitro immunization with synthetic peptides.
abstract: Specific monoclonal antibodies against the active sites of two genetically engineered pancreatic secretory trypsin inhibitor (PSTI) variants (PSTI 0 and PSTI 4) were produced. The protease inhibitors PSTI 0 and PSTI 4 differ only by three amino acid substitution at their active sites. PSTI 0 inhibits trypsin, whereas PSTI 4 inhibits human granulocyte elastase and chymotrypsin. Immunization was performed in vitro with a synthetic heptapeptide that covers the mutated region of the protein. For this purpose in vitro culture conditions for the production of specific monoclonal antibodies against synthetic peptides were improved. The monoclonal antibodies obtained react specifically with the corresponding protease inhibitor variant. Competition experiments with trypsin and human elastase demonstrate that the protease displace the monoclonal antibody from the active site of PSTI 0 and PSTI 4 respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Gesellschaft für Biotechnologische Forschung mbH, Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Böldicke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kindt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maywald
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fitzlaff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böcher
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001665:Binding Sites; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000097:blood; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D014359:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D014359:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase