title: Monoclonal antibody for the detection of Clostridium botulinum type A toxin.
abstract: Hybridomas producing monoclonal antibodies against type A Hall strain Clostridium botulinum toxin were generated by fusing mouse myeloma cell line P3-X63-Ag8.653 with spleen cells of Balb/c mice immunized with C. botulinum type A toxoid. The monoclonal antibody from one hybridoma, identified as No. 424, was selected from 61 others for its high antibody titre. This monoclonal antibody was used in a double-sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system to detect type A toxin in culture fluids and in foods. The monoclonal antibody did not react with either C. botulinum toxin types B, C, D, E and F or with other clostridial species tested. This particular monoclonal antibody (No. 424) did not neutralize type A toxin in the mouse bioassay procedure but detected approximately 10 mouse lethal doses of type A toxin/ml culture fluid. Monoclonal antibody and rabbit antitoxin to type A C. botulinum toxin were useful in a double-sandwich ELISA for the rapid and specific detection of type A toxic fluids in culture and in food samples.
authors.affiliation: FDA, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hamdy
authors.forename: Z L
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Herd
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: McCay
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Zapatka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000032:analysis*; D002460:Cell Line; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001904:Botulinum Antitoxin; D001905:Botulinum Toxins