title: Influence of avidity and idiotope recognition on the modulation of surface immunoglobulin on malignant human B cells by rat monoclonal anti-idiotype antibodies.
abstract: Immunoglobulin (Ig) was obtained from the tumor cells of patients with B cell malignancies by somatic cell hybridization to mouse-human heteromyeloma cells. The human Ig secreted by one of these hybridomas was used as an immunogen for the production of rat monoclonal antibodies (mAb). A panel of mAb specific for the idiotype (Id) was produced and characterized. Competitive binding studies that made use of [Se]-labeled anti-Id mAb (MAID) demonstrated several distinct yet topographically related Id on the Id-bearing Ig. These antibodies were shown to have avidities ranging from 0.38 to 45.3 X 10(8) l/mol. Additional studies demonstrated varying degrees of antigenic modulation of surface Id in vitro by MAID. The degree of modulation correlates with antibody avidity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002459:Cell Fusion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000378:metabolism; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051379:Mice; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007130:Immunoglobulin Idiotypes; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell