title: ELISA quantitation of IgG subclass antibodies to dietary antigens.
abstract: The IgG subclasses of human antibodies against 2 dietary antigens, ovalbumin (OA) and beta-lactoglobulin (BLG), were studied by ELISA using monoclonal anti-human IgG subclass antibodies. Under the assay conditions used, the anti-IgG subclass antibodies were subclass specific. Quantitative estimates of the subclass antibodies were obtained by reference to a 'capture' assay using F(ab')2 anti-light chain antibody as ligand and IgG myelomas as standards. The validity of these estimates was supported by antibody quantitation using the Farr assay. In healthy adults with serum anti-OA or anti-BLG antibodies, anti-OA antibodies were found mainly in the IgG1 (9/11) and IgG4 (6/11) subclasses, whereas 5 sera showed high levels of IgG2 antibodies. In contrast, the IgG subclass distribution of anti-BLG antibodies was predominantly IgG4 (10/10).
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004032:Diet; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D007782:Lactoglobulins / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009194:Myeloma Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007782:Lactoglobulins; D009194:Myeloma Proteins; D010047:Ovalbumin