Does a monospecific hybridoma always secrete homogeneous immunoglobulins?
The fusion of splenocytes (from mice immunized with the beta 2 subunit of E. coli tryptophan synthase) with myeloma cells which do not produce immunoglobulins gave rise to a clone secreting immunoglobulins with two distinct isotypes : gamma 1 and gamma 2b (Djavadi-Ohaniance et al. (1984) Biochemistry, 23, 97-104). Analysis of the immunoglobulins secreted by this clone indicates that these two isotypes are carried by two distinct heavy chains which are able to randomly associate to form hybrid molecules. In addition, two classes of light chains are able to randomly and to form heterologous associations with both the gamma 1 and gamma 2b heavy chains. Only the association between the gamma 2b heavy chains with one of the two classes of light chains leads to a combining site specific for the binding of the antigen beta 2.
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology*; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000276:immunology; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000276:immunology; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains / Q000276:immunology; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000276:immunology*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014367:Tryptophan Synthase / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D007140:Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007142:Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D014367:Tryptophan Synthase