title: Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to peripheral and central nervous system myelin.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies against P0, myelin basic protein, or myelin-associated glycoprotein were generated by fusing mouse myeloma cells with spleen cells from BALB/c mice immunized with central and peripheral nervous system myelin proteins. The antibodies secreted were either IgG, IgM, or IgA. Clone C6B5 (iso-type IgM) secreted antibody(ies) that bound to both myelin basic protein and myelin-associated glycoprotein, although binding of antibody to myelin basic protein as detected by the immunoblot technique appeared to be much less than to the myelin-associated glycoprotein. Antibodies were characterized in solid-phase radioimmunoassay for their species cross-reaction, and histologically for the specificity of binding to myelin in central and peripheral nervous system tissues. These monoclonal reagents should prove valuable in studying CSF and myelin-producing cells, since in both cases the concentration of myelin proteins is low.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D009185:Myelin Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000032:analysis*; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D009185:Myelin Proteins; D018992:Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein