title: Antimelanoma hybridoma antibodies against partially purified melanoma antigen.
abstract: We have immunised BALB/c mice with a melanoma antigen obtained after papain solubilisation of the membranes of a metastatic melanoma tumour and fused the immune spleen cells to the mouse myeloma line P3-NS1/1-Ag4.1. The produced hybridoma antibodies (Mel-PV antibodies) recognised the initial melanoma antigen in haemagglutination, but did not react with any of the HLA phenotypes tested by cytotoxicity on a panel of B lymphocytes with known HLA-A and B phenotypes. We rosetted red blood cells coated with protein A with dispersed cells from fresh melanoma tumours, and a high degree of specificity for human malignant melanocytes was observed. Purified Mel-PV antibodies were also tested by indirect immunofluorescence and found to be oriented towards cytoplasmic components of malignant melanoma cells. These results indicate that the use of melanoma antigens for preparing monoclonal antibodies maintained a satisfactory degree of specificity and may be an adequate starting point for defining common and specific antigenic determinants on human melanoma.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D003601:Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D012397:Rosette Formation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm