title: [Production of human antitetanus antibodies by hybridomas].
abstract: Peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy people recently immunized against tetanus toxoid (TT) were fused with human malignant B-cell lines or mouse myeloma cells (X63 Ag8.653) in an attempt to establish stable B cell hybridomas secreting anti TT antibodies. Human-human fusion experiments were not successful. In contrast, the five heterospecific fusion experiments yielded between 60 and 100% of wells that contained growing hybrids. Five of these hybrids repeatedly secreted anti-TT antibodies. One of the hybrids was cloned and secreted 10-20 micrograms/ml of human IgM, lambda anti-TT antibody. Heterospecific hybridization thus appears as an interesting method to obtain human monoclonal antibodies, allowing the study of their properties.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000276:immunology; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid
vernacular_title: Production d'anticorps antitétaniques humains par des hybridomes.