title: Calcium ion-dependent monoclonal antibody against human fibrinogen: preparation, characterization, and application to fibrinogen purification.
abstract: We have produced a high-affinity monoclonal antibody classified as IgG1 with kappa-type light chains that recognizes the calcium ion(Ca2+)-dependent conformation of the D-domain of human fibrinogen. Binding of fibrinogen in solution to the insolubilized antibody increased in the presence of increasing concentrations of up to 2 mM Ca2+, the half-maximal binding being reached at 130 microM Ca2+. The dissociation constant was estimated to be 1.6 x 10(-8) M at 2 mM Ca2+. The antibody was found also to be dependent on other divalent metal ions including Zn2+, Mn2+, Co2+ and Cu2+, but not Ba2+, Mg2+ or Sr2+. The synthetic Gly-Pro-Arg-Pro-amide peptide, which has recently been shown to bind to close proximity to the calcium binding site in the D-domain, was unable to elicit the conformation for the antigen to be recognized by this antibody. This antibody was found to be a suitable ligand for the immunoaffinity chromatography of normal and abnormal fibrinogens directly from citrated plasma depleted of the vitamin K-dependent proteins or heparinized plasma by eliminating the precipitation procedure widely adopted in conventional techniques of fibrinogen purification. Indeed, fibrinogen Marburg I with the A alpha chains depleted of the carboxy-terminal A alpha(461-610) residue segment has been purified by this technique, although this dysfibrinogen was difficult to purify by conventional precipitation techniques.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D002845:Chromatography; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D007163:Immunosorbent Techniques; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D005340:Fibrinogen; D002118:Calcium