title: Epitope analysis using anti-oligosaccharide (G4) monoclonal antibody.
abstract: A murine monoclonal antibody recognizing (1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl laminaritriose (G4) was prepared by immunizing BALB/c mice with G4-bovine serum albumin conjugate and fusing the splenocytes with mouse myeloma cells. The monoclonal antibody (IgM) provoked by the cloned cells showed low reactivity with schizophyllan, an antitumor polysaccharide, but notable reactivity with some low-molecular-weight schizophyllans. This antibody was useful for determination of the epitope of several polysaccharides. The extent of reactivity of this monoclonal antibody was related only to the molecular weight of schizophyllan.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratory, Taito Co., Ltd., Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komoda
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabata
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sugawara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005936:Glucans / Q000276:immunology*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012566:Sizofiran / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C094102:(1-6)-glucopyranosyl laminatriose; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D005936:Glucans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D012566:Sizofiran