title: Efficient preparation of human monoclonal antibody-secreting heterohybridomas using peripheral B lymphocytes cultured in the CD40 system.
abstract: The use of peripheral B lymphocytes in the successful preparation of human monoclonal antibodies by hybridoma technology is highly dependent on lymphocyte activation procedures. We studied the ability of peripheral human B lymphocytes cultured in vitro and activated through their CD40 antigen (CD40 system) (Banchereau et al., 1991) to form antibody-secreting heterohybridomas after fusion with murine X63Ag8.653 myeloma cells. The frequency of antibody-secreting heterohybridomas formation was greatly increased (15 times) by culture of B cells in the CD40 system. The CD40 system offers many advantages over other procedures of B lymphocyte activation representing a significant technological advance in the preparation of human monoclonal antibodies by standard hybridoma technology.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Red Cross, Blood Services, Quebec city Centre, P.Q.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darveau
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chevrier
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Néron
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delage
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lemieux
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology*; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D019013:CD40 Antigens