title: Characterization of polyclonal and monoclonal anti-taxol antibodies and measurement of taxol in serum.
abstract: Anti-taxol antibodies were generated in the rabbit using a taxol-bovine serum albumin conjugate prepared from 2'-succinyltaxol using a mixed anhydride procedure. Immunization with 2'-succinyltaxol-bovine serum albumin gave rise to polyclonal anti-taxol antibodies. By a radioimmunoassay using [3H]taxol, a standard curve gave a 50% inhibitory concentration of 1.0 nM. Taxol levels in human serum could be measured, with the lower limit of detection and measurement being 0.1 nM or 0.085 ng/ml. Two mouse monoclonal anti-taxol antibodies were isolated by immunizing BALB/c mice with the same antigen. One was an immunoglobulin G1 (69E4A8E) and the other was immunoglobulin M (29B7B3C). The specificity of these antibodies was determined by a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with taxol and 10 different related derivatives and analogues. 29B7B3C had higher binding affinities for biologically active derivatives and markedly lower affinities for inactive derivatives; i.e., the specificity was consistent with the results of tubulin disassembly and cytotoxicity studies using the same taxol derivatives, making it suitable for screening for taxol or taxol-like compounds in extracts of natural products. 69E4A8E recognized the benzamidocarbamyl group at the C-3' position of taxol and had a lower affinity for other active compounds with different substitutions. Taxol levels in human serum could be detected and measured by 69E4A8E using a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The lower limit of measurement was about 50 nM or approximately 42 ng/ml. Similar measurements could be made by radioimmunoassay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Leu
authors.forename: B X
authors.initials: BX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Schiff
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Erlanger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017239:Paclitaxel / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017239:Paclitaxel