title: Development of an anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody mimicking the structure of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) inner-core determinants.
abstract: An anti-idiotype antibody has been developed which is specific for idiotypic determinants of a BALB/c mouse IgG3 monoclonal antibody (MAbY1-4A6) directed against the inner-core Kdo region of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Armenian hamsters were immunized with MAbY1-4A6 and splenocytes from immunized animals fused with Sp2/0 myeloma cells. Eight clones secreting antibodies that bound to MAbY1-4A6, but not control IgG3, were identified and subcloned. Culture supernatants from one hybridoma, termed MAb4G2, contain monoclonal antibody that binds to the variable region of MAbY1-4A6 and dose-dependently inhibits binding of MAbY1-4A6 to Re chemotype rough mutant LPS (Re-LPS). This antibody also inhibits binding of three additional mouse monoclonal antibodies specific for the inner-core of Re-LPS. MAb4G2 also recognizes a significant proportion of antibodies present in polyclonal R-chemotype antisera generated in mice (Re-LPS) and rabbits (J5 Rc-LPS). Mice and hamsters immunized with MAb4G2 or Re-LPS generate antibodies which cross-react with both immunogens. Cumulatively, these data suggest that MAb4G2 can function as an internal image of the Kdo-specific monoclonal antibody, MAbY1-4A6, mimicking the antigenic structure and immunogenicity of a portion of the LPS inner-core Kdo region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004731:Endotoxins; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D013400:Sugar Acids; C002532:2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate