title: Development and characterization of a novel anti-fucosylated antigen monoclonal antibody YB-2 and its usefulness in the immunohistochemical diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
abstract: A novel monoclonal antibody, YB-2 was obtained after immunization of mice with fucosylated antigens isolated from human saliva. The antibody was demonstrated to react with Y (Fuc alpha 1-->2Gal-beta 1-->4[Fuc alpha 1-->3]GlcNAc beta),Leb (Fuc alpha 1-->2Gal beta 1-->3[Fuc alpha 1-->4]GlcNAc beta) and H type 2 (Fuc alpha 1-->2Gal-beta 1-->4GlcNAc beta) antigens, but not with H type 1 (Fuc alpha 1-->2Gal beta 1-->3GlcNAc beta), Lea (Gal beta 1-->3[Fuc alpha 1-->4]GlcNAc beta), X (Gal beta 1-->4[Fuc alpha 1-->3]GlcNAc beta) or with non-fucosylated antigens. Inhibition assays of YB-2 antibody with such reactive antigens showed that YB-2 antibody preferentially reacted with Y antigen. Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections prepared from normal and malignant colorectal tissues were examined immunohistochemically with YB-2. The positive rates of staining with YB-2 antibody were 88.6% in malignant and 12.0% in normal tissues. The expression of fucosylated antigens detected by YB-2 antibody seemed to be correlated with survival among patients with primary colorectal cancer. Therefore, YB-2 antibody could be useful as an immunochemical tool for diagnosis and evaluation of the prognosis of colorectal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tachikawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagamachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: D
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authors.lastname: Chia
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm