title: Elicitation of distinct populations of monoclonal antibodies specific for the variable domains of monoclonal anti-fluorescein antibody 4-4-20.
abstract: Armenian hamsters were immunized with non-liganded, partially liganded or affinity-labeled anti-fluorescein Mab 4-4-20. Seventeen hybridoma producing monoclonal anti-4-4-20 antibodies were characterized from chemically-mediated fusions of immune hamster lymphocytes with murine Sp2/O-Ag14 myeloma cells. Distinct populations of anti-4-4-20 monoclonal antibodies were isolated from hamsters receiving immunizations with partially liganded Mab 4-4-20 relative to those receiving affinity-labeled 4-4-20. Two of the three monoclonal antibodies produced in response to partially liganded 4-4-20 were inhibited in their interaction with 4-4-20 by fluorescyl ligand. These two clones, 1F4 and 1B7, recognized unique epitopes on the 4-4-20 molecules, as demonstrated by non-reactivity with members of the 4-4-20 idiotype family. Additionally, 1F4 and 1B7 demonstrated the ability to delay the association of fluorescein with Mab 4-4-20. The 14 characterized non-ligand-inhibitable Mabs elicited to affinity-labeled 4-4-20 were classified into four separate groups based on various binding properties with members of the 4-4-20 idiotype family and binding to resolved H- and L-chains in a western blot. Members of three of the four groups showed strong reactivity with both 04-01 Ig and 04-01 SCA, which utilizes the same L-chain as Mab 4-4-20. Six non-ligand-inhibitable Mabs, 4A6, P1E11, 3A5-1, 2C3, 2C4, and 1A4, delayed the dissociation rate of ligand from Mab 4-4-20 and mutant 4-4-20 SCA L32phe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Weidner
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Denzin
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Mallender
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Miklasz
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Voss
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015153:Blotting, Western; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D007114:Immunization; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007135:Immunoglobulin Variable Region; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate