title: An anti-digoxin monoclonal antibody seems to express more than one functional paratope.
abstract: An anti-digoxin monoclonal antibody (mAb 4G3) has been produced and characterized with respect to its fine specificity and affinity. In an independent series of experiments anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody (mAb 7G9) was selected which reacted with the antigen-binding center of an anti-human chorionic gonadotropin monoclonal antibody (anti-hCG mAb 1B10). In detailed studies on its binding characteristics it has been shown that mAb 4G3 binds to an anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody mAb 7G9 in solution. Western blotting experiments showed that mAb 4G3 reacted against antiidiotypic antibody under non-reducing conditions, only. Moreover, mAb 4G3 has been shown to express self-binding properties. Absorption with saturating amounts of its specific hapten, i.e. digoxin, did not change the binding of mAb 4G3 to anti-idiotypic antibody and its self-binding ability. It is speculated on the basis of these data that mAb 4G3 possesses more than one functional paratope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Immunology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyutyulkova
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stamenova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsvetkova
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kehayov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyurkchiev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004077:Digoxin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004077:Digoxin