title: Rapid generation of antibodies against the HTLV-II external envelope protein by growth of mouse plasmacytomas in SCID mice.
abstract: Recombinant human T-cell leukemia virus type II (HTLV-II) envelope external glycoprotein, gp46-II, was expressed using a vaccinia virus vector. A recombinant gp46-II fused to an epitope of the influenza virus hemagglutinin, YPYDVPDYA, was purified by immunoaffinity chromatography. The purified glycoprotein was used to immunize Balb/c mice, and antibodies against gp46-II were detected by Western blot analysis and syncytium inhibition assays. We transformed spleen cells from the immunized mice by retroviral infection with ABL-MYC (psi 2) and intraperitoneally transplanted the infected cells into syngeneic Balb/c and severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. The plasmacytomas established ascitic tumors that produced antibodies directed against HTLV-II gp46-II. Ascites developed more rapidly in SCID mice than in normal syngeneic mice. This procedure provides a general means to generate antibodies rapidly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Q X
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Camerini
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kuritzkes
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D015485:Deltaretrovirus Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016513:Mice, SCID; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010954:Plasmacytoma / Q000276:immunology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D015485:Deltaretrovirus Antigens; D015686:Gene Products, env; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D006389:Hemagglutinins, Viral; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C069568:gp46 protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 2