title: Lymphoma-selective antibody Lym-1 recognizes a discontinuous epitope on the light chain of HLA-DR10.
abstract: The selectivity of Lym-1 for malignant B lymphocytes makes this monoclonal antibody a promising candidate for the delivery of toxic agents to malignant B cells. The original immunogen used for the development of Lym-1 was Raji Burkitt's lymphoma cell nuclei [Epstein A. L., Marder R. J., Winter J. N., Stathopoulos E., Chen F. M., Parker J. W., Taylor C. R. (1987) Cancer Res 47: 830]. The Lym-1 antigen was characterized at that time as a polymorphic HLA-DR variant. We prepared an affinity column using immobilized Lym-1 to isolate the Lym-1 antigen from Raji cell lysate. Immunological characterization of the immunoaffinity-purified Lym-1 antigen on Western blots led to the conclusion that the antigen is the beta chain of HLA-DR10. This was confirmed by Edman sequencing of the isolated polypeptide chain. Western blots further show that the Lym-1 epitope is only recognized if the beta chain disulfide bonds are intact. These results imply that Lym-1 binds a discontinuous epitope on the beta chain of HLA-DR10.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California 95616, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gunasekera
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: DeNardo
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: DeNardo
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Meares
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000939:Epitopes; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens