title: Preparation of a monoclonal antibody specific for 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine and its application for the detection of DNA methylation levels in human peripheral blood cells.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody specific for a modified nucleoside, 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine (m5dCyd), was prepared using 5-methylcytidine (m5Cyd)-keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) conjugate, and was characterized. Termed FMC9, the antibody reacts with m5dCyd and slightly with m5Cyd and 5-methylcytosine (m5Cyt) but not with other nucleosides tested in this investigation. FMC-9 was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system for the quantitation of m5dCyd levels. Sensitivity was in the picomole range. Methylation levels in peripheral blood cells of healthy donors were determined by inhibition ELISA. The percentage of m5dCyd in peripheral blood cells of 10 healthy donors was 5.08 +/- 0.50%. These results suggest that the inhibition ELISA using FMC9 is useful to monitor m5dCyd levels in the peripheral blood cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizugaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiwata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hishinuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002138:Calibration; D019175:DNA Methylation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003841:Deoxycytidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D003841:Deoxycytidine; D006433:Hemocyanins; C016569:5-methyldeoxycytidine; C032808:keyhole-limpet hemocyanin