title: Generation of human monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies with specificity to the murine monoclonal anti-CA 125 antibody B43.13.
abstract: Two human monoclonal antibodies, HID-7E7 and ROB-6F2, were produced by EBV transformation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). PBL were obtained from a patient with ovarian cancer who had been exposed several times to a Tc-99m labeled murine monoclonal anti-CA 125 antibody (B43.13, Biomira, Edmonton) for immunoscintigraphy. The HID-7E7 and ROB-6F2 producing B-cells were cloned with a limiting dilution technique and have shown stable immunoglobulin secretion within a period of three years. The human monoclonal antibodies HID-7E7 and ROB-6F2 are of the IgG isotype, and bind with significant affinity to the murine monoclonal antibody B43.13, which was used for immunoscintigraphy. Binding affinity of ROB-6F2 to other murine antibodies could not be detected. Cross reactivity of HID-7E7 to a murine anti-CEA monoclonal antibody was observed. In order to verify the anti-idiotypic character of the generated human antibodies, the ability of HID-7E7 and ROB-6F2, respectively, to inhibit the formation of the CA125/B43.13 complex is demonstrated via an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. These human anti-idiotypic antibodies are possible candidates for immunotherapy of ovarian cancer in patients with a small tumor burden following surgery and/or chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Oltrogge
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Donnerstag
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Noujaim
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Träger
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D018394:CA-125 Antigen