title: Production of monoclonal antibodies against excretory-secretory products of adult male Onchocerca gibsoni.
abstract: Nine monoclonal antibodies (mabs) have been produced against excretory-secretory products (ES) of adult male Onchocerca gibsoni. These mabs fail to interact with the highly cross-reactive phosphorylcholine (PC) group and with ES of the related rodent filarial parasites Acanthocheilonema viteae and Litomosoides carinii. Eight of the mabs are of the IgG isotype: 1 is an IgM. Three of the mabs, OGMES 4, 9, and 10, were each found by immunoprecipitation/SDS-PAGE analysis of [3H] leucine-labeled ES, to recognize a triplet of polypeptides of molecular weight 120, approximately 210, and approximately 260 kDa. No recognition was observed by any mab when [3H] glucosamine was employed as the radiolabel for ES. Western blotting employing [125I] as indicator system demonstrated that OGMES 7 recognized a molecule of 27 kDa, and OGMES 1, a molecule of approximately 210 kDa, albeit faintly. These mabs may be of value to researchers working on the isolation, characterization, and detection in the bloodstream of Onchocerca volvulus ES.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Harnett
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Preece
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Parkhouse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000276:immunology*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006825:Hybridomas; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009854:Onchocerca / Q000276:immunology*; D011233:Precipitin Tests
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007074:Immunoglobulin G