title: Production of polyclonal antibodies to feline tumor necrosis factor.
abstract: Two 13-amino-acid peptides were synthesized based on the putative feline tumor necrosis factor (FeTNF) sequence. The synthesized peptides were conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin, emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant, and injected into rabbits. The gene for FeTNF was cloned into the FLAG (International Biotechnologies Inc. [IBI], Kodak, New Haven, Conn.) fusion protein expression vector. The expressed fusion protein was purified by using the M-1 anti-FLAG octapeptide monoclonal antibody (IBI, Kodak). The fusion protein was emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant and injected into chickens. The immune sera generated to the synthetic peptides and the fusion protein recognized the recombinant FeTNF fusion protein on Western or dot blot assay. The preimmune and immune sera were incubated with naturally occurring FeTNF (supernatants from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated cultured feline peritoneal exudate or peripheral mononuclear cells). The antibody raised to the recombinant FeTNF fusion protein and N-terminal synthetic peptide neutralized bioactivity of native FeTNF and recombinant human TNF. Preimmune sera did not have any neutralizing activity. The polyclonal antibodies were not specific for FeTNF, since both porcine and human recombinant TNF were neutralized by the fusion protein antibodies. The synthetic peptide antibodies recognized recombinant feline and equine TNF on a Western blot.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, USA. cmotto@vet.upenn.edu
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Niagro
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: McGraw
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rawlings
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000276:immunology; D002415:Cats; D002645:Chickens; D005354:Fibrosarcoma; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha