title: Development and characterization of a murine monoclonal antibody reactive with a 64 kDa somatic antigen of Burkholderia cepacia.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to Burkholderia cepacia were produced from mice immunized with inactivated whole-cell antigen. For screening of resulting MAbs an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used. A stable hybridoma cell line (BC-2) producing specific antibodies to a 64 kDa somatic antigen from B. cepacia was established. In ELISA and immunoblotting analysis the MAb BC-2 recognized all tested strains of B. cepacia whereas no cross-reaction with 32 Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains was found. From a wide range of other bacteria only strains of the species Burkholderia mallei, Burkholderia pseudomallei, and Burkholderia gladioli showed cross-reactions. The MAb BC-2 will be used to develop a diagnostic assay for the identification of B. cepacia and B. gladioli, important agents of nosocomial infections in immunocompromised patients suffering especially from cystic fibrosis (CF).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, FAF Medical Academy, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Otterbein
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Splettstoesser
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Linde
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grunow
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Finke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Neubauer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial