title: Characterization of anti-irradiation-denatured ovalbumin monoclonal antibodies. Immunochemical and structural analysis of irradiation-denatured ovalbumin.
abstract: Five monoclonal antibodies (OVA-01, -02, -03, -04, -06) produced against irradiated ovalbumin were investigated in relation to the conformational change in the ovalbumin molecule induced by irradiation with Cobalt-60 gamma-rays. Four antibodies (OVA-01, -02, -04, -06) recognized both native and irradiated ovalbumin, but OVA-03 reacted only with irradiated ovalbumin. These antibodies were classified by modified competitive ELISA, and their K(d) values were determined by the Klotz equation. Epitope analyses were also performed on OVA-03 using CNBr-cleaved peptide fragments from ovalbumin, and it was confirmed that OVA-03 bound to the fragment corresponding to residues Val173-Met196 of the ovalbumin molecule that consists of internal beta-sheet strand 3A and helix F1 containing one open turn. These results demonstrate that dramatic conformational changes in proteins can be induced or that some tertiary or secondary structures can be broken down by gamma-ray irradiation, producing new antigenic sites.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. masuda@food2.food.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Koseki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitabatake
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000276:immunology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011489:Protein Denaturation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D010047:Ovalbumin