title: Molecular mimicry of human tumor antigen by heavy chain CDR3 sequence of the anti-idiotypic antibody.
abstract: We isolated and characterized an anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody (AR42.1) which is capable of mimicking a distinct and specific epitope of MUC-1 antigen. The cDNA sequences coding for the AR42.1 variable regions were determined. We found significant amino acid homology between complementary determining regions 3 (CDR3) in the heavy chain of AR42.1 and the determinant epitope sequence of MUC-1. This 10 amino acid sequence may represent an "internal image" of the anti-idiotype antibody to the MUC-1 antigen, and could be used for development of a MUC-1 surrogate for immunotherapy.
authors.affiliation: AltaRex Corp., 1131 Dentistry-Pharmacy, Alberta, Canada. dluo@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wishart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D018396:Mucin-1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D022801:Complementarity Determining Regions; D000939:Epitopes; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D018396:Mucin-1