title: High-affinity, protective antibodies to the binding domain of botulinum neurotoxin type A.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were prepared against the putative binding domain of botulinum neurotoxin A (BoNT/A), a nontoxic 50-kDa fragment. Initially, all fusion products were screened against the holotoxin BoNT/A and against the binding fragment, BoNT/A H(C). Eleven neutralizing hybridomas were cloned, and their specific binding to BoNT/A H(C) was demonstrated by surface plasmon resonance, with dissociation constants ranging from 0.9 to <0.06 nM. Epitope mapping by real-time surface plasmon resonance showed that the antibodies bound to at least two distinct regions of the BoNT/A H(C) fragment. These MAbs will be useful tools for studying BoNT/A interactions with its receptor, and they have potential diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
authors: Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5011, USA.
authors: D D
authors: DD
authors: Pless
authors: E R
authors: ER
authors: Torres
authors: E K
authors: EK
authors: Reinke
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bavari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000915:Antibody Affinity; D001665:Binding Sites; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D001905:Botulinum Toxins / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014611:Vaccination
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001905:Botulinum Toxins