title: Analysis of epitopes of mouse monoclonal antibodies against human alpha-fetoprotein.
abstract: Thirty-six monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against human alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) were analyzed for the location of their epitopes by reacting them with a set of yeast recombinant AFP proteins using ELISA. Recombinant AFP proteins containing either one, two or all three domains, i.e. domain I, domain III, domain I-II, domain II-III and domain I-II-III, were produced and secreted into the culture medium of yeast cells harboring the expression plasmids. Epitopes of 13 MAbs were localized on domain I and 17 others were on domain III. However, the exact location of the epitopes of the remaining 6 MAbs could not be defined. The epitope of an antibody, namely AFY6, which was located in domain I, was successfully mapped on an octapeptide, C175KAENAVE182, using synthesized overlapping octapeptides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins