title: Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to E1 Tor toxin co-regulated pilus of Vibrio cholerae.
abstract: Murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against Vibrio cholerae toxin co-regulated pilus (TCP) were generated using conventional hybridoma procedures. Four hybridomas were obtained and two characterized. Hybridomas 10E10E1 and 4D6F9 secreted antibodies of the IgG2a and IgG1 isotypes, respectively, that reacted with a 24-kDa antigen corresponding to the product of the El Tor tcpA gene fused to a six Histidine tail. Additionally, MAbs produced by 4D6F9 selectively recognized the major pilin subunit (TcpA) of El Tor and O139 vibrios in western immunoblot, while MAbs from 10E10E1 also cross-reacted with classical TcpA. Furthermore, vibrios expressing TCP on their surface selectively inhibited binding of the antibodies secreted by both hybridomas to TcpA-coated microtiter plates. Thus, the MAbs reported in this work detected the structural subunit of the pilus either denatured or assembled on the bacterial surface.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anticuerpos Monoclonales, Instituto Finlay, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Falero
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ledon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Marrero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzarte
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Valmaseda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fando
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003470:Culture Media; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D003470:Culture Media; C085807:TcpA protein, Vibrio cholerae; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins