title: [Monoclonal antibodies prepared and used for detection of acute virus necrobiotic disease virus in scallop Chlamys farreri by indirect ELISA].
abstract: For developing monoclonal antibodies against acute virus necrobiotic disease (AVND) virus, mice of Balb/c strain were immunized with AVND virions which were isolated from the infected scallop Chlamys farreri. The spleen cells from immunized mice were then fused with NS-1 myeloma cells and the hybridomas were screened by means of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and immunofluorescence assay (IFA). Finally, 4 stable MAbs of IgG isotype were obtained. Moreover, the combined position of these 4 MAbs to this virus was examined by immunogold electron microscopy (IEM). The results demonstrate that all 4 MAbs recognized epitopes on the envelope of the virions. Subsequently, a MAb-based ELISA was developed and used for detection of the infection rate and densities of the scallops which were sampled during different seasons from mid-April to mid-October, 2003. The result exhibited that both of the infection rate and infection densities sharply rose in mid-July and reached to the spikes, which right corresponds with their mortality during this period.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 26600, China. fuchongluo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chong-luo
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Wei-bo
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ming-zhuang
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008974:Mollusca / Q000821:virology*; D012328:RNA Viruses / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral