title: Generation of rabbit antibodies against death ligands by cDNA immunization.
abstract: Specificity problems, especially in immunoblot analysis, have been shown for several commercial antibodies raised against the death ligand Fas ligand (FasL) using conventional protein and/or peptide immunizations. In this work, we have optimized the development of rabbit antisera and isolated pAb against the death ligands FasL, Apo2 ligand/TRAIL and Apo3 ligand/TWEAK by cDNA intramuscular immunization. This alternative approach has generated specific pAb in all three cases, which are useful for immunoblot purposes. The present data suggest that for the production of antibodies against certain glycosylated membrane proteins, cDNA immunization could be the method of choice.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Pza. San Francisco, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, E-50009, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diestre
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lorenzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bosque
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naval
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larrad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000276:immunology*; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D011817:Rabbits; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014162:Transfection; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D053222:Fas Ligand Protein; D053221:TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D048069:Tumor Necrosis Factors