Molecular integrity of monoclonal antibodies produced by hybridoma cells in batch culture and in continuous-flow culture with integrated product recovery

1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 974-986 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. B. Mohan ◽  
S. R. Chohan ◽  
J. Eade ◽  
A. Lyddiatt
1993 ◽  
Vol 42 (10) ◽  
pp. 1229-1237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eui-Cheol Jo ◽  
Hae-Joon Park ◽  
Dong-II Kim ◽  
Hong Mo Moon

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ermioni Kalfopoulou ◽  
Diana Laverde ◽  
Karmela Miklic ◽  
Felipe Romero-Saavedra ◽  
Suzana Malic ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMultidrug-resistant enterococci are major causes of hospital-acquired infections. Immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) targeting bacterial antigens would be a valuable treatment option in this setting. Here, we describe the development of two MAbs through hybridoma technology that target antigens from the most clinically relevant enterococcal species. Diheteroglycan (DHG), a well-characterized capsular polysaccharide ofEnterococcus faecalis, and the secreted antigen A (SagA), an immunogenic protein fromEnterococcus faecium, are both immunogens that have been proven to raise opsonic and cross-reactive antibodies against enterococcal strains. For this purpose, a conjugated form of the native DHG with SagA was used to raise the antibodies in mice, while enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and opsonophagocytic assay were combined in the selection process of hybridoma cells producing immunoreactive and opsonic antibodies targeting the selected antigens. From this process, two highly specific IgG1(κ) MAbs were obtained, one against the polysaccharide (DHG.01) and one against the protein (SagA.01). Both MAbs exhibited good opsonic killing against the target bacterial strains: DHG.01 showed 90% killing againstE. faecalistype 2, and SagA.01 showed 40% killing againstE. faecium11231/6. In addition, both MAbs showed cross-reactivity toward otherE. faecalisandE. faeciumstrains. The sequences from the variable regions of the heavy and light chains were reconstructed in expression vectors, and the activity of the MAbs upon expression in eukaryotic cells was confirmed with the same immunological assays. In summary, we identified two opsonic MAbs against enterococci which could be used for therapeutic or prophylactic approaches against enterococcal infections.


1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1161-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
A V Robold ◽  
A R Hardham

Monoclonal antibodies were generated against components on the surface of zoospores and cysts of the Oomycete, Phytophthora nicotianae, with the aim of obtaining antibodies diagnostic for this species of plant pathogen. A dipstick version of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to screen hybridoma cell lines produced by following a coimmunization protocol in which a mouse was immunized with Phytophthora nicotianae cysts mixed with murine antisera raised against cysts of Phytophthora cinnamomi and Phytophthora cryptogea. Of the nine hybridoma cells lines which remained positive, five produced antibodies that reacted with species-specific epitopes on the surface of the spores. Immunofluorescence, immunogold, and immunoblot labelling showed that three of the five species-specific antibodies reacted with a polypeptide of relative molecular mass greater than 205 kDa which was distributed over the entire zoospore surface, including that of the two flagella. These antibodies also labelled the surface of cysts to varying degrees. The other two species-specific antibodies bound to the shaft of tubular mastigonemes that form two rows on the anterior flagellum. In immunoblots, one of these antibodies recognised a 40-kDa glycoprotein. Antibodies produced by the other four hybridoma cell lines reacted with all Phytophthora and Pythium species tested. The results (i) showed that the coimmunization technique effectively produced antibodies directed towards components specific for Phytophthora nicotianae in the presence of antigens common to many Phytophthora species, and (ii) revealed for the first time the biochemical nature of molecular constituents of flagellar mastigonemes in the Oomycetes.Key words: cell surface, flagella, immunodiagnostics, mastigonemes, monoclonal antibodies.


2010 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 1621-1631 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Dubrot ◽  
Aitziber Portero ◽  
Gorka Orive ◽  
Rosa María Hernández ◽  
Asis Palazón ◽  
...  

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Zhang ◽  
M. Al-Rubeai ◽  
C. R. Thomas

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