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    Monoclonal antibodies to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) were examined for binding with a large number of North American BVDV isolates and eight strains of the serologically related pestivirus, hog cholera virus (HCV). No single BVDV monoclonal antibody reacted with all BVDV isolates. The most cross-reactive monoclonal antibody was an anti-p80/p125 antibody which showed a positive reaction with 173 of 180 (96%) North American isolates. From a fewer number of isolates tested, one anti-gp53 monoclonal antibody also showed a high cross-reactivity (94%). All BVDV isolates showed a positive reaction with at least one of the seven monoclonal antibodies in the panel. Thus, the results indicated that a pool of these monoclonal antibodies may be used in place of polyclonal antisera for the detection of BVDV contamination of cell lines or for virus isolation. For HCV, all three anti-p80/p125 monoclonal antibodies reacted positively with all eight virus strains. In contrast, none of the anti-gp53 monoclonal antibodies were reactive to HCV strains. Thus, the anti-gp53 monoclonal antibodies may be useful for distinguishing between usually innocuous BVDV infections and the highly significant HCV infections in swine for foreign animal disease surveillance.
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    The assays required to study pharmacokinetics of monoclonal antibodies and human anti-mouse antibody response in man, utilizing enzyme linked immunosorbent assay, have been at best semi-quantitative. We have developed and well characterized a quantitative assay for measurement of murine monoclonal antibodies and human anti-mouse antibody in circulation of patients injected with murine monoclonal antibodies. The sensitivity of mouse IgG assay is approximately 1 ng/ml and cross reactivity of IgG's from other species were less than 0.01%. The pre-therapy samples from 30 patients treated with monoclonal antibody CO17-1A as well as serum from 54 individuals had no detectable human anti-mouse antibody indicating specificity. The sensitivity of this assay was approximately 10 mg/ml. The utility of these assays was demonstrated in a group of patients receiving 400 mg of monoclonal antibody CO17-1A. The half-life and the degree of immune response can be measured using these assays.
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    Abstract Monoclonal antibodies directed against sheep erythrocytes of the isotypes IgG 1 ,IgG 2b and IgG 2a were used to analyze the specificity of antibody‐induced suppression of the immune response. It was first shown that all monoclonals reacted against different antigenic determinants and they all suppressed the immune response to sheep erythrocytes when given shortly after the antigen to more than 50% as compared to 90–96% inhibition obtained with a polyclonal antiserum. Increasing the doses of monoclonals did not increase suppression. However, two different monoclonals administered together caused an additive, but not a synergistic inhibitory effect. No enhancement of the immune response was observed with any of the Ig classes tested. These findings show that four different antigenic determinants on sheep erythrocytes induced the synthesis of corresponding antibodies, with little or no signs of a dominant determinant. Passively administered monoclonal antibodies, even at supraoptimal doses, never suppressed the immune response to the same extent as a polyclonal antiserum, suggesting that each monoclonal only suppressed the synthesis of the corresponding antibody and did not affect antibody synthesis to other determinants.
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    SUMMARY. To determine the basis of the tissue cross‐reactions shown by some human monoclonal anti‐Rh D antibodies, we have investigated the tissue reactivities of 48 further human monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against D and other Rh antigens, and compared them with those of normal and anti‐D sera and immunoglobulin preparations, and affinity‐purified polyclonal anti‐D antibodies. Although we were unable to detect any tissue reactivities associated with the D‐binding fraction of polyclonal antisera or prophylactic immunoglobulin, the non‐erythroid cell types identified by the tissue‐reactive human anti‐Rh mAb of both IgM and IgG class were those recognized by antibodies present in both normal and anti‐D sera. These results indicate: (a) that the tissue specificities of human anti‐Rh mAb are similar to those of natural antibodies, and (b) that there are immunochemical differences between polyclonal and monoclonal anti‐D antibodies, at least of IgG class, which may be relevant to the use of the latter in the prevention of haemolytic disease of the new‐born by immune prophylaxis.
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    For research groups needing to isotype a significant number of antibodies on a fairly regular basis, the protocol outlined here provides a cost-effective option. In this simple sandwich ELISA, the monoclonal antibody is first captured with antibodies that discriminate between heavy-chain isotypes and then is detected with antibodies specific for each light chain. This combination ensures that free light chain secreted by hybridomas does not yield a false-positive result, because in a true positive both the capture and detecting antibodies bind the monoclonal antibody.
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    Human anti-murine antibodies (HAMA) can be found in serum of many patients who have received murine monoclonal antibodies for diagnosis or therapy. These antibodies are known to give false positive results in sandwich-type assays (e.g. ELISA or RIA). This interference problem will increase in the future as more patients are treated with murine monoclonal antibodies in vivo. HAMA can also be found in sera from patients that has not been treated with monoclonal antibodies. In this work we have studied the interference of HAMA in sandwich ELISAs containing antibodies from different species. HAMA, present in the sample, may react both with the capture antibody and the detection antibody in these assays to give a false positive reaction. HAMA did not react with chicken IgG, and if one of (or both) the capture and detection antibody was of avian origin, the interference of HAMA in sandwich assays could be avoided.
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    Previously we quantitated plasma Abeta40 and Abeta42 levels using a combination of mouse monoclonal antibody 6E10 as a capture antibody and rabbit polyclonal antibodies specific to Abeta as detection antibodies. Recently, we have produced rabbit monoclonal antibodies (Rabmab) to Abeta40 and Abeta42. Currently there is a great interest in the measurement of plasma Abeta levels at intervals in AD and elderly non-demented controls. Reports showed conflicting data and the reason is not known. We hypothesize that differences in antibody epitopes and affinity may have contributed to the variable findings. We examined 40 AD or control plasma samples using 1) a combination of Rabmab to Abeta as capture antibodies and 4G8 mouse monoclonal antibody as detecting antibody; and 2) mouse monoclonal antibody 6E10 as a capture antibody and Rabmab to Abeta as detecting antibodies in sandwich ELISA. There was a significant relation between Abeta40 levels of Rabmab to Abeta40 and rabbit polyclonal antibody to Abeta40 using 4G8 as detecting antibody (r = .67; p < 0.001), and Rabmab to Abeta42 and rabbit polyclonal antibody to Abeta42 using 4G8 as detecting antibody (r = .97; p < 0.001). Similarly there was a relation between Abeta levels using mouse monoclonal antibody 6E10 as capture antibody and Rabmab or polyclonal antibody as detecting antibodies. When the relationship between the levels using 4G8 and 6E10 were compared, there was a significant relation in Abeta40 levels (r = .63; p < .001) but not in Abeta42 levels (r = .19; p < .24). The data show that differences in capture or detecting antibodies may contribute to different findings among published studies.
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    Objective: To screen monoclonal antibody against protein drugs bound with plasma protein in blood samples.Methods:After coated with rabbit anti-K102 polyclonal antibody purified by affinity chromatography,adding K102 antigen diluted with PBS containing 10% monkey plasma PBS and the supernatant of hybridoma and HRP-goat anti-mouse IgG are added to screen positive hybridoma lines which might produce monoclonal antibodies.Results:In use of the method of double-antibody sandwich ELISA screening,the six hybridoma lines are successfully screened to be capable of screening stably the antibody against K102,named as 1C9,2D7,3E2,5F4,5F6,6B9.The monoclonal antibodies could detect K102 concentration in the blood samples.Conclusion:The improved double-antibody sandwich ELISA can be used to screening hybridoma cell lines of monoclonal antibodies against biodrugs bound with plasma protein.
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