Studies on monoclonal anti-isotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies against leukemia and myeloma: I. study on monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies against λ chain protein of myeloma

Abstract

We used A chain extracted from urine of patient with myeloma (IgD λ) as antigen for immunizing BALB/C mice, and 86 hybridoma cell clones secreting monoclonal antibodies (McAb) were obtained after fusing twice and cloning 3–4 times. 15 of these clones secreted monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies (anti-Id McAb). The results showed that 12 of 15 anti-Id antibodies reacted only with homologous λ chain and IgD, not with A chain, κ chain, IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE, albumin and paraglobulin from normal subjects. Indirect immunofluorescent assay demonstrated that positive reaction rate between anti-Id McAbs and peripheral blood lymphocytes or bone marrow cells of the patient with myeloma was up to 23 %. No reaction was observed between anti-Id McAb and peripheral blood lymphocytes or bone marrow cells from normal subjects. Some of these McAbs presented positive reaction with plasmacytoma cell lines cultured in our laboratory.

Keywords

monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies / indirect immunofluorescent assay / ELISA / myeloma protein

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