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A Human Monoclonal Antibody That Detects HLA-A1, A23 and A24 Antigens

K Kubo, J Tachino, H Yamaguchi, T Kurachi, T Naoe, R Ohno, K Ueda

Tissue Antigens. 1993 Apr;41(4):186-9.

PMID: 8362410

Abstract:

We report the production and characterization of a human monoclonal IgM (mu, kappa) antibody recognizing the HLA A1, A23 and A24 antigens. B lymphocytes obtained from a multiparous Japanese woman were transformed in vitro by Epstein-Barr virus, screened with an immune adherence assay, and fused with a murine myeloma cell line, P3-X63-Ag8.653. After subcloning by limiting dilution three times, a stable antibody-secreting hybridoma cell line, 4-35-7, was identified. The culture supernant had a titer of 1:32-64 against each of A1-, A23- and A24-positive lymphocyte panels, and showed complete correlation (r = 1.00) with the A1, A23 and A24 antigens on a lymphocyte panel of 287 unrelated, class I HLA-typed donors by the NIH cytotoxicity assay. Monoclonality of the antibody was ensured by Southern blot analysis of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain gene of 4-35-7. In view of the published data on HLA class I nucleotide sequences, the antibody may recognize an antigeneic determinant including two amino acid residues, Asp-166 and Gly-167, in the alpha 2 helix of the class I molecule that are specific for A1, A23 and A24 so far analyzed.

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