THE PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN-COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8 AND THEIR USE IN PURIFICATION OF C8 AND C8 SUBUNITS
THE PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO HUMAN-COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C8 AND THEIR USE IN PURIFICATION OF C8 AND C8 SUBUNITS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2510285
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发表时间:
1988-04-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
LUZIO, JP
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作者:
ABRAHA, A;MORGAN, BP;LUZIO, JP
1. Ten mouse monoclonal antibodies to human complement component C8 were prepared. It was found that six of these antibodies reacted with the .alpha.-subunit, two with the .beta.-subunit and two with the .gamma.-subunit, when assessed by immunoblotting after separation of C8 subunits by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. 2. Epitope analysis of the ten monoclonal antibodies in a competitive binding asssay showed that the six antibodies to the .alpha.-subunit could be classified in four overlapping epitope groups. The antibodies to the .beta.- and .gamma.-subunits bound to a single antigenic site on each, but also cross-reacted with the antigenic sites on the .alpha.-subunit. 3. Monoclonal anti-C8 immunoaffinity columns were used to purify C8 from fresh human plasma and to prepare C8-depleted serum. Immunoaffiity purified C8 was biologically active when assessed by using haemolysis assays of sheep and rabbit erythrocyes. 4. Salt elution was used to purify either .alpha..gamma.- or .beta.-subunits when C8 was respectively bound to an anti-.beta. or anti-.alpha. immunoaffinity column. The purified subunits reconstituted C8-depleted serum when dded together in a haemolysis assay.