MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO CHOLERA-TOXIN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CROSS-REACTIONS WITH ESCHERICHIA-COLI HEAT-LABILE ENTERO-TOXIN
MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO CHOLERA-TOXIN WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CROSS-REACTIONS WITH ESCHERICHIA-COLI HEAT-LABILE ENTERO-TOXIN
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.40.2.570-576.1983
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
LYCKE, N
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作者:
LINDHOLM, L;HOLMGREN, J;LYCKE, N
Seventy monoclonal antibodies to cholera toxin were prepared and characterized. All were of IgG isotypes (39 IgG1, 29 IgG2 and 2 IgG3). A total of 61 clones produced antibody directed against the B subunit; 9 clones produced antibodies with specificity for the cholera toxin A subunit. Among the anti-B and anti-A antibodies, there were representatives which showed full cross-reactivity with the heat-labile enterotoxin of E. coli (14 clones), others which gave partial cross-reactions (12) and still others (44) which did not cross-react. Although 24 of 25 tested anti-B monoclonal antibodies neutralized cholera toxin, 0 of 9 anti-A clones had any detectable neutralizing ability. Among the anti-B antibodies, those which cross-reacted completely with E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin all had strong cholera toxin-neutralizing capacity; those with lesser or no degree of cross-reactivity varied more in their neutralizing potency. The isolation of monoclonal antibodies that distinguish between enterotoxins of different bacterial origin suggests the possibility of developing immunodiagnostic methods allowing species-specific enterotoxin detection in stools of patients with diarrheal disease.