GENERATION OF HUMAN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES AGAINST HIV-1 PROTEINS - ELECTROFUSION AND EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS TRANSFORMATION FOR PERIPHERAL-BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE IMMORTALIZATION
GENERATION OF HUMAN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES AGAINST HIV-1 PROTEINS - ELECTROFUSION AND EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS TRANSFORMATION FOR PERIPHERAL-BLOOD LYMPHOCYTE IMMORTALIZATION
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DOI:
10.1089/aid.1994.10.359
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发表时间:
1994-04-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
KATINGER, H
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作者:
BUCHACHER, A;PREDL, R;KATINGER, H
Electrofusion and EBV transformation were studied by immortalizing human PBLs from blood of HIV-1-positive volunteers. A panel of 33 cell lines producing human monoclonal antibodies (Hu-MAbs) against HIV-1 was established by cell fusion or EBV transformation. For the first fusion experiments the source of B lymphocytes was peripheral blood of HIV-1-infected donors in CDC stages II or III with CD4 cell counts higher than 500/mm(3). Later on, from these patients only, those with high anti-HIV titers were chosen as blood donors. By that means the yield of stable specific hybridomas was increased twofold. In our experiments electrofusion turned out to be a more efficient immortalization method than EBV transformation, due to a high and constant immortalization rate. The hybridomas were stable after intensive subcloning and could be cultivated over a period of 8 months without loss in monoclonal antibody production. Immunoglobulin class, subtype, reactivity against HIV-1 proteins, Western blot patterns, immunofluorescence, and epitopes were characterized. The subtype of all antibodies was IgG(1) or IgG(3). The light chain was predominantly kappa. All antibodies showed reactivity against HIV-1 envelope or core protein. All hybridomas were stable and suited for mass production. Several Hu-MAbs are becoming an important tool in the field of diagnosis, research, and immunotherapy.