HIGH-AFFINITY ANTIBODY FROM HENS EGGS DIRECTED AGAINST THE HUMAN INSULIN-RECEPTOR AND THE HUMAN IGF-I RECEPTOR
HIGH-AFFINITY ANTIBODY FROM HENS EGGS DIRECTED AGAINST THE HUMAN INSULIN-RECEPTOR AND THE HUMAN IGF-I RECEPTOR
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-2697(88)90171-6
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发表时间:
1988-08-15
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
GREEN, A
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作者:
STUART, CA;PIETRZYK, RA;GREEN, A
Large quantities of high affinity antibodies directed against the human insulin receptor and the human insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) receptor were obtained from hen''s eggs. Hens were immunized with human placental membranes and human liver membranes by intramuscular injections. Specific antibodies to the receptors were demonstrated in serum and egg yolks at 5 weeks and these antibodies presisted for at least 6 months. Antibodies from egg yolks were purified by the polyethylene glycol precipitation technique of Polson et al. The eggs provided the equivalent of about 450 ml of immunized serum per month per bird. The purified antibodies were approximately equally reactive with receptors for insulin or IGF-I. Antibodies immunoprecipitated affinity-labeled receptors, inhibited binding of each ligand, and were capable of stimulating 2-deoxyglucose uptake in rat adipocytes and thymidine incorporation in cultured fibroblasts. The presence of antibodies directed against the IGF-I receptor in those hens immunized with human liver membranes was unexpected, since liver membranes possess little or no IGF-I binding activity. We concluded that antibodies against human antigens may be relatively easily obtainedc by immunization of hens and purfication of those antibodies from eggs.