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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-19
pubmed:abstractText
A human-mouse chimeric antibody constructed in the present study was specific for a human tumor-associated antigen, common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen. The antibody consisted of human heavy and light chain constant domains (gamma 1 and kappa type) and mouse heavy and light chain variable domains, which were derived from human plasma cell leukemia line (ARH77) and mouse hybridoma cells (NL-1) specific for common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen, respectively. The artificially fused immunoglobulin molecules were produced in mouse myeloma cells, X63Ag8.653 which were transformed with the chimeric heavy and light chain genes formed by joining the corresponding gene segments in vitro at the J-C introns. The human heavy chain enhancer element was ligated tot he chimeric heavy and light chain genes, and this enhancer appeared to be obligatory for the efficient production of the chimeric antibody molecules. The stably transformed cells secreted the chimeric antibody, which specifically bound a common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen expressing cell line. The amount of the chimeric antibody produced (10-30 micrograms/ml in the serum-free medium) was comparable to that made by murine hybridoma line, NL-1. The molecular weight of the chimeric heavy chain molecules was reduced from 54,000 to 50,000 upon treatment with tunicamycin, suggesting that the peptide was normally glycosylated in the transformants. The chimeric antibody exhibited complement-dependent cytotoxicity, in which glycosylation is thought to be indispensable. The antibody also mediated antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity to the human target cells. The antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity activity of the chimeric antibody was twice that of the murine NL-1 monoclonal antibody when human peripheral blood mononuclear cells were used as effectors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
999-1005
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Recombinant human-mouse chimeric monoclonal antibody specific for common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't