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8167944

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
With the aim of developing active protection against the noxious effects provoked in humans by scorpion stings, the possibility of eliciting toxin reactive antibodies by immunization with a short peptide was assessed in mice. The amino acid sequence of residues 50 to 59 of Androctonus australis Hector toxin II was chosen, on the basis of previous results indicating that rabbit anti-(50-59) antibodies neutralize the biological effects of the parent toxin. The peptide was prepared by solid-phase synthesis procedures and used in different forms (free, linearly polymerized, coupled to KLH, coupled to a low-molecular weight B-lymphocyte activator) in order to immunize groups of non-congenic NMRI or congenic C57BL/6 mice. The reactivities of each serum with the peptide and with the toxin were assessed in ELISA. Strong reactivities with both the peptide (mean titer over 1:52,600) and the toxin (mean titer 1:800) were observed in all mice from the group that received the KLH-coupled peptide. However, mouse immune sera failed either to recognize the toxin in a liquid-phase radioimmunoassay or to neutralize the lethal effects of the toxin. The requirements, in terms of affinity and recognition of native conformation, for anti-peptide antibodies to display neutralizing properties are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1056-9014
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
255-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Antibodies cross-reactive with the scorpion-toxin II from Androctonus australis Hector elicited in mice by a synthetic peptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Biochimie, CNRS 1455 Faculté de Médecine Secteur Nord, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article