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Ten monoclonal antibodies were produced against a k-1-type crystal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki. Eight of the antibodies belong to the immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) subclass, with pI values ranging from 5.5 to 8.6, one could be assigned to the IgG2b subclass, and one could be assigned to the IgM class. Competitive antibody-binding assays and analysis of antibody specificity indicated that the 10 antibodies recognized at least nine distinct antigenic determinants. Eight antibodies bound to both protoxin and toxin, whereas the other two interacted with protoxin only. One antibody completely inhibited the biological activity of the delta-endotoxin, five antibodies reduced it by 15 to 82%, and four antibodies did not affect it at all. Based on cross-reaction studies, homologies and differences in the crystal protein structures of different B. thuringiensis subspecies were revealed. All of the monoclonal antibodies strongly cross-reacted with crystal proteins from strains of B. thuringiensis subsp. tolworthi, B. thuringiensis subsp. galleriae, B. thuringiensis subsp. dendrolimus, B. thuringiensis subsp. sotto, and B. thuringiensis subsp. subtoxicus. Some antibodies interacted only weakly with crystal proteins from strains of B. thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni and B. thuringiensis subsp. entomocidus, and some of these did not interact with B. thuringiensis subsp. kenyae and B. thuringiensis subsp. darmstadiensis. No cross-reaction was found with the parasporal inclusion protein of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis. Studies with the monoclonal antibodies also disclosed that crystal proteins from strains of the same subspecies can exhibit substantial differences in antigenic structure. In particular, striking strain-specific differences in the protoxins of B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and B. thuringiensis subsp. thuringiensis were observed.
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