Monoclonal antibody against a naturally occurring rat mammary carcinoma. 1980

B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin

Inbred rats were hyper-immunised against a syngeneic transplanted mammary carcinoma, Sp4, which originally arose spontaneously in a breeding female. Spleen cells from Sp4-immune rats were fused with P3-NSI-Ag4 mouse myeloma cells, and supernatants from the hybrid progeny were screened for antibody reacting with Sp4 cells using an isotopic antiglobulin assay. One hybrid culture was reactive with Sp4 cells but not against other target cells, and this hybrid was cloned in soft agar. Many Sp4-positive clones were isolated and one (Sp4/A4) was chosen for detailed study. Clone Sp4/A4 was positive only with Sp4 cells and failed to react with cells of other tumours or normal tissues. It contained much higher titres of antibody than detected in immune sera, and it is suggested that this approach offers a practical method for producing highly active tumour-specific antibodies.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008325 Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental Experimentally induced mammary neoplasms in animals to provide a model for studying human BREAST NEOPLASMS. Experimental Mammary Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Experimental Mammary,Experimental Mammary Neoplasm,Mammary Neoplasm, Experimental,Neoplasm, Experimental Mammary
D009368 Neoplasm Transplantation Experimental transplantation of neoplasms in laboratory animals for research purposes. Transplantation, Neoplasm,Neoplasm Transplantations,Transplantations, Neoplasm
D005260 Female Females
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000917 Antibody Formation The production of ANTIBODIES by proliferating and differentiated B-LYMPHOCYTES under stimulation by ANTIGENS. Antibody Production,Antibody Response,Antibody Responses,Formation, Antibody,Production, Antibody,Response, Antibody,Responses, Antibody
D000918 Antibody Specificity The property of antibodies which enables them to react with some ANTIGENIC DETERMINANTS and not with others. Specificity is dependent on chemical composition, physical forces, and molecular structure at the binding site. Antibody Specificities,Specificities, Antibody,Specificity, Antibody
D014184 Transplantation, Homologous Transplantation between individuals of the same species. Usually refers to genetically disparate individuals in contradistinction to isogeneic transplantation for genetically identical individuals. Transplantation, Allogeneic,Allogeneic Grafting,Allogeneic Transplantation,Allografting,Homografting,Homologous Transplantation,Grafting, Allogeneic
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

Related Publications

B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
September 1999, Cytotechnology,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
February 2004, Carcinogenesis,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
July 1972, Archives of pathology,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
February 1976, Nature,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
March 1994, The Journal of general virology,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
January 1984, Transfusion,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
July 1958, The New England journal of medicine,
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
July 1990, Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology],
B Gunn, and M J Embleton, and J G Middle, and R W Baldwin
January 1968, Transfusion,
Copied contents to your clipboard!