Development of the ELISAs for detection of hormone-disrupting chemicals

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Goda ◽  
A. Kobayashi ◽  
K. Fukuda ◽  
S. Fujimoto ◽  
M. Ike ◽  
...  

Six kinds of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) systems were developed for the quantitative analysis of hormone-disrupting chemicals (HDCs), such as estrogen (ES: the total amount of estrone (E1), 17 β-estra (E2) and estriol (E3)), E2, bisphenol A (BPA), alkylphenol (AP), phthalate esters (PE) and chlorophenols (CP). To generate specific monoclonal antibodies against BPA, AP, PE, CP, hybridoma cells were produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and spleen cells from mice immunized with carboxylated derivatives, while anti E2 monoclonal antibody was selected from those available on the market, and anti ES monoclonal antibody was purchased from Teikoku Hormone Mfg Co. Ltd. The detection limits of ES, E2, BPA, AP, PE and CP ELISAs were 0.1, 0.1, 5, 10, 200, 10 μg/L, when E2, E2, BPA, Nonylphenol (NP), Dibutylphthalate (DBP), 2,4-CP were used as standard, respectively, and the specificity of each ELISA was confirmed with the cross-reaction test using several compounds which have structural resemblance to the compounds of interest.

Blood ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1000-1006
Author(s):  
HP Muller ◽  
NH van Tilburg ◽  
J Derks ◽  
E Klein-Breteler ◽  
RM Bertina

Spleen cells of a BALB/c mouse immunized with factor VIII procoagulant activity (VIII:C) (isolated by affinity chromatography) were fused with mouse myeloma cells (P3 x 63 Ag8). After the fusion 12/32 wells produced an inhibitor to VIII:C. Cells from one well (1B3) were subcloned four times in order to isolate the hybridoma that produces the anti-VIII:C antibody. Injection of hybridoma cells in pristane pretreated BALB/c mice results in anti-VIII:C titers of 5000–10,000 Bethesda U/ml. Analysis of the produced immunoglobulin demonstrated heavy chains of IgG1 (produced by the myeloma cell line) and IgG2b subclass. The 1B3 antibody neutralizes VIII:C in LMW FVIII, crysosupernatant, cryoprecipitate, and normal plasma. It was found that binding of the IgG to FVIII results in a delay in its activation and not in an inhibition of its cofactor activity. The antibody removes VIII:C from pooled normal plasma when coupled to Sepharose; when coupled to plastic tubes, it binds VIIICAG from isolated VIII:C, purified FVIII, and pooled normal plasma; it does not bind VIIIR:AG, fibrogen, or serum VIIICAG. The 1B3 antibody can be used successfully in an IRMA for VIIICAG.


Blood ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 1000-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
HP Muller ◽  
NH van Tilburg ◽  
J Derks ◽  
E Klein-Breteler ◽  
RM Bertina

Abstract Spleen cells of a BALB/c mouse immunized with factor VIII procoagulant activity (VIII:C) (isolated by affinity chromatography) were fused with mouse myeloma cells (P3 x 63 Ag8). After the fusion 12/32 wells produced an inhibitor to VIII:C. Cells from one well (1B3) were subcloned four times in order to isolate the hybridoma that produces the anti-VIII:C antibody. Injection of hybridoma cells in pristane pretreated BALB/c mice results in anti-VIII:C titers of 5000–10,000 Bethesda U/ml. Analysis of the produced immunoglobulin demonstrated heavy chains of IgG1 (produced by the myeloma cell line) and IgG2b subclass. The 1B3 antibody neutralizes VIII:C in LMW FVIII, crysosupernatant, cryoprecipitate, and normal plasma. It was found that binding of the IgG to FVIII results in a delay in its activation and not in an inhibition of its cofactor activity. The antibody removes VIII:C from pooled normal plasma when coupled to Sepharose; when coupled to plastic tubes, it binds VIIICAG from isolated VIII:C, purified FVIII, and pooled normal plasma; it does not bind VIIIR:AG, fibrogen, or serum VIIICAG. The 1B3 antibody can be used successfully in an IRMA for VIIICAG.


1992 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Branson W. Ritchie ◽  
Frank D. Niagro ◽  
Kenneth S. Latimer ◽  
W. L. Steffens ◽  
Denise Pesti ◽  
...  

Monoclonal antibodies specific for the virus that causes psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD) were produced by fusing spleen cells from mice immunized with purified concentrated PBFD virus with mouse myeloma cell line Sp2/0. The resulting hybridomas were tested for reactivity against whole purified virus by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system. Four clones, designated 15H8, 8E3, 11G12, and 2C3, were subcloned by limiting dilution. Isotyping indicated that clone 15H8 was secreting IgG, whereas the remaining clones secreted IgM. The secreted immunoglobulins were characterized by reactivity against purified PBFD virus using immunoblotting procedures, by immunohistochemical staining of virus-induced lesions in infected tissues, and by inhibition of PBFD virus agglutination of cockatoo erythrocytes. Antibodies secreted by clones 15H8 and 8E3 had the strongest activity against purified whole virus. Only immunoglobulin secreted by the clone 15H8 could be used to detect viral antigen in infected tissues. None of the monoclonal antibodies had hemagglutination-inhibition activity.


1986 ◽  
Vol 55 (03) ◽  
pp. 383-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Urdén ◽  
Ulla Johansson ◽  
Joanna Chmielewska ◽  
J Brandt ◽  
B Wiman

SummaryHybridoma cells were produced by fusing mouse myeloma cells (SP 2/0 - Ag 14) with spleen cells from a Balb/c mouse, previously immunized with the partially purified complex between tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and its fast inhibitor from human plasma (serum). Screening with a radioimmunoassay revealed a number of hybridomas secreting antibodies directed towards the complex. Of these, about 1/3 reacted both with the complex and t-PA, whereas about 2/3 reacted only with the complex. Three of the latter hybridomas, producing antibodies directed towards the inhibitor-moiety in the complex have been cloned and the antibodies were studied in detail. PA-inhibitor activity in plasma or serum and t-PA/PA-inhibitor complex could be specifically adsorbed on all three insolubilized monoclonal antibodies (MCI, MC2 and MC3). None of the antibodies seems to be directed against structures of vital importance for the functional activity of the PA-inhibitor. In accordance with this finding the antibody with the highest avidity (MCI) reacts equally well with the PA-inhibitor alone or in complex with t-PA. A radioimmunoassay was devloped with this antibody and significant displacement was obtained with samples with PA-inhibitor concentrations above 2 AU/mL. In 13 plasma samples with different levels of PA-inhibitory activity a significant correlation was obtained when comparing this activity with the PA-inhibitor antigen as measured with the radioimmunoassay (r = 0.88).


1988 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-445
Author(s):  
N. Boye ◽  
H. Frøkiaer ◽  
K. Kaltoftt ◽  
P. Laurberg

ABSTRACT Characterization of iodothyronine-deiodinating enzymes has been difficult due to loss of enzyme activity during purification. To obtain a new tool for studying these enzymes we investigated the possibility of developing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against iodothyronine-5′-deiodinase (5′-D). Two specific and sensitive solid-phase microassays were developed for screening hybridoma supernatants for the presence of antibodies inhibiting rat kidney 5′-D. and antibodies binding to but not inhibiting the enzyme. BALB/c mice were immunized with a 3-((3-cholamidopropyl) -dimethylammonio) -1- propanesulphonate (CHAPS)-solubilized 5′-D-rich membrane preparation from rat kidney cortical tissue. Spleen cells were fused with NSI-Ag 4/1 mouse myeloma cells by means of polyethylene glycol. Two hybridoma cell lines (AF5 and BE8) secreting MAbs specifically binding to without inhibiting 5′-D were produced. The AF5 antibody was of the IgG2a subclass and the BE8 antibody of the IgG2b subclass. Binding of one of the antibodies to the enzyme inhibited binding of the other in both an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and a specific enzymebinding assay. CHAPS-solubilized kidney microsomal fraction was chromatographed on a Sepharose 6B column. Elution profiles of 5′-D activity and MAb-binding antigens, as measured by ELISA with both AF5 and BE8, were identical. Monoclonal antibodies should be valuable probes in the further elucidation of the nature of the iodothyronine-deiodinating activity in various tissues. J. Endocr. (1988) 118, 439–445


Blood ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
PW Koppert ◽  
CM Huijsmans ◽  
W Nieuwenhuizen

Abstract Spleen cells of BALB/c mice, immunized with fragments Y of normal human fibrinogen, were fused with P3 X 63 Ag 8653 myeloma cells. A clone was found which produces monoclonal antibodies (Mab-Y18) of the IgM kappa type. Mab-Y18 is immunoreactive with normal human fibrinogen, and its fragments X, Y, N-terminal disulphide knot, A alpha-chain, and A alpha stretch 1–51. The immunoreactivity with these same fragments disappears upon treatment with thrombin or arvin. This strongly suggests that fibrinopeptide A is an essential component of the Mab-Y18 epitope. This is supported by the finding that Mab-Y18 prolongs the thrombin and arvin clotting times of human fibrinogen by inhibition of the fibrinopeptide A release. More detailed information about the nature of the Mab-Y18 epitope was obtained from studies with genetic variants of human fibrinogen (especially fibrinogen Metz) and with fibrinogens from other mammalian species. These studies show that amino acid residue A alpha 16 (arginine) of fibrinopeptide A is essential for the Mab-Y18 epitope. Mab-Y18 does not react with free fibrinopeptide A.


Blood ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 708-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Wasser ◽  
PW Koppert ◽  
JW Arndt ◽  
JJ Emeis ◽  
RI Feitsma ◽  
...  

Abstract Balb/c mice were immunized with human plasmin-generated fibrinogen degradation product Y. Spleen cells were fused with P3X63-Ag8.653 myeloma cells. A clone (Y22) was found that produces monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) with a strong reactivity with human fibrin and only a weak reactivity with fibrinogen in an enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Y22 also reacts with fibrin of rabbits, rats, sheep, and dogs. The antibodies are of the IgG1 kappa-type and appear to be directed against a conformation-dependent epitope in the D-domain of fibrin. Experiments with 99mTc-labeled Y22 in vitro show that Y22 binds rapidly to forming clots. 99mTc-Y22 also binds to preformed plasma clots in a plasma milieu, even in the presence of high concentrations of heparin. Clot localization experiments in rabbits and rats confirm the high fibrin specificity and the potential of 99mTc-Y22 for thrombus imaging in vivo.


1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Wu ◽  
M Nagao ◽  
K Terazawa ◽  
T Takatori ◽  
H Akabane

Monoclonal antibodies(MoAbs) very specific to diquat (DQ) were produced. An immunogen was synthesized by binding DQ to bovine serum albumin via a diazo-coupled derivative. BALB/c mice were immunized i.p. monthly with 0.25mg of the immunogen for five months. Their spleen cells were fused with P3U1 myeloma cells and hybridoma clones secreting MoAbs were obtained. Two MoAbs were selected and subtyped to be IgM and IgG3. The MoAbs recognized DQ but did not bind to paraquat and other analogues at all. A datum obtained from a clinical sample demonstrates that an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay system using one of the MoAbs is useful in the practice of toxicological analysis.


1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 587-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Wang ◽  
J G Krueger

A monoclonal antibody (clone S-30), directed to a protein of 57,000 daltons, was developed from the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and the spleen cells of mice injected with cytoskeletal extracts of fibroblasts that have been aged in in vitro culturing conditions according to a schedule of serial passaging (Cristofalo VJ, Charpentier R: J Tissue Culture Meth 6:117, 1981; Wang E: J Cell Biol, submitted). The staining activity of S-30 antibody was observed exclusively in the nuclei of nonproliferating senescent fibroblasts, but not in their young counterparts. Immunolocalization of S-30 antibody in frozen tissues from various sites reveals the positive staining reaction in the nuclear envelope region in those cells that are at the final stage of differentiation and are no longer replicating. These tissue sites include epithelial cells of the suprabasal layer of epidermis, hair sheath, and tongue, a subpopulation of fibroblasts in the dermis, chondrocytes, hepatocytes, and cells of cardiac muscle. The absence of S-30 staining activity was noted in tissues such as simple epithelium located in the gastrointestinal tract and kidney, and keratinocytes in the basal layer. These results suggest that the S-30 antibody can be used as a marker for nonproliferating cells both in cultured fibroblasts and in some tissues. It seems that the mechanism that controls the cessation of cell proliferation is related, in part, to the postmitotic expression of the 57,000 dalton protein.


1988 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 201-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. DIXON-HOLLAND ◽  
J. J. PESTKA ◽  
B. A. BIDIGARE ◽  
W. L. CASALE ◽  
R. L. WARNER ◽  
...  

Two new hybridoma Cell lines capable of secreting sensitive monoclonal antibodies for aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and aflatoxin M1 (AFM1), were produced by fusing NS-1 myeloma cells with spleen cells of BALB/c female mice immunized with AFB1- and AFM1-carboxymethyloxime bovine serum albumin conjugates, respectively. Detection limits for these antibodies in the direct enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) were 0.5 ng/ml for AFB1 and 0.25 ng/ml for AFM1 Concentrations of AFB1 analogs (ng/ml) required to inhibit 50% binding of AFB1,-perioxidase conjugate to AFB1 monoclonal antibody solid phase in direct ELISA were: AFB1, 2.6; AFB2, 13; AFG1, 8; AFB2, 15; AFM1, 23. Analog concentrations (ng/ml) required to inhibit 50% binding of AFB1,-perioxidase conjugate to AFM1 monoclonal antibody solid phase were: AFM1,0.8; AFM2, 700; AFB1, 0.5; AFB2, 35; AFB2a, >10,000; AFG1, 12; AFG2a, 12; AFP1, 16; and AFQ1, 9.2. These new monoclonal antibodies were applicable to both the ELISA detection AFB1 in corn, cottonseed, cottonseed meal, and mixed feed following a simple extraction in 55% methanol as well as the direct detection of AFM1 in milk.


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