Monoclonal Antibody Protocols

ISBN-13: 9780896033085 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 264 str.

William C. Davis

Opis

Since the initial description of techniques to immortalize anti body-producing B-lymphocytes by fusion with tissue culture-adapted myeloma cells, methods have been developed to produce monoclonal antibodies of defined specificity in multiple animal species. Stable hybrids can be readily produced in mice using a number of myeloma and hybridoma cell lines. To obviate the problem of identifying fusion partners in other animal species, xenohybrids have been produced using B-lymphocytes from the relevant species and mouse myeloma cells. The use of xenohybrids has minimized the problem of obtain ing stable antibody-producing hybrids in all species examined thus far. Although alternative techniques are being developed to produce monoclonal antibodies by molecular methods, hybridoma technol ogy will remain the technology of choice for producing monoclonal antibodies for a variety of applications in research and industry. The objective of Monoclonal Antibody Protocols is to provide investigators with a set of methods for producing and using mono clonal antibodies in biomedical, agricultural, and biological sciences. The book is not intended to provide methodology for all possible applications, but rather a series of methods presented in an easy-- follow format that can be used by new and established investiga tors, graduate and postgraduate fellows, and technical staff."

Recenzje

...written in sufficient detail that the first-time user could successfully use the protocols...a useful purchase... -Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Spis treści

Methods of Immunization to Enhance the Immune Response to Specific Antigens In Vivo in Preparation for Fusions Yielding Monoclonal Antibodies. Methods of Immunization to Enhance the Immune Response to Specific Antigens In Vitro. Culture Conditions that Optimize Outgrowth of Hybridomas. Production of Stable Heterohybridomas Producing Human Monoclonal Antibodies. Production of Stable Bovine-Murine Interspecies Hybrids. Production of Monoclonal Antibodies in Swine. Production of Monoclonal Antibodies in Horses. Use of Electric-Field-Mediated Cell Fusion to Produce Hybridomas Secreting Monoclonal Antibodies. Rapid Isotyping of Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies. Methods of Measuring Antibodies in Sera/Plasma, Ascites, and Tissue-Culture Media. Measurement of Immunoglobulin Synthesis Using the ELISPOT Assay. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunohistochemistry. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunoelectron Microscopy. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies for Western Blotting with Enhanced Chemiluminescent Detection. The Use of Directly and Indirectly Labeled Monoclonal Antibodies in Flow Cytometry. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies and Flow Cytometry to Cluster and Analyze Leukocyte Differentiation Molecules. In Vivo and In Vitro Production of Monoclonal Antibodies: Bioreactors vs Immune Ascites. Separation of Monoclonal Antibodies from Cell-Culture Supernatants and Ascites Fluid Using Thiophilic Agarose. Detection, Purification, and Utilization of Murine Monoclonal IgM Antibodies. Preparation and Use of Immunoaffinity Columns with Monoclonal Antibodies Without Purification from Ascites and Tissue-Culture Medium. Antigen Purification by Monoclonal Antibody Immunoaffinity Chromatography. Coupling of Monoclonal Antibodies with Fluorophores. Coupling of Monoclonal Antibodies with Biotin. Coupling of Monoclonal Antibodies with Enzymes. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies with Magnetic Particles to Separate Cell Subpopulations by Negative Selection. Use of Monoclonal Antibodies with Magnetic Particlesto Separate Cell Subpopulations by Positive Selection. Index.