Singh V
Institute of Self-Organising Systems and Biophysics, North-Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, India.
Biochem Int. 1992 Aug;27(4):591-9.
Monoclonal and conventional antibodies against the 'self' decapeptide LHRH produced by azo-LHRH-TT and azo-LHRH-BSA conjugates were studied for immunoreactivity with native LHRH, azo-LHRH, LHRH (OH) and its fragments of sequence 1-10, 7-10, 4-10 and 4-6. The CoAb reacted 8-20% to azo-LHRH, 2-6% to LHRH-Lys, 1-3% LHRH-LYS-MDP and 0.5-1.68% to LHRH-Ala-Ala-Tuftsin but failed to react to LHRH free acid and its fragments. On the other hand MoAb reacted 4-6% to azo-LHRH and 10-18% to LHRH-Lys, 3-5% to LHRH-Ala-Ala-Tuftsin. These results indicate that the azotization drastically inhibited immunoreactivity but that the azo-LHRH-carrier conjugate preserved the immunogenic epitope responsible for the induction of an effective anti-LHRH antibody response.
研究了由偶氮-LHRH-TT和偶氮-LHRH-BSA偶联物产生的针对“自身”十肽LHRH的单克隆抗体和常规抗体与天然LHRH、偶氮-LHRH、LHRH(OH)及其1-10、7-10、4-10和4-6序列片段的免疫反应性。CoAb对偶氮-LHRH的反应为8-20%,对LHRH-Lys的反应为2-6%,对LHRH-LYS-MDP的反应为1-3%,对LHRH-Ala-Ala-Tuftsin的反应为0.5-1.68%,但对游离LHRH酸及其片段无反应。另一方面,MoAb对偶氮-LHRH的反应为4-6%,对LHRH-Lys的反应为10-18%,对LHRH-Ala-Ala-Tuftsin的反应为3-5%。这些结果表明,偶氮化极大地抑制了免疫反应性,但偶氮-LHRH-载体偶联物保留了负责诱导有效抗LHRH抗体反应的免疫原性表位。