Production of antibody to human osteosarcoma associated antigens by continuous human lymphoblastoid cell lines.

Human lymphoblastoid cell lines that produce specific antibody against human osteosarcoma associated plasma membrane antigens have been established by preselecting OSAA binding human B lymphocytes from an osteosarcoma patient followed by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transformation. Four cell lines ( Kla -1, Kla -2, Kla -3, Kla -4) were obtained and cloned. The antibodies were lambda light containing IgM. The specificities of the antibodies were confirmed by immunofluorescence assays using tumor cell lines of various histologic types. Positive immunofluorescence was observed with all human osteosarcoma cell lines tested except one but not with tumor cell lines of other histologic types.