Immunological evidence for co-expression of cluster-5 and cluster-5A small cell lung cancer antigen on a single molecule.

International Journal of Cancer. Supplement = Journal International Du Cancer. Supplement
H P LehmannR A Stahel

Abstract

We have investigated immunologically the molecular association of the cell-surface sialoglycoprotein antigens cluster-5 (CL-5) and cluster-5A (CL-5A), known to be co-expressed in human small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). CL-5 antigen is exclusively defined by IgM antibodies as represented by MAb LAM8, whereas CL-5A antigen is exclusively defined by IgG antibodies as represented by MAbs SWA20 and SEN31. Because of the unavailability of purified antigens, the question of the molecular relationship between these antigens was addressed by immunological studies. We generated an anti-anti-idiotypic MAb of the IgG isotype using a CL-5-antigen-mimicking anti-idiotype defined by rat MAb Ly8-229 as an immunogen to circumvent the avidity problems observed with the IgM MAb LAM8 in binding-competition experiments. In addition, we developed a heterologous double antibody sandwich assay able to identify circulating CL-5/5A antigens in pre-treatment sera of patients with SCLC. The results of both types of immunological studies demonstrated the expression of CL-5 and CL-5A antigens on a single molecule, both in cellular assays and in assays detecting antigens shed into the serum of patients with SCLC.

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