Perturbation of antibody bound bifluorescent-ligand probe by polyclonal anti-metatype antibodies interacting with epitopes proximal to the liganded antibody active site

Molecular Immunology
E W Voss

Abstract

General localization of metatypic determinants recognized by polyclonal anti-metatype antibodies relative to the antibody active site of the high-affinity anti-fluorescein monoclonal antibody 4-4-20 was achieved through use of a unique bifluorescent-ligand probe. The fluorescent probe possessed intrinsic energy-transfer properties with the fluorescein hapten serving as the energy acceptor. The donor group 5-(2-iodoacetyl) aminoethylaminonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid (IAEDANS) proved environmentally sensitive both to binding of the FITC-cys-AEDANS ligand and to subsequent anti-metatype antibody interactions involving the antibody variable domains of 4-4-20. Spectral changes in ligand-conjugated AEDANS upon specific reactivity of the antibody with FITC suggested secondary interactions between AEDANS and the topological protein surface adjacent to the 4-4-20 active site. Results indicated that some anti-metatype antibodies (Fab fragments) within the polyclonal population bound to sites immediately surrounding the liganded active site and perturbed the interactions of AEDANS with topological sites. The results are discussed in terms of the types of interactions that may occur between the AEDANS moiety and the 4-4-20 antibody protein ...Continue Reading

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