PMID: 6159966Oct 1, 1980Paper

Specific immunoreactivity of hybridoma-secreted monoclonal anti-melanoma antibodies to cultured cells and freshly derived human cells

Cancer Research
M HerlynH Koprowski

Abstract

The specificities of monoclonal antibodies against melanoma cells were analyzed using radioimmunoassay, mixed-hemadsorption assay, and quantitative absorption on a variety of malignant and nonmalignant cells. Three of the six hybridoma-secreted antibodies bound to the majority of melanoma cell lines, melanoma tumors, and astrocytoma cell lines as well as to all normal and Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphocytes tested. The binding pattern coincides with the presence or absence of the DR antigen on human cells. Conversely, two other antibodies, 19-19 and Nu4B, detected two different antigens common to melanoma and astrocytoma cells only. Cloning of melanoma cells resulted in establishment of DR-positive and DR-negative clones, with the binding of Nu4B antibody retained in all.

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