Data di Pubblicazione:
2002
Citazione:
Generation of a mouse monoclonal TSH receptor antibody with stimulating activity / S. Costagliola, J. Franssen, M. Bonomi, E. Urizar, M. Willnich, A. Bergmann, G. Vassart. - In: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 0006-291X. - 299:5(2002 Dec 20), pp. 891-896.
Abstract:
A Balb/c mouse was subjected to genetic immunization with a cDNA construct encoding the human thyrotropin receptor (TSHr). The immune response of the mouse resulted in the production of immunoglobulins recognizing the TSHr in three different assays: (1) flow immunocytometry (FACS) with CHO cells expressing the receptor; (2) receptor-dependent stimulation of cAMP production in the same cell line; and (3) competition with labeled TSH for binding to the receptor. One thousand hybridomas were generated from the spleen of the mouse and their supernatants were screened. A single monoclonal, IRI-SAb1, scored positive in all three assays and was studied further. It stimulated 13-fold cAMP production in TSHr-expressing CHO cells, with an EC50 in the low nanomolar range. When compared with bovine TSH, IRI-SAb1 behaved as a partial agonist. Contrary to the expectation from the characteristic of autoantibodies of Graves' patients, IRI-SAb1 recognized a linear epitope, which was localized in a segment encompassing the first 281 residues of the receptor.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
monoclonal; TSAb; TSH receptor; Graves' autoantibodies
Elenco autori:
S. Costagliola, J. Franssen, M. Bonomi, E. Urizar, M. Willnich, A. Bergmann, G. Vassart
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