Anti-metatype antibodies in immunoassays |
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Authors: | Edward W Voss Jr Mark E Mummert |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, B103 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab., 601 So. Goodwin, 61801-3704 Urbana, IL, USA |
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Abstract: | In this review anti-metatype antibodies are described invoking new principles in immunoassay development. Anti-metatype antibodies are immunological reagents specific for the conformation of the liganded antibody active site which do not interact with bound ligand or unliganded antibody. Relationships between anti-metatype antibody reactivity and the ligand-induced conformational state of monoclonal antibodies are reviewed with emphasis on the fluorescein hapten as a small molecule model system. One characteristic result of the interaction of anti-metatype antibodies with liganded antibodies is a significant delay in the dissociation rate (k2) of the ligand bound within the primary immune complex. The latter is an important consideration for assay development. Polyclonal and monoclonal anti-metatype antibody reagents are characterized in terms of their differential effects on the ligand dissociation rate. Anti-metatype antibody reactivity is further discussed in terms of protein-protein specificity patterns and relative interactions with idiotype-family members, structural derivatives, and site-specific mutants. Incorporation of principles inherent in the anti-metatype concept and their application to assay development are summarized.Abbreviations D2O
deuterium oxide
- Fab
50 kd antibody fragment containing VHCH1 + VLCL domains
- FITC(I)
fluorescein isothiocyanate (isomer I)
- Fv
26 kd fragment of the antibody molecule containing the variable domains of the H and L chains
- Ig
immunoglobulin
- IgG
immunoglobulin G with a mol. wt. of 150 kd.
- IgM
immunoglobulin M with a mol. wt. of 106d
- Id
idiotype
- Ka
antibody affinity (k1/k2) in M–1
- k1
second order rate of ligand association in M–1s–1
- k2
first order rate of ligand dissociation in s–1
- KD
dissociation constant or the reciprocal of the affinity constant (1/Ka)
- Mab
monoclonal antibody
- Met
metatype
- NMR
nuclear magnetic resonance
- SCA
single chain Fv derivative containing a synthetic linker between the two variable domains
- VH
variable domain of the antibody H chain
- VL
variable domain of the antibody L chain |
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Keywords: | anti-metatype immunoassays immune complexes conformational states |
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