Cross‐Reactivity and Neutralizing Ability of Monoclonal Antibodies against Microcystins
- 1 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Microbiology and Immunology
- Vol. 38 (5) , 389-392
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01796.x
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against the microcystin-leucine-arginine variant (MCYST-LR), a cyclic peptide toxin of the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa, were prepared from cloned hybridoma cell lines. The specificity of the MAbs and their ability to neutralize the toxin were investigated by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and by a neutralizing test in mice, respectively. All MAbs reacted with MCYST-LR and also with the microcystin-arginine-arginine variant (MCYST-RR), 3,7-didesmethylmicrocystin (MCYST-3, 7-dDMLR) and 7-desmethylmicrocystin (MCYST-7-DMLR). Furthermore, the antibodies reacted with cell-extracts of toxic and non-toxic M. aeruginosa strains. The MAbs can apparently recognize the common configuration, but not the variant-specific structure, in the microcystin molecules. The non-toxic strains apparently contain some substance(s) related antigenically to microcystin. The in vivo toxin-neutralizing ability of MAbs was minimal.Keywords
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