Development and application of monoclonal antibodies against IgM of black rockfish Sebastes schlegeli

W Zhang1, X Q Tang1, X Z Sheng1

  • 1Laboratory of Pathology and Immunology of Aquatic Animals, KLMME, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, P. R. China.

Journal of Fish Biology
|February 23, 2017
PubMed

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against black rockfish Sebastes schlegeli serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) were developed, which showed a specific reaction with the heavy chain of S. schlegeli IgM in Western blotting and with surface IgM positive (sIgM+ ) lymphocytes in indirect immunofluorescence. mAb 2A6 was employed to investigate the antibody and sIgM+ lymphocyte responses of S. schlegeli injected with inactivated Edwardsiella tarda, by ELISA and flow cytometry. Compared with controls, the level of specific antibodies and the percentage of sIgM+ lymphocytes both increased in the immunized fish and simultaneously reached their peaks at day 35 after immunization.