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Characterization, Quantification and Compound-specific Isotopic Analysis of Pyrogenic Carbon Using Benzene Polycarboxylic Acids BPCA
Published on: May 16, 2016
Isolation, production, and characterization of a new single chain anti-idiotypic antibody against benzo[a]pyrene
Kristina Arnst1, Artem Studennikov1, Valentin Ustinov1
1a Federal State Scientific Institute, Federal Research Centre Coal and Coal Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences , Institute of Human Ecology , Kemerovo , Russia.
Abstract:
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are chemical carcinogens which could induce the development of human cancers. Anti-idiotypic antibodies against benzo[a]pyrene (BP) are perspective for human cancer immunoprophylaxis and tumor immunodiagnostic techniques. The purpose of this study was to isolate anti-idiotypic antibodies against BP from human lymphocytes naïve phage library. The anti-idiotypic antibody, named B5, was selected. Analysis of the nucleotide and amino acid sequences B5 showed no similarity to known protein databases antibodies. B5 bound idiotypic antibodies against BP in direct and competitive ELISA. It was suggested that the B5 carried an immunological image of BP and bound the idiotypic antibodies against BP.
Abbreviations:
scFv: single-chain variable fragment; Ab1: idiotypic antibodies; Ab2: anti-idiotypic antibodies; CBD: cellulose binding domain; BSA: bovine serum albumin; PBS: phosphate buffer; BP-BSA: benzo[a]pyrene-BSA conjugate; Cr-BSA: chrysene-BSA conjugate; Py-BSA: pyrene-BSA conjugate; Ac-BSA: anthracene-BSA conjugate; Ba-BSA: benz[a]anthracene-BSA conjugate; PAH: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pSh: mouse idiotypic single-chain variable fragment against benzo[a]pyrene; T72: human idiotypic single-chain variable fragment against benzo[a]pyrene.

