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Preparation of Rat Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cultures and Quantification of Oligodendrogenesis Using Dual-infrared Fluorescence Scanning
Published on: February 17, 2016
A sulfatide-reactive human monoclonal antibody obtained from a multiple sclerosis patient selectively binds to the
E Kirschning1, G Rutter, H Uhlig
1Heinrich-Pette-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie und Immunologie, Universität Hamburg, Germany.
In a previous paper, we described the production of a sulfatide-reactive IgM antibody-secreting B cell line that was obtained by Epstein-Barr virus transformation of peripheral B cells from a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) (Uhlig and Dernick, 1989). In the present study, we demonstrate that this human monoclonal antibody (humAb) DS1F8 selectively binds to the surface of living oligodendrocytes in mixed brain cell cultures of newborn rats. Since a mouse mAb reactive with sulfatide was shown to inhibit oligodendrocyte progenitor differentiation, autoantibodies with binding specificities similar to DS1F8 could play a role in the demyelinating process in the CNS.
In a previous paper, we described the production of a sulfatide-reactive IgM antibody-secreting B cell line that was obtained by Epstein-Barr virus transformation of peripheral B cells from a patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) (Uhlig and Dernick, 1989). In the present study, we demonstrate that this human monoclonal antibody (humAb) DS1F8 selectively binds to the surface of living oligodendrocytes in mixed brain cell cultures of newborn rats. Since a mouse mAb reactive with sulfatide was shown to inhibit oligodendrocyte progenitor differentiation, autoantibodies with binding specificities similar to DS1F8 could play a role in the demyelinating process in the CNS.
