COMPARISON OF POLYCLONAL ANTISERA AND ANTI-43KDA ANTIGEN MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES FOR THE CULTURE-AMPLIFIED ANTIGENIC DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE BY IMMUNOBLOTTING

被引:3
作者
CIMOLAI, N [1 ]
MAH, D [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT PATHOL,DIV MED MICROBIOL,VANCOUVER V6T 1W5,BC,CANADA
关键词
CULTURE AMPLIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA-PNEUMONIAE;
D O I
10.1016/0167-7012(91)90012-F
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common etiologic agent of community-acquired respiratory disease whose rapid laboratory diagnosis is complicated. We developed a culture-amplified immunological antigen detection assay which employs a monoclonal antibody for the recognition of a polypeptide antigen of 43kDa in an immunoblotting technique. Polyclonal antisera to the same antigen were obtained from rabbit and hamster immunization with affinity chromatography-purified antigen. The latter sera, sera from natural human infection and experimental hamster infection, and a pool of anti-43kDa monoclonal antibodies were compared to the single anti-43kDa monoclonal antibody, OC2F5. Among these, only polyclonal hamster anti-43kDa sera were able to enhance antigen detection quantitatively. This enhancement however did not result in a significant benefit to the culture-amplified system.
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页数:11
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