Monoclonal antibodies against the M-protein and carbohydrate antigens of histoplasmin characterized by the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot method

Infect Immun. 1986 Sep;53(3):540-6. doi: 10.1128/iai.53.3.540-546.1986.

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) of two different specificities were produced by immunizing mice with the semipurified M antigen of histoplasmin. One type, from clone CB4, was an immunoglobulin M that precipitated a polysaccharide present in histoplasmin and also formed immunoprecipitates with a cross-reactive polysaccharide present in extracts of Blastomyces dermatitidis and Coccidioides immitis. The second type of MAb, from clone EC2, was an immunoglobulin G that reacted in the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay with a doublet of proteins with an apparent molecular size of 70 to 75 kilodaltons. This molecule is proposed as the authentic M protein antigen that is recognized by M antibodies in sera from mice and rabbits immunized with Histoplasma capsulatum and from persons with histoplasmosis. The M factor also occurs in an abundant disulfide-bridged dimer which has a molecular size of 150 kilodaltons and is nonimmunoreactive under the conditions of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antigens, Fungal / analysis*
  • Carbohydrates / analysis*
  • Carbohydrates / immunology
  • Dithiothreitol / pharmacology
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Female
  • Fungal Proteins / analysis*
  • Fungal Proteins / immunology
  • Histoplasmin / analysis*
  • Histoplasmin / immunology
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Isoelectric Focusing
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Periodic Acid / pharmacology
  • Precipitin Tests

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Fungal
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fungal Proteins
  • Periodic Acid
  • Histoplasmin
  • Dithiothreitol