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Development of a bi-specific monoclonal antibody for simultaneous detection of rabbit IgG and horseradish peroxidase: use as a general reagent in immunocytochemistry and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

RL Kenigsberg, FM Semenenko and AC Cuello

Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

We describe the development of bi-specific monoclonal antibodies (MAb) capable of simultaneous recognition of rabbit immunoglobulin G (IgG) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) for use in a variety of immunobased techniques. This bi-specific antibody, named McC8, was produced by fusion of the aminopterin-sensitive mouse hybridoma MAP.Ag.1, which secretes MAb against HRP, and splenocytes from a mouse previously immunized with whole rabbit IgG. The resultant hybrid-hybridoma co- dominantly expresses and secretes the immunoglobulin chains, i.e., IgG1 and IgG2b, of its respective parents, as determined by radial immunodiffusion. The binding sites on rabbit IgG for McC8 were determined on Western blots and in competition solid-phase enzymatic immunoassays with the use of allotype-specific rabbit sera. Both these techniques demonstrated that McC8 recognizes the light chain of the rabbit IgG molecule with preferential binding to the B4 kappa light- chain allotype. McC8 was successfully used in two-step immunocytochemistry for localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in fibers of the superficial layers of the spinal trigeminal nucleus of the rat, as well as for localization of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunoreactive sites in primary rat septal cell cultures, thus demonstrating its potential as a general developing reagent in conventional immunocytochemistry. McC8 compared favorably with peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemistry with respect to sensitivity. However, the bi-specific developing reagent proved superior to the conventional peroxidase-antiperoxidase procedure when both were employed in a similar fashion in tissues prone to display high background staining. Finally, McC8 was also employed as a developing reagent in a competitive ELISA designed for quantitation of CGRP with the use of a rabbit anti-CGRP primary antibody. The sensitivity of this quantitative ELISA (190 pg or 50 fmol CGRP per well) renders this bi-specific antibody suitable for use in quantitative immunoassays for detection of relevant peptides in biological systems.

Volume 38, Issue 2, pp. 191-198, 02/01/1990
Copyright © 1990 by The Histochemical Society


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