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Production of a diagnostic monoclonal antibody in perennial alfalfa plants.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10397849     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The increasing use of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in diagnostic reagents necessitates efficient and cost-effective mAb production methods. In blood banks, one of the most routinely used reagents is the anti-human IgG reagent used for the detection of non-agglutinating antibodies. Here we report the production of a functional, purified anti-human IgG, through the expression of its encoding genes in perennial transgenic alfalfa. Transgenic plants expressing the light- and heavy-chain encoding mRNAs were obtained, and plants from crosses were found to express fully assembled C5-1. The purification procedure yielded mainly the H2L2 form with specificity and affinity identical to those of hybridoma-derived C5-1. The ability to accumulate the antibody was maintained both in parental F1 lines during repeated harvesting and in clonal material; the antibody was stable in the drying hay as in extracts made in pure water. Also, plant and hybridoma-derived C5-1 had similar in vivo half-lives in mice. These results indicate that plant C5-1 could be used in a diagnostic reagent as effectively as hybridoma-derived C5-1, and demonstrates the usefulness of perennial systems for the cost-effective, stable, and reliable production of large amounts of mAbs.
Authors:
H Khoudi; S Laberge; J M Ferullo; R Bazin; A Darveau; Y Castonguay; G Allard; R Lemieux; L P Vézina
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biotechnology and bioengineering     Volume:  64     ISSN:  0006-3592     ISO Abbreviation:  Biotechnol. Bioeng.     Publication Date:  1999 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-09-13     Completed Date:  1999-09-13     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7502021     Medline TA:  Biotechnol Bioeng     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  135-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Affiliation:
Plant Science Department, FSAA, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec G1K 7P4.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal / biosynthesis*
Chromatography, Affinity
Genes, Plant
Humans
Hybridomas
Medicago sativa / genetics*,  immunology
Mice
Plants, Genetically Modified
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antibodies, Monoclonal

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