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  • Title: Novel super-high affinity sheep monoclonal antibodies against CEA bind colon and lung adenocarcinoma.
    Author: Osborne J, Harrison P, Butcher R, Ebsworth N, Tan K.
    Journal: Hybridoma; 1999 Apr; 18(2):183-91. PubMed ID: 10380018.
    Abstract:
    We have developed technology to create monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) using lymphocytes from immunized sheep. The affinities of these sheep monoclonal antibodies (SMA) can be several orders of magnitude higher than mouse MAbs. This paper reports the development and validation of a modified enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA) method to select high-affinity antibodies of the desired specificity at the first screen. Using this method, we have isolated high affinity SMA to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), a marker of colon cancer. Comparisons of our novel SMA with mouse MAbs using the new ELISA and BIAcore technology (BIAcore AB, Stevenage, Herts, UK) have confirmed that we have made super-high affinity antibodies to CEA. One of these has a t(1/2) for dissociation of 8 days, which could provide a longer therapeutic window than is available with murine monoclonals currently being used in the clinic. This antibody has a specific tissue staining profile; it thus appears to be an excellent candidate for use in the clinic.
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