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  • Title: Production and immunodiagnostic applications of antihuman light chain monoclonal antibodies.
    Author: Abe M, Goto T, Kennel SJ, Wolfenbarger D, Macy SD, Weiss DT, Solomon A.
    Journal: Am J Clin Pathol; 1993 Jul; 100(1):67-74. PubMed ID: 7688492.
    Abstract:
    Hybridomas producing antihuman light chain monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) were derived from fusion of SP2/O mouse myeloma cells with splenic lymphocytes from mice repeatedly immunized with purified kappa- and lambda-type Bence Jones proteins representative of the major V kappa (V kappa I, V kappa II, V kappa III, V kappa IV) and V lambda (V lambda I, V lambda II/V, V lambda III, V lambda IV, V lambda VI) subgroups or gene families. Monoclonal antibodies were obtained that had specificity for constant-region (CL) determinants common to all kappa or lambda light chains (C kappa and C lambda, respectively) as well as for variable-region (VL) epitopes unique to each of the V kappa or V lambda subgroups. The capability of these reagents to recognize CL and VL determinants on monoclonal immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules was demonstrated in fluid-phase antigen-capturing enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), solid-phase ELISA, and immunoblotting. In addition, these antilight chain MoAbs were used to establish immunocytochemically the kappa or lambda type and VL-subgroup nature of light chains expressed by the cytoplasmic Ig of monoclonal plasma cell and surface Ig of B-lymphocyte populations, respectively. These antibodies facilitated the immunohistochemical detection and characterization of light-chain-associated amyloid (AL amyloid) and other types of light-chain-related tissue deposits. Furthermore, the anti-CL-specific MoAbs were used to measure serum and urinary Ig kappa and Ig lambda concentrations. Quantification of Bence Jones protein excretion, even in the presence of other urinary proteins, was possible using the highly sensitive anti-C kappa and anti-C lambda MoAbs reactive only with free light chains. The ability to identify and characterize, through the use of these antihuman light chain MoAbs, light-chain-related epitopes at the protein, cellular, and tissue level has clinical importance in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with monoclonal plasma cell and related B-cell immunoproliferative diseases.
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