Membrane associated antigens of human malignant melanoma V: Serological typing of cell lines using antisera from nonhuman primates
✍ Scribed by J. Brüggen; C. Sorg; E. Macher
- Book ID
- 104660462
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 879 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-7004
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✦ Synopsis
Antisera against various melanoma cell lines were raised in nonhuman primates (Cercopithecus aethiop.). After exhaustive absorption with AB Rh + red blood cells and pooled platelets from about 200 donors the sera were still reactive to various degrees in the microimmune adherence test with other melanoma lines, with embryonic fibroblasts, and with non-melanoma lines. As proven by absorption experiments, the mainspecificity of the antisera was not directed against components of the fetal calf serum used for cell culture or against mycoplasma grown from commercial fetal calf serum. In addition, no cross-reactivity was observed with Bacillus Calmette-Gubrin, and in blocking experiments no reactivity against extracts of common bacterial antigens or mixed molds was detected. Absorption with embryonic fibroblasts or embryonic tissue showed that the reactivity of most antisera was directed against melanoma-associated antigens expressed also on fetal tissue. It was not possible to determine whether the remaining reactivity on some cell lines was melanomaspecific or directed against fetal antigens not contained in the fetal material used for absorption. Cross-absorption of antisera with other melanoma cells revealed that various cell lines express different patterns of tumorassociated antigens with no, or only partial overlap. The cross-absorption experiments made it possible to type the cell lines according to their surface antigens and arrange the cell lines in order according to the degree of mutual antigenic relationship.