Antigenic Sites in Carcinoembryonic Antigen

Sten Hammarstrom, John E. Shively, Raymond J. Paxton, Barbara G. Beatty, Ake Larsson, Rahul Ghosh, Ole Bormer, Franz Buchegger, Jean Pierre Mach, Pierre Burtin, P. Seguin, Bruno Darbouret, F. Degorce, J. Sertour, J. P. Jolu, Abraham Fuks, Holger Kalthoff, Wolff Schmieget, Rudiger Arndt, Gunter KloppelSabine von Kleist, Fritz Grunert, Klaus Schwarz, Yuji Matsuoka, Masahide Kuroki, Christoph Wagener, Teddy Weber, Akira Yachi, Kohzoh Imai, Noriyuki Hishikawa, Masayuki Tsujisaki

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Abstract

The epitope reactivities of 52 well-characterized monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against carcinoembryonic antigen from 11 different research groups were studied using competitive solid-phase immunoassays. About 60% of all possible combinations of Mabs as inhibitors and as the primary binding antibody were investigated. The inhibition data were analyzed by a specially developed computer program “EPITOPES” which measures concordance and discordance in inhibition patterns between Mabs. The analysis showed that 43 of the 52 Mabs (83%) could be classified into one of five essentially noninteracting epitope groups (GOLD 1–5) containing between four and 15 Mabs each. The epitopes recognized by the Mabs belonging to groups 1 to 5 were peptide in nature. With one or two possible exceptions non-classifiable Mabs were either directed against carbohydrate epitopes (4 Mabs) or were inactive in the tests used. Within epitope groups GOLD 1, 4, and 5 two partially overlapping subgroups were distinguished. Mabs with a high degree of carcinoembryonic antigen specificity generally belonged to epitope groups GOLD 1 and 3.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4852-4858
Number of pages7
JournalCancer Research
Volume49
Issue number17
StatePublished - 1 Sep 1989
Externally publishedYes

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