Abstract
Specificities of three monoclonal antibodies (15-I-C5, DBPA 1, and MAC 62) raised against the plant hormone (S)-(+)-abscisic acid (ABA) have been compared. Immunological cross-reactivities against fifteen biologically active analogs of ABA were measured. The ABA analogs were altered at one or more of four positions: the double bonds in the ring, at C-2 C-3 and at C-4 C-5, and in the oxidation level at C-1. Several analogs were optically active with chiral centers at C-1′ and C-2′. For cross-reactivity, all three monoclonal antibodies required the carboxylic acid group, and the cis configuration of the double bond at C-2 C-3 of the ABA molecule. Monoclonals 15-I-C5 and DBPA 1 required the entire ABA sidechain from the C-1 to C-1′, but these monoclonals did cross-react with analogs with the ring double bond reduced and the C-2′ methyl cis to the sidechain. Only MAC 62 recognized analogs containing an acetylene at C-4 C-5. MAC 62 had more strict requirements for the ring double bond, but gave some cross-reactivity with acetylenic analogs having a saturated ring. All three monoclonals had higher specificity for analogs having the same absolute configuration at C-1′ as (S)-(+)-ABA. This work provides new information about the spatial regions of the ABA molecule that elicit immunological recognition, and serves as a basis for future investigations of the ABA receptor using ABA analogs and anti-idiotypic antibodies.
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