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. 1988 Aug;73(2):191–197.

Polyspecific human and murine antibodies to diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and phospholipids.

M Sutjita 1, A Hohmann 1, R Comacchio 1, J Bradley 1
PMCID: PMC1541618  PMID: 3263226

Abstract

Human-human hybridomas produced from lymphocytes of normal individuals yielded seven clones producing monoclonal antibody reacting with tetanus toxoid. Three of these antibodies cross-reacted with diphtheria toxoid. These three and two others also reacted with cardiolipin and two with other phospholipids. One of the seven antibodies reacted with tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, cardiolipin and single-stranded DNA. All seven antibodies were IgM. To examine further this unusual cross-reactivity serum antibodies from patients with SLE and healthy individuals were affinity-purified to yield diphtheria toxoid antibodies. Six out of nine of these anti-diphtheria preparations contained IgG antibodies which cross-reacted with tetanus toxoid and two of these also reacted with cardiolipin; four preparations cross-reacted with DNA. Anti-cardiolipin and anti-DNA cross-reactivity were found in preparations from both normal and SLE sera. Similar cross-reactivities were demonstrated using four mouse monoclonal IgM antibodies raised against phospholipids. All four of these antibodies reacted with both cardiolipin and tetanus toxoid and two also reacted with diphtheria toxoid and DNA. Using a thiocyanate elution procedure, it was shown that the cross-reactivity of the monoclonal antibodies was not related to their relative affinities. The results clearly indicate that cross-reactive epitopes occur on routinely used toxoid vaccines and self antigens. Antibodies which bind to these cross-reactive epitopes are common and are not restricted in isotype, affinity or species of origin.

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