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. 1982 Aug;43(2):664–672. doi: 10.1128/jvi.43.2.664-672.1982

Monoclonal antibodies against baboon endogenous virus and against host cell antigens.

J Cogniaux, R Olislager, S Sprecher-Goldberger, L Thiry
PMCID: PMC256168  PMID: 6287037

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies were produced by murine hybridomas after immunization with semipurified baboon endogenous virus. In a solid-phase radioimmunoassay, two antibodies (F12-9 and B9-18) reacted with viral antigen only. The antibodies A6-8 and C9-12 also reacted with virus-producing cells but not with control cells, whereas antibodies E4-6 and D12-2 bound to virus-free cells as well. The cytofluorometry technique confirmed these results and showed a competition between antibodies A6-8 and C9-12 for binding to virus-producing cells as well as a competition between antibodies D12-2 and E4-6 for binding to virus-free human cells. An immune precipitation assay with disrupted virions indicated that antibodies A6-8, B9-18, and C9-12 were directed against the gp70 glycoprotein, and that antibody F12-9 reacted with a viral antigen with a molecular weight of 18,000. The syncytia induced in RSa cells by baboon molecular weight of 18,000. The syncytia induced in RSa cells by baboon endogenous virus could be inhibited either when antibody A6-8 or C9-12 was combined to the virus or when the RSa cells were treated with the anticellular antibody D12-2 or E4-6. These two effects were not observed with Mason-Pfizer virus. Thus, of three antibodies with specificities for viral gp70, two (A6-8 and C9-12) were directed at viral sites responsible for syncytium formation. Another antiviral antibody (F12-9) reacted with a protein of unknown function with a molecular weight of 18,000. The two anticellular antibodies were directed at similar or neighboring epitopes, which may be situated within the receptor to the virus.

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