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. 1994 Aug 11;22(15):2951–2957. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.15.2951

Monoclonal antibodies targeted to alpha-oligonucleotides. Characterisation and application in nucleic acid detection.

P Cros 1, R Kurfürst 1, P Allibert 1, N Battail 1, N Piga 1, V Roig 1, N T Thuong 1, B Mandrand 1, C Hélène 1
PMCID: PMC310260  PMID: 7520567

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to test the antigenicity of alpha-deoxyribonucleotides in order to develop a new tool for the detection of nucleic acid sequences for use in diagnostic applications. We describe four monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) which recognize alpha-deoxyribonucleotides. Two were raised against a poly(alpha-dT) sequence and specifically recognized the alpha-dT nucleotide. Two were raised against a sequence containing all four common nucleotides as alpha-nucleotides and, surprisingly, only recognized the alpha-dG nucleotide. For all four Mabs, no cross reactivity was observed with beta-oligonucleotides. These Mabs were reactive with alpha-oligonucleotide sequences whether these sequences were single-stranded or hybridized to DNA or RNA. The four Mabs were tested in a sandwich hybridization assay that consisted of an alpha-oligonucleotide (for target sequence recognition), one of the four Mabs (for recognition of the hybridized alpha-oligonucleotide), and goat anti-mouse antibody conjugated to horse radish peroxidase (HRP) (for detection). One of the monoclonal antibodies, Mab 2E11D7, was directly conjugated to HRP and used in sandwich hybridization to detect PCR fragments of HPV 18 DNA. The sensitivity of this reaction was 1 pg of plasmid DNA containing the HPV 18 fragment. The specificity of the detection was demonstrated using HPV 6/11 and 16 DNA sequences.

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