To determine the immunological and biochemical properties of monoclonal antibody against encephalomyocarditis viral surface antigen , Balb/c female mice were immunized with the purified viral surface protein of D-variant of encephalomyocarditis virus ...
To determine the immunological and biochemical properties of monoclonal antibody against encephalomyocarditis viral surface antigen , Balb/c female mice were immunized with the purified viral surface protein of D-variant of encephalomyocarditis virus and then fused with myeloma cells (NS-1). Sixteen monoclonal antibody-producing hybridoma cell lines were selected from non-producing hybridoma cell lines. Among them, three hybridoma cell lines. Among them, three hybridoma cell lines produced IgG2b and other thirteen hybridoma cell lines produced IgGI . Two hybridoma cell lines, EDH- S- 23 and EDH - S- 24 , produced IgG2b and showed highest neutralization titer, 256. The antigenic specificity of these monoclonal antibodies was specific to D - variant of encephalomyocarditis virus . Moreover, the monoclonal antibody showed specifically the curring effect on diabetes mellitus of mice, which was induced by the D - variant of encephalomyocarditis virus.