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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 3 906-914, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Absence of preferential homologous H/L chain association in hybrid hybridomas

WB De Lau, K Heije, JJ Neefjes, M Oosterwegel, E Rozemuller and BJ Bast
Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Bispecific mAb contain two Ag-combining sites each composed of a different combination of H and L chains. The resulting ability to react with and cross-link two different Ag makes these molecules a novel tool for application in biology and medicine. Intact bispecific mAb can be made only by biologic means, e.g., by fusion of two established hybridomas. Appropriate assembly of bispecific mAb by these hybrid cells depends on H = L chain behavior: strong preferential homologous H- L pairing would benefit the yield of bispecific antibodies. We have analyzed the Ig species produced by eight hybrid hybridomas (quadromas). Quadroma-produced IgG was fractionated and characterized for H and L chain content. The Ag reactivities were verified by using ELISA and immunofluorescence. Preferential homologous pairing was seen only with a minority of H-L chain pairs; L chains associated on average in a random fashion with H chains. This indicates that in the B cells from which the parental hybridomas were obtained, no strong selection had occurred on H-L recombination. Our results extend recent biochemical competitive H-L reassociation experiments, where on average an at random association of L chains with H chains was found; evidently this random association occurs in our biologic system as well. For the biologic production of bispecific antibodies this means that only in a small number of cases the "ideal" producer will be met. From the viewpoint of generation of antibody diversity, our results favor a large freedom for combinatorial binding of H and L chains during B cell ontogeny.


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