Development of ELISAs for quantification of HMFG1-specific human anti-mouse IgG and IgM antibodies

Int J Biol Markers. 2007 Jul-Sep;22(3):167-71. doi: 10.1177/172460080702200301.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop and validate ELISAs for quantification of HAMA-IgM and HAMA-IgG in serum of patients with ovarian cancer who enrolled in a large international randomized phase III trial of intraperitoneal Yttrium-90-labeled HMFG1 murine monoclonal antibody therapy. The capture antibody of these 2 assays was the murine antibody HMFG1, while mouse anti-human IgM-HRP or mouse anti-human IgG(Fc)-HRP served as tracer antibodies. A pool of HAMA-positive serum samples was used to prepare a series of assay standards and another pool served as reference preparation. The analytical sensitivity of the HAMA-IgM assay was 2.5 arbitrary units per mL (AU/mL) and 4.7 AU/mL for the HAMA-IgG ELISA. Diluted serum samples showed good parallelism with the HAMA-IgM and HAMA-IgG standard dose-response curves. Within-assay coefficient of variation was 7.5% for HAMA-IgM and 6.5% for HAMA-IgG. Between-assay variation was 14.2% for HAMA-IgM and 15.3% for HAMA-IgG. The developed HAMA-IgM and HAMA-IgG ELISAs show satisfactory reliability criteria (sensitivity, parallelism and precision) and are suitable for monitoring of HAMA-IgM and HAMA-IgG responses in ovarian cancer patients. These ELISAs will be used to monitor the development of HAMAs in patients who received radioimmunotherapy with murine HMFG1.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase III
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood*
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Immunotoxins / immunology
  • Immunotoxins / therapeutic use*
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Mice
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / surgery
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / therapy
  • Radioimmunotherapy / methods
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunotoxins
  • Yttrium Radioisotopes
  • pemtumomab