A study of the NB/7OK and CA 125 monoclonal antibody radioimmunoassays for measuring serum antigen levels in ovarian cancer patients

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1985 Aug 1;152(7 Pt 1):911-3. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(85)80091-0.

Abstract

Serum levels of tumor antigens NB/7OK and CA 125 were determined in 101 samples by radioimmunoassays with the use of murine monoclonal antibodies. Among serum samples from ovarian cancer patients, elevated NB/7OK levels were found in 87% of samples that contained elevated CA 125 levels. With either assay, only 2% of patients with nonmalignant diseases had elevated antigen levels. No quantitative correlation was found, however, between levels of NB/7OK and CA 125. When antigen present in serum was purified by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200, CA 125 eluted with an apparent molecular weight in excess of 100 kilodaltons whereas NB/7OK eluted with an apparent molecular weight of 70 kilodaltons. Thus the NB/7OK and CA 125 radioimmunoassays appear to measure two different populations of antigenic material.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal*
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / analysis*
  • Antigens, Surface / analysis*
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Epitopes / analysis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / immunology*
  • Radioimmunoassay

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Epitopes