Screening of antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells

Methods Mol Biol. 2012:853:141-50. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-567-1_11.

Abstract

Screening of antigen-specific antibody-producing cells is a key step for obtaining antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies. In murine system, hybridoma between B-lymphocytes and myeloma cells is used to screen and produce antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies. In human system, good hybridoma-producing system is not available. Instead, transformation of B-lymphocytes with Epstein-Barr viruses is used to obtain antibody-secreting cell lines. Furthermore, phage-display system using molecular biology is recently used to obtain antigen-specific human monoclonal antibodies. Here, we describe the new method for screening antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells at single-cell levels using microwell-array chips. The system can be applied to screen antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells from any animal species.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / immunology*
  • Antigens / immunology*
  • B-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Transformation, Viral
  • Herpesvirus 4, Human / immunology
  • Humans
  • Hybridomas / immunology
  • Mice
  • Tissue Array Analysis / methods*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens