In order to assess the existence of B lymphocytes capable of producing anti-tumour antibodies in non-tumour-bearing individuals, human lymphocytes derived from foetuses and adults were fused with the heteromyeloma cell line CB-F7. By indirect immunofluorescence, 29 out of 4,472 IgM-producing hybridomas (from 8 foetuses and 8 adults) were shown to produce antibodies which bind to colon carcinoma lines Colo205 and SW620, Raji lymphoma cells and small cell carcinoma of the lung. In vitro growth of tumour cells recognized by these antibodies was inhibited. The antibodies also mediated complement-dependent cytotoxicity. All antibodies tested recognized a cell surface molecule of 55 kDa. Southern blot hybridization analysis of hybridoma DNA with a human JH probe showed that the hybridomas were derived from clonally unrelated B cells. These results demonstrate that human foetal and adult B cells from non-tumour-bearing individuals are able to produce IgM antibodies recognizing defined cell surface molecules expressed on some tumour cells.
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Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
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