Isolation of antigen-specific, antibody-secreting cells using a chip-based immunospot array

Hiroyuki Kishi*, Tatsuhiko Ozawa, Hiroshi Hamana, Eiji Kobayashi, Atsushi Muraguchi

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies are useful tools to detect very small amounts of antigenic materials and are applicable for antibody therapeutics. To produce mouse monoclonal antibodies, a hybridoma between B lymphocytes and myeloma cells is used to produce antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies. However, a good hybridoma system is not available to obtain human monoclonal antibodies. To produce antigen-specific human monoclonal antibodies, transformation of B lymphocytes with Epstein-Barr viruses or a phage-display system is used. Here, we describe the screening of antigen-specific, antibody-secreting cells using microwell array chips to obtain antigen-specific human monoclonal antibodies. The system can be applied to screen antigen-specific, antibody-secreting cells from any animal species.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages147-162
Number of pages16
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1904
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Antibody-secreting cell
  • Antigen-specific antibody
  • Immunospot array assay on a chip
  • Microwell-array chip

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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