Screening of antigen-specific antibody-secreting cells

Hiroyuki Kishi*, Aishun Jin, Tatsuhiko Ozawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Tsutomu Obata, Atsushi Muraguchi

*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSingle-Cell Analysis
Subtitle of host publicationMethods and Protocols
EditorsSara Lindstrom, Helene Andersson-Svahn
Pages141-150
Number of pages10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume853
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

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

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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