Patent Application: US-19788288-A

Abstract:
cells which produce antibodies which bind carbohydrate epitopes of glycoproteins are identified by screening with mucinous body fluids in raw , or preferably partially purified , form . fine differences in antibody specificity may be detected by further screening with mucinous body fluids treated to alter the carbohydrate epitope interest , e . g ., removal of sialic acid from a sialosyl lewis - a epitope . the selected antibodies may be used in immunopurification , immunodiagnosis and immunotherapy . by this method , antibodies have been found whose binding to carbohydrate epitopes such as sialosyl lewis - a is relatively insensitive to ph . such antibodies are of particular value in immunological methods where ph is a consideration .

Description:
we have found that the body fluids of cancer patients , or fractions thereof contain significant levels of mucins bearing ca 19 - 9 and other tumor - associated antigenic determinants . these body fluids may be obtained by paracentesis of the abdominal cavity to remove ascites fluid , of the thoracic cavity to remove pleural effusions , or of other mucinous fluid - bearing structures such as ovarian cysts , e . g ., cystadenomas . the following table describes a series of body fluids obtained which has been assayed for their content of various tumor markers . table i__________________________________________________________________________ ca 19 - 9 * cea ** ca 125pe # cancer type obtained by quantity ( ml ) ( u / ml ) ( u / ml ) ( u / ml ) ca 50__________________________________________________________________________ 1 ovarian carc . p 750 26 0 . 75 150 , 000 0 2 ovarian carc . p 750 24 1 . 0 7 , 100 0 3 ovarian carc . p 2480 29 , 866 650 600 2 , 225 4 ovarian carc . p 1475 44 1 . 5 25 , 600 0 5 ovarian carc . p 3185 31 1 . 5 22 , 400 0 6 ovarian carc . t 8 39 0 4071 0 7 ovarian carc . p 36 53 1 . 5 20 , 793 0 7a ovarian carc . p 500 62 2 . 75 24 , 100 0 8 gastroesophogeal carc . p 4690 39 19 . 25 2 , 200 0 8a - 1 gastroesophogeal carc . p 5000 35 111 100 8a - 2 gastroesophogeal carc . p 5000 51 18 . 5 0 0 8a - 3 gastroesophogeal carc . p 1250 38 183 0 8b gastroesophogeal carc . p 2000 48 40 447 0 8c gastroesophogeal carc . p 3500 42 10 . 5 669 0 9 ovarian carc . p 1700 34 1 . 25 2 , 500 010 mucinous ovarian cystadenoma 685 62 , 000 9 , 000 4 , 000 6 , 12510a 1st daughter cyst 17 54 , 000 50 , 000 13 , 551 7 , 75010b 2nd daughter cyst 12 34 , 000 34 , 250 6 , 039 8 , 00011 pleural carcinoma 540 33 13 . 25 417 012 lung mesothelioma p 5340 25 12 012a lung mesothelioma p 4100 16 0 012b lung mesothelioma p 7000 14 0 0 012c lung mesothelioma p 7750 12 0 0 013 ovarian carc . p 5190 32 2 , 400 014 ovarian anaplastic p 2940 34 2 . 0 5 , 200 015 colorectal carc . p 600 1 , 818 1 , 006 1 , 899 25015a colorectal carc . p 2600 3 , 208 1 , 375 1 , 851 30015b colorectal carc . p 2000 1 , 560 1 , 175 3 , 225 50015c colorectal carc . p 2500 2 , 138 950 1 , 905 55016 colorectal carc . p 1190 92 1 , 575 3 , 200 017 unknown primary p 170 21 , 717 6500 1500 3 , 30017a unknown primary p 400 2 , 132 225 0 42518 breast adenocarcinoma p 1100 32 1000 4 , 100 018a breast adenocarcinoma p 25 0 26 . 5 183 018b breast adenocarcinoma p 27 0 39 . 5 447 018c breast adenocarcinoma p 41 100 36 . 5 405 10019 primary unknown carc . t 1 , 100 5 , 745 1500 2889 47519a primary unknown carc . t 1 , 000 2 , 598 1125 1335 30020 renal cell carc . p 7 , 140 41 0 . 25 2 , 800 021 ? 115 31 3 . 75 1635 10022 ovarian serous cyst ( main ) 215 51 . 75 79 , 500 022a ovarian cyst ( daughter ) 50 63 0 66 , 200 023 ? 3 , 400 41 11 159 024 colorectal carc . p 2 , 300 3 , 773 51 , 000 495 25024a colorectal carc . p 3 , 000 2 , 192 35 , 750 159 25024b colorectal carc . p 2 , 000 2 , 229 26 , 750 0 2525 prostate carc . t 4 , 500 38 7 1041 025a prostate carc . t 2 , 500 37 11 1947 026 endometrial carc . p 4 , 000 31 . 5 1389 026a endometrial carc . p 3 , 400 30 1 . 0 1929 026b endometrial carc . p 3 , 750 44 . 87 1665 027 not diagnosed ( pleural ) 250 14 . 87 0 027a not diagnosed ( pleural ) 500 33 . 5 0 027b not diagnosed ( pleural ) 24 . 75 028 ovarian cyst fluid 550 431 , 417 500 82 , 300 8 , 00029 pancreatic carc . p 250 41 1 . 0 1 , 707 030 not available 600 669 2 , 500 031 metastatic carcinoma (?) pf 200 15 11 588332 benign ovarian cystadenoma 50 23 . 25 17 , 97333 benign pf 10 56 1 . 75 034 undiagnosed pf 400 17 2 . 25 2735 not available 800 50 7 . 0 82536 pf 650 59 . 25 3 , 16537 ovarian cyst pf 4000 600 , 000 700 20 , 00038 570 30 . 5 67539 ovarian carc . p 3 , 625 25 . 5 50040 breast carc . 1 , 275 19 150 182140a breast carc . 1 , 845 18 122 . 5 78941 ovarian cyst p 2 , 695 35 1 . 0 7 , 00041a ovarian carc . 3 , 000 17 1 . 25 6 , 00041b ovarian carc . 2 , 120 870 . 87 2 , 03141c ovarian carc . 550 29 1 , 28142 primary unknown carc . p 5 , 595 22 . 25 1 , 46143 breast 195 13 1 . 0 3 , 45944 colorectal carc . p 1 , 650 2 , 450 1 . 0 2 , 16345 ovarian carc . 1 , 100 1 , 800 30 41 , 500__________________________________________________________________________ pf = pleural effusion p = paracentesis t = thoracentesis * centocor units ** hoffmanlaroche units centocor units + stena diagnostics units in order to determine the elution pattern on sephacryl s 500 of some of these fluids , and to make possible the use of different elution pools to coat microtitre plates for screening , the following procedure was used . the body fluids obtained from patients at a local cancer centre are brought up to 3 % phenol for sterilization purposes and then clarified by centrifugation for 15 min . at 15 , 000 rpm ( 17 , 500 g ) in the ss34 rotor of a sorvall centrifuge . the supernatants are then pumped onto a 5 × 75 cm . sephacryl s - 500 column equilibrated in 10 mm phosphate and 150 mm nacl , ph 7 . 2 , containing 1 mg / ml of na n 3 . the column is eluted with the same buffer at a flow rate of approximately 180 ml / hour , and monitored at 280 nm . fractions , 12 ml each , were collected and screened for ca 19 - 9 activity . the first active peak , which occurs in the void volume , is pooled and labelled f 1 . the second peak of ca 19 - 9 activity , included in the column but eluted earlier than the main protein peak ( as determined by absorbance at 280 nm ) is pooled as f 2 . several other body fluids have since been fractionated by the same method and a similar elution pattern was observed . the f 1 , f 2 , or a pool of the two fractions of one or two ca 19 - 9 positive body fluids are coated on a microtitre plate at about 100 u / well to become the positive control for screening culture supernatants of hybridomas . the f 1 of a ca 19 - 9 negative body fluid is coated on the screening plate at approximately the same dilution as the f 1 fraction . then neuraminidase treated ( see below for methodology ) ca 19 - 9 positive f 1 ( the positive control ) is coated on the screening plate . finally , some of the wells of the microtitre plate are coated with hsa . the plate is then blocked with 1 % bsa in pbs for at least 1 / 2 hour . hybridoma supernatants which react with the positive control body fluid and none of the others will have the desired reactivity pattern . to cleave off the terminal sialic acid groups of the partially purified sephacryl s 500 mucin fractions , the following procedure is used . 10 ml of pe - f 1 are incubated overnight at 37 ° c . with 1 . 25 ml of neuraminidase - agarose ( 1 . 25 u of neuraminidase activity ) while tumbling . it is convenient to use fractions which will contain approximately 3000 u / ml of ca 19 - 9 activity . the neuraminidase - agarose gel is then spun down , and the supernatant is dialyzed overnight against pbs to remove any free saccharides . chemical estimation shows the reduced content of sialic acid and at least 98 % of the ca 19 - 9 activity in a binding assay is abolished with the asialo mucin preparation . immunization : several immunogens have been used , the best in our hands has been the body fluids of this invention . partially purified ascites mucins ( pe3 , pe10 , pe17 , and pe28 ) rich in sla activity isolated from sephacryl s - 500 void volume peak were used at doses of 5 , 000 - 20 , 000 u / immunization . combinations of partially purified mucins of pe3 , pe10 , pe17 , and pe28 have been adopted in various immunizations exploiting long and short - term protocols . see table iv . fusion : fusions are done using sp 2 / 0 cell line and according to published protocols . ( g . gafre and ceasar milstein ( 1981 ) methods in enzymology 73 : 3 ). screening strategy : our screening strategy for new clone identification is based on the following procedure . hybridoma supernatants are reacted on plates coated in different rows of microtitre wells with a judicious selection of purified ca 19 - 9 positive and negative mucins ( such as pe1 , pe3 , pe10 , pe17 , and pe28 ). the wells are then blocked with bsa . then 100 μl of each different hybridoma supernatant is added to each of the different antigen coated wells such that antibody from each of the sample hybridoma antibodies contacts one well of each antigen . the mouse monoclonal antibodies bound are detected by an appropriate dilution of goat anti - mouse immunoglobulin conjugated to hpro ( tago immunochemicals ) and the color is developed by an appropriate peroxidase substrate and chromogen . pe1 is an ca 19 - 9 negative mucin while pe3 and 17 are positive mucins . treatment of pe17 with neuraminidase abolishes the reactivity of the mucin in the conventional assay . additional ca 19 - 9 positive body fluids such as pe10 - f 1 and asialo - pe10 - f 1 ( pe10 - f 1 - na ) may be added to increase the resolution of the screening procedure . thus , we have an improved screening procedure which would allow others to produce and select sla reactive clones . more generally this procedure can be adapted to identify any of the cancer - associated sialosides given the appropriate selection of body fluids and derivatized antigen species generated therefrom . in general , we have used pe1 , pe3 , pe17 , asialope17 , and then hsa as an additional negative control . these results are displayed in table ii . table ii__________________________________________________________________________clone # pe1 pe3 pe17 hsa asialope17 tumour tissue reactivity__________________________________________________________________________b4 . 20 -- ++ ++ -- -- b24 . 7 -- + ++ -- -- b24 . 8 -- + +++ -- -- b25 . 7r1 -- ++ ++ -- -- 3 / 4 + b25 . 7r2 -- ++ ++ -- -- 3 / 4b25 . 9r5 -- ++++ +++ -- -- 2 + b25 . 6r3 -- ++ +++ -- -- 3 + b25 . 10r1 -- ++ +++ -- -- 3 + b25 . 11r3 -- + ++ -- -- 3 + b25 . 12r1 -- ++ + -- -- 1 + b25 . 16r1 -- ++ +++ -- -- cells & amp ; mucosab25 . 17r4 -- + + -- -- 1b25 . 18r1 -- ++ ++ -- -- 0b25 . 19r5 -- ++ ++ -- -- 0b25 . 21r5 -- ++ +++ -- -- cells & amp ; mucosab25 . 22r3 -- + ++ -- -- 0b25 . 23r1 -- + + -- -- 2b28 . 2r1 -- ++++ ++++ -- -- b32 . 2 -- + + -- -- b32 . 4 -- ++ + -- -- b32 . 9 -- + + -- -- b32 . 3 -- + + -- -- b34 . 1r7 -- + + -- b37 . 4r1 -- ++ + -- -- b37 . 23r11 -- ++ +++ -- -- b37 . 35r1 -- ++ + -- -- b37 . 43r3 -- +++ ++ + -- -- b45 . 1 -- +++ +++ -- -- b45 . 2 -- ++ ++ -- -- b45 . 3 -- +++ +++ -- -- b45 . 7 -- ++++ +++ -- -- b45 . 13 -- ++ + -- -- b45 . 16 -- ++ +++ -- -- b45 . 18 -- + + -- -- b45 . 24 -- +++ +++ -- -- b67 . 2 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 3 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 4 -- ++++ +++ -- -- b67 . 5 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 6 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 7 -- + +++ -- -- b67 . 8 -- ++ +++ -- +++ b67 . 9 -- + ++ -- -- b67 . 10 -- + ++ -- -- b67 . 11 -- + +++ -- -- b67 . 12 -- + +++ -- -- b67 . 13 -- ++++ ++++ -- -- b67 . 15 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 16 -- ++ +++ -- -- b67 . 17 -- ++ ++++ -- -- b67 . 18 -- + +++ -- -- b67 . 20 -- + + -- -- b67 . 21 -- + + -- -- b67 . 23 -- ++ ++++ -- -- b67 . 24 -- ++ ++++ -- -- b67 . 25 -- ++ + +++ -- -- b67 . 27 + ++++ +++ -- -- b67 . 28 -- ++ ++++ -- + b67 . 45 -- ++ + -- + __________________________________________________________________________ in the coding system , b is simply a coding device , the first number indicates the fusion number , the post - decimal number indicates the clone , and the number after the r indicates the reclone number . typically , we choose clones which are pe3 (+), pe17 (+), pe1 (-), asialope17 (-), and hsa (-). asialo - pe3 , pe10 , asialope10 , pe28 and other partially purified body fluids have also been successfully used as part of the screening procedure . the above clones have been recloned and the screening repeated on the reclones . sometime , as in the case of b28 . 2 , recloning assists in resolving the specificity of the antibody ( i . e ., in the b28 . 2 case such that the reactivity with asialope17 was recloned out ). selected reclones are expanded and ascites are prepared . immunoglobins are purified by standard affinity or ion exchange methods . for each antibody we have utilized further , a preferred method of purification was determined . we have used variations of several systems . these methods may not be optimal and other methods may be used depending upon the character of the antibody . for example , for purifying igg from ascites , protein a , immobilized on agarose gel , is used for affinity chromatography . the ascites is loaded onto the column at ph 8 . 5 ; the bound igg is then eluted by means of a stepwise ph gradient , between ph 6 . 0 and 2 . 5 , depending on the igg subclass of the antibody ( see ey , et . al ., immunochem . 15 : 429 ( 1978 )). in contrast , we have generally purified igm antibodies on a hydroxyapatite column , followed if necessary by a bakerbond abx column on hplc . the hydroxyapatite column was equilibrated in 10 mm potassium phosphate , ph 6 . 8 . the ascites , clarified by centrifugation was diluted 1 / 2 in the 10 mm potassium phosphate buffer and located on the column . the monoclonal was subsequently eluted with 90 mm potassium phosphate , ph 6 . 8 , followed by gradient from 90 - 500 mm potassium phosphate . the purification was monitored by absorbance at 280 nm , and the peak fractions are tested by agarose gel electrophoresis and elisa . if sufficient purity was achieved after the hydroxyapatite column , the partially purified monoclonal was diluted in 1 / 2 in 100 mm mes ph 5 . 6 and loaded on a 5μ bakerbond abx hplc column equilibrated in 25 mm buffer . elution is achieved by a gradient from 25 mm mes , ph 5 . 4 to 1m sodium acetate , 20 mm mes ph 7 . 0 over 60 minutes . after dialysis against pbs , the biological activity and purity of the monoclonal antibody is again verified by an elisa assay and agarose gel electrophoresis and elisa assay . other purification methods may be used , depending on the antibody . using this system , we readily identified clones which were satisfactory for the purpose of making assays for ( ca 19 - 9 )- like determinants . clones identified by the above procedure are then typically studied for their hapten inhibition characteristics . polystyrene tubes were coated with a fraction of pe3 at 50 units per tube , diluted in 300 μl of pbs , overnight at room temperature and additional protein binding sites were blocked with 1 % bsa in pbs for one hour at room temperature . then 50 μl of the sialosyl lewis a or lewis a hapten diluted in normal pooled serum was added to each tube . 250 μl of the radiolabelled antibody ( the specific activity is indicated in table ii ). the mixture was incubated overnight at room temperature on the benchtop . tubes were then washed with 2 . 0 ml of distilled water and counted in a gamma counter ( packard ). normal pooled sera was used as the calibrator for 100 % bound or 0 % inhibition and percent inhibition or percentage bound ( respectively ) was calculated . clones which were reactive with sialosyl lewis a but showed little or no reactivity with lewis a were chosen for further study . table iii__________________________________________________________________________hapten inhibition of . sup . 125 i monoclonal antibody binding to cancerantigen % inhibition ( μg / tubemonoclonal # ab ( μg / tube ) input dpm % bound sialosyl lewis . sup . a lewis . sup . a__________________________________________________________________________b25 . 19r6 0 . 45 54 , 949 41 52 ( 10 ) 3 . 5 ( 10 ) b25 . 16r1 0 . 60 61 , 226 41 45 ( 20 ) 1 ( 20 ) b25 . 10r2 0 . 48 32 , 177 23 36 ( 40 ) 5 ( 40 ) b25 . 7r1 0 . 36 47 , 718 43 51 ( 20 ) 2 ( 20 ) b25 . 17r41 0 . 78 28 , 467 27 22 ( 40 ) 1 ( 40 ) b28 . 2r1 1 . 90 50 , 676 40 17 ( 40 ) 4 ( 40 ) __________________________________________________________________________ under similar conditions the centocor anti -( ca 19 - 9 ) antibody binding was inhibited by 50 % at 8 μg / tube of sialosyl lewis a hapten but not by a lewis a haptens even at 50 μg / tube . at this point , clones which react with sialosyl lewis a hapten but not by lewis a hapten in competition experiments are chosen . sialosyl lewis a haptens similar to those commercially available ( a sialosyl lewis a hexasaccharide obtained from human milk by biocarb , lund , sweden ) can be used in these experiments with analogous results . a more elaborate hapten screening experiment yielded similar results . polystyrene tubes ( sarsted ) were coated with a fraction of pe37 at 200 units per tube , diluted in 300 μl of pbs , overnight at room temperature . then , the additional protein binding sites were blocked with 1 % bsa in pbs for one hour at room temperature . 50 μl pbs , 1 % bsa with our without 4 × 10 - 5 m of the appropriate hapten plus 50 μl pbs , 1 % bsa containing 5 ng of 125 i labelled monoclonal antibody were added to these tubes and incubated for 3 hours at room temperature on shaker at 200 rpm . the tubes were then washed twice with double distilled water and counted . the percentage bound was determined by the following formula : % bound =( cpm bound with hapten / cpm bound in the absence of hapten )× 100 . table iiia______________________________________hapten inhibitionsmab sla ca 50 le . sup . a x y slx nana - lactose______________________________________b25 . 10r3 55 0 0 0 0 na 0b32 . 2r2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0b67 . 4r12 89 0 0 0 0 na 0b67 . 7r22 96 0 0 0 0 0 0b67 . 17r12 98 0 6 0 0 0 3hb 8059 89 0 0 0 0 na 0______________________________________ the critical test of the specificity of the antibodies was determined by utilizing a family of closely related haptens . hp 8059 and most of the antibodies were strongly inhibited by the sla haptens ( synthetic tetrasaccharides or natural hexasaccharides ). neither the asialo hapten ( lewis a ) or a afucosyl hapten ( ca 50 ) gave significant inhibition . moreover , this was true for x , y , sialosyl lewis x ( slx ), and nana - lactose . b32 . 2 was the only one which was not significantly inhibited by any of the haptens . delvillano et . al . claim in the pct wo 84 / 00758 that higher signal to noise ratios could be obtained by running an immunoassay for ca 19 - 9 at an acidic ph . in order to test this supposition , a number of our antibodies were tested by the following method . polystyrene tubes were coated with a fraction of pe3 at 50 units per tube , diluted in 30 μl of pbs , overnight at room temperature and additional protein binding sites were blocked with 1 % bsa in pbs for one hour at room temperature . either 2 ng . or 10 ng . of 125 i - labelled monoclonal antibodies hb8059 , b25 . 10 , b25 . 16 , b28 . 2 , b67 . 7 , and b67 . 17 , were incubated for two hours at room temperature on a shaker in these tubes in phosphate buffers with different ph &# 39 ; s . table iv shows the results : table iv______________________________________ph sensitivity of a selection of anti - sialosyl lewis . sup . a clones % boundantibody ph 4 ph 5 ph 6 ph 7 . 1 ph 8 . 1 ph 9 . 1______________________________________b25 . 10 ( 10 ng / tube ) 61 62 66 64 62 55b25 . 10 ( 2 ng / tube ) 57 61 63 63 61 53b25 . 16 ( 10 ng / tube ) 30 29 28 28 25 20b25 . 16 ( 2 ng / tube ) 30 29 27 27 23 19b28 . 2 ( 10 ng / tube ) 51 48 56 56 48 54b28 . 2 ( 2 ng / tube ) 51 48 55 56 48 56b67 . 4 ( 10 ng / tube ) 65 63 64 62 58 58b67 . 4 ( 2 ng / tube ) 65 61 64 62 59 56b67 . 7 ( 10 / ng / tube ) 43 39 40 38 33 29b67 . 7 ( 2 ng / tube ) 43 39 39 37 31 28b67 . 17 ( 10 ng / tube ) 57 58 59 56 44 39b67 . 17 ( 2 ng / tube ) 57 60 60 57 47 37hb 8059 64 46 33 17 11 8 ( 10 ng / tube ) hb 8059 ( 2 ng / tube ) 61 51 36 17 11 9______________________________________ the anti - sla antibodies of the present invention exhibit comparable binding to ca 19 - 9 mucin coated tubes over a wide range of ph . this result is in sharp contrast to hb 8059 whose optimal binding is at a ph of about 4 . increasing the ph for this antibody drastically reduces the amount bound as well as the affinity . we collect and maintain a cancer serum sample bank cross referenced to patient histories collected in accordance with accepted practice of patient consent and confidentiality . all serum assays herein disclosed have used samples from this bank . after the hapten specificity was determined on the antibodies of table iii , three different set of serum samples for which ca 19 - 9 values were available were chosen randomly on the day of experimentation . in table v , various antibodies selected according to the present screening method were tested for the ability to correctly discriminate normal and cancer sera . table v______________________________________b25 . 10r2clinical screennormal sera conventional ria b25 . 10r2patient # ( units / ml ) (% bound ) ______________________________________ 287 17 97 . 7 288 13 95 . 3 290 10 97 . 9 291 nd 96 . 6 292 34 87 . 5 293 nd 98 . 1 296 21 88 . 8 298 8 87 . 8 299 51 71 . 2 300 58 79 . 3 301 61 111 303 69 121______________________________________cancer sera ca 19 - 9 ria b25 . 10r2patient # ( units / ml ) (% bound ) ______________________________________ 902 186 40 938 237 23 . 91576 77 64 . 11607 1285 13 . 31835 65 67 . 11839 26 52 . 41861 21 71 . 91891 21 81 . 91971 6 58 . 91972 12 86 . 11980 44 73 . 41884 14 89 . 3______________________________________b25 . 7r1 and b32 . 2r1clinical screennormal sera b25 . 7r1 ca 19 - 9 b25 . 7r1 units / ml b32 . 2r1patient # ( units / ml ) % bound ( arbitrary ) % bound______________________________________ 279 13 68 11 57 297 13 58 24 71 298 13 62 16 79 299 8 61 84 61 300 8 58 41 71 301 10 61 14 79 303 10 69 8 831483 9 69 12 661486 12 61 16 761484 12 84 57 80______________________________________cancer sera b25 . 7r1 ca 19 - 9 b25 . 7r1 units / ml b32 . 2r1patient # ( units / ml ) % bound ( arbitrary ) % bound______________________________________ 250 3 75 13 72 255 0 73 16 60 334 10 59 56 60 336 10 60 25 64 754 7786 10 . 8 2925 13 731 165 35 8488 391607 1285 6 . 1 2056 151839 33 26 159 491861 21 41 112 511971 6 51 468 67______________________________________ inhibition reactions were performed using polystyrene tubes as coated in the hapten inhibition experiments . radiolabeled anti -( ca 19 - 9 ) antibody in 200 μl of pbs at ph 7 . 2 in 1 % bsa was added to each tube together with 100 μl of sample or standard . the reaction mixture was then incubated for 24 hours on shaker at room temperature shaking at 200 rpm . the tubes were washed twice with 2 ml of distilled water . bound activity was measured in a gamma counter ( packard ). the sandwich assays performed with polystyrene tubes coated with 1 μg of antibody in pbs overnight at room temperature . the tubes were then blocked with 1 % bsa in pbs for two hours at room temperature . 100 μl containing 2 ng . ( approximately 50 , 000 cpm ) of radiolabeled antibody and 100 μl of either sample or standard solution is added . the mixture was incubated overnight at room temperature on a shaker , washed twice with 2 ml of distilled water , and counted . all of the tested antibodies exhibit reduced binding to mucin coated tubes in the presence of cancer sera but not normal serum samples . those serum samples exhibiting the highest ca 19 - 9 value as determined by a commercial assay also exert the maximum inhibition of the binding of the antibodies . this is true also for b32 . 2 which is only weakly inhibited by the sla hapten which is only weakly inhibited by a study of specificity determinations . b25 . 16 and b25 . 10 were selected for further studies . one - hundred - seventy - four serum samples were chosen randomly from the bank and the assayed by the method expressed in the procedure of the b25 . 10 assay section . one - hundred - seventy - four samples were tested in a 3 hour simultaneous , solid - phase , competitive radioimmunoassay format using either b25 . 10 or b25 . 16 as the tracer antibody . a correlation coefficient of 0 . 95 was determined indicating the clinical comparability of the two antibodies . as one embodiment of this invention , ca 19 - 9 was measured using a simultaneous , solid - phase competitive inhibition radioimmunoassy utilizing monoclonal antibody synthesized by the hybridoma clone b25 . 10 . polystyrene tubes coated with ca 19 - 9 epitope - bearing antigen are incubated with standards ( 10 , 40 , 75 , 150 , and 300 iu / ml ) made from pe37 in a human serum matrix with 1 mg / ml sodium azide , control ( also in a human serum matrix ), or a serum sample together with 125 - iodine - labeled b25 . 10 monoclonal anti - ca 19 - 9 antibody . during this incubation ca 19 - 9 bearing antigens will bind the labeled antibodies thereby preventing the binding of these labeled antibodies to the solid phase . unbound material is removed by washing the tubes , and radioactivity is measured in a gamma scintillation counter . from the standard curve derived , the ca 19 - 9 inhibition units ( iu ) of the unknowns and the control can be determined . a . pipette 25 μl of each calibrator , control or patient serum sample to the bottom of the appropriate tubes . the user should note that it is important , due to small sample size utilized , that the sample be pipetted directly to the bottom of the tube . failure to do so will adversely affect assay precision . use a fresh pipette tip for each sample . b . pipette 200 μl of the 125 i - labeled b25 . 10 antibody into each tube . for larger number of samples a repeated pipet is very convenient for this step . c . thoroughly mix the contents of the tubes by vigorous shaking or gentle vortexing . e . place tubes in a water bath at 37 °± 2 ° centigrade and incubate for three ( 3 ) hours ± five ( 5 ) minutes . f . aspirate the tubes and wash two ( 2 ) times with 2 ml of distilled water . an oxford pipetter , cornwall syringe , or equivalent device is suggested for this step . ensure complete removal of all liquid after each wash . g . measure radioactivity of the tubes in a gamma scintillation counter . a . the standard curve is constructed by plotting the mean 125 i cpm for each standard ( y - axis ) against the concentration . the curve is then drawn by a &# 34 ; best fitting curve &# 34 ; method . gamma counters outfitted with automatic data reduction programs ( preferably logit - log ) may also be used . b . the concentration of the control and the patient serum samples are determined from the standard curve . c . samples reading over 300 units / ml were diluted and reanalyzed for more accurate results . dilute the sample 1 / 10 with the 0 units / ml standard . to calculate the result after dilution multiply by 10 . the minimal detectable concentration of ca 19 - 9 was determined to be 3 . 0 iu . the minimal detectable concentration is defined as that concentration of ca 19 - 9 equivalent to 2 sd from the 0 iu / ml standard . serum samples containing high levels of ca 19 - 9 were diluted serially with the kit diluent and reassayed . when expected vs actual results were analyzed by linear regression all showed a correlation coefficient ≧ 0 . 990 . 1 . normal sera : ca 19 - 9 levels in sera from normal individuals ( blood bank donors ) were determined by this assay . it was determined that 98 . 6 % of these normal sera yielded ca 19 - 9 levels less than 60 iu / ml . the distribution of the values in these normal sera is shown in table vi . table vi______________________________________distribution of 361 normal serainterval # of samplesiu / ml in interval______________________________________0 - 5 0 6 - 10 111 - 15 916 - 20 5021 - 25 7226 - 30 8831 - 35 6336 - 40 2941 - 45 2146 - 50 1351 - 55 556 - 60 561 - 65 265 - 70 0 & gt ; 70 3______________________________________ 2 . malignant sera : sera from 319 patients diagnosed with various cancers were tested in this assay . the results shown in table vii indicated that the b25 . 10 detected a high proportion of samples of pancreatic cancer . table vii______________________________________distribution of ca 19 - 9 values in serumfrom patients with malignant disease (% in category ) 0 - 60 60 - 120 & gt ; 120 n iu / ml iu / ml iu / ml______________________________________colorectal cancerlimited disease 25 84 . 0 12 . 0 4 . 0extensive disease 43 41 . 9 18 . 6 39 . 5total 68 57 . 4 16 . 2 26 . 4gastric cancerlimited disease 27 77 . 8 18 . 5 3 . 7extensive disease 13 23 . 1 46 . 2 30 . 8total 40 60 . 0 27 . 5 12 . 5pancreatic cancerlimited disease 9 22 . 2 55 . 6 22 . 2extensive disease 8 12 . 5 75 . 0 12 . 5total 17 17 . 6 64 . 7 17 . 6breast cancerlimited disease 70 84 . 0 7 . 1 11 . 4extensive disease 124 67 . 7 19 . 4 12 . 9total 194 72 . 7 15 . 0 12 . 3______________________________________ the cut off for the assay was selected by applying traditional mathematical criteria to a group of test results on apparently health blood donor specimens ( normal values ). our inhibition unit value ranking at the 99th percentile was taken as the upper limit of these normal values ( which was defined as 60 iu ). this is identical to the method by which the conventional assay cut off of 37 u / ml was originally determined . although our assay and the conventional assay employ technologically different units , the method employed to determined the upper limit of normal for the two kits was the same . the only difference then is that the same decision criteria was applied to data derived by using two completely different assays formats . although the conventional assay and our unit values showed good numerical correlation , they are not directly comparable because they are measured in two different assay formats . nevertheless , one can sort results with respect to categories of above ( positive result ) or below ( negative result ) the upper limit of normal . since identical mathematical criteria were applied in determining the upper limit of normal for both kits the &# 34 ; positive &# 34 ; vs . &# 34 ; negative &# 34 ; results are directly comparable . these results can also be used to compare relative clinical sensitivity and clinical specificity for the two kits . using the published conventional assay cut off of 37 u / ml and our 60 iu / ml cut off , table viii illustrates the increased clinical sensitivity of the our test , especially with respect to gastric and pancreatic cancer . upon some further analysis , these results can be compared with a third qualitative variable ; that is , the physician &# 39 ; s judgment on diagnosis during patient follow up . these physician judgments were not based on tumor marker results but by consideration of a number of other clinically accepted decision criteria . these diagnosis are the results of physical examination , x - rays , other visualization methods and categorization of other blood chemistries as above or below the upper limit of normal ( positive or negative ). unfortunately , we do not have enough data on pancreatic and gastric cancer patients to test the greater specificity of the assay . nevertheless , we do have a considerable number of serum samples from a population of colorectal cancer patients who have been followed after primary treatment and subsequently diagnosed by standard criteria to be free of disease ( fd ), disease stable ( ds ), disease regressive ( dr ), or disease progressive ( dp ). __________________________________________________________________________conventional assay using hb 8059 / our assay using b25 . 10 gastric colorectal pancreatic colorectal colorectal total active colorectal cancer cancer - dp cancer cancer - dr cancer - ds cancer * cancer - fd__________________________________________________________________________ +/+ 10 17 11 3 5 46 1 -/+ 5 3 3 0 1 12 2 +/- 0 1 0 2 1 4 8 -/- 25 18 3 8 9 63 69correlation 0 . 96 0 . 84 0 . 99 0 . 99 0 . 83 0 . 86r =# of samples 40 39 17 13 16 125 80__________________________________________________________________________ in a comparison of assays using the hb 8059 antibody and our b25 . 10 antibody , we found both capable of detecting elevated serum levels of ca 19 - 9 antigen ( see table viii ). generally there is good correlation for all types of cancer and their subgroups . however , for overall active disease , the b25 . 10 assay is capable of identifying about 8 % more cancer than would be negative in the assay employing hb 8059 . on the other hand , only about 3 % of active disease patients are detected by hb 8059 that is not detectable in the b25 . 10 assay . affinity constant determinations of anti - ca 19 - 9 antibodies on a solid phase coated with multivalent mucin mucin - coated tubes were prepared as above . 100 ul / tube of 125 i labeled monoclonal antibody at molar concentrations typically ranging for these antibodies from 10 - 8 to 10 - 10 m were added . 50 μl pbs with 1 % bsa was used for the assays conducted at ph 7 . 2 . for the assay done at ph 4 . 5 , 0 . 1m citrate containing 1 % bsa was used as the buffer . the antibodies were incubated overnight at room temperature on shaker at 200 rpm . the input was counted and the tubes washed twice with double distilled water . k a values were determined by double reciprocal plot of 1 /[ bound ] versus 1 /[ free ]. ( k a =- x intercept ) table ix______________________________________k . sub . a valuesmab ph 7 . 2 ph 4 . 5______________________________________b25 . 10r3 1 × 10 . sup . 9 nab67 . 4r12 3 . 1 × 10 . sup . 8 nab67 . 7r22 0 . 6 × 10 . sup . 8 nab67 . 17r12 3 . 8 × 10 . sup . 8 nahb 8059 1 . 15 × 10 . sup . 8 1 × 10 . sup . 9______________________________________ the affinities ( or more correctly avidity ) of the various antibodies were determined by experiments measuring their binding to mucin coated tubes . b25 . 10 exhibited the best properties at ph 7 . 2 and this measurement was comparable to the ph 4 . 5 ka for hb 8059 . the latter antibody has a logfold lower affinity at physiological ph . hybridoma b 25 . 10 r3 was deposited on feb . 3 , 1988 with the american type culture collection under the budapest treaty and received the designation atcc hb 9636 . the making of this deposit should not be deemed license to make , use , or sell the hybridoma or its antibody . 2 . s . hakomori and kannagi ( 1983 ) j . natl . cancer inst . 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( 1983 ) clin . chem . 29 549 . 7 . r . e . ritts , b . c . del villano , v . l . w . go , r . herberman , t . l . klug and v . r . zurawski ( 1984 ) int . j . cancer 33 , 339 . 8 . m . k . gupta , r . arciaga , l . bocci , r . tubbs , r . bukowski and s . d . deodhar ( 1985 ) cancer 56 , 277 . 9 . w . m . steinberg , r . gelfand , k . k . anderson , j . glenn , s . h . kurtzman , w . f . sindelar and p . p . toskes ( 1986 ) gastroenterology 90 , 343 . 10 . h . tomoda and m . furusawa ( 1986 ) jap . j . surg . 16 , 73 . table x__________________________________________________________________________some important tumor - associated sialylated oligosaccharidestrivial name ( tumor association ) structure * antibody__________________________________________________________________________lacto series ( type i ) ## str1 ## ## str2 ## 19 - 9 ; c50 b25 . 10 ## str3 ## ## str4 ## di - sialosyl lewis . sup . a ( colon , gastric , pancreas , lung ) ## str5 ## fh7sialyl lacto - neo - tertraosyl ceramide ( colon ; terato ) ## str6 ## sialyl lacto - neo - tertraosyl ceramide ( colon ; terato ) ## str7 ## k4di - sialyl lacto - neo - tertraosyl ceramide ( colon ) ## str8 ## fh9lacto series ( type ii ) ## str9 ## ## str10 ## cslex1 ## str11 ## ## str12 ## ## str13 ## ## str14 ## fh6 ## str15 ## ## str16 ## ganglio seriesfucosyl gm . sub . 1 ( small - cell lung ) ## str17 ## f12gm . sub . 2 ## str18 ## gm . sub . 3 ## str19 ## gd . sub . 2 ( melanoma ) ## str20 ## l55gd . sub . 3 ( melanoma ) ## str21 ## 4 . 2 ; r24gd . sub . 3 ( 9 - o - acetyl ) ( melanoma ) ## str22 ## d1 . 1__________________________________________________________________________ these basic structures can have slight variations such as the seen with 9 - o - acetyl gd 3 or n - glycolyl gm 2 . table xi__________________________________________________________________________fusion process fusion boosterfusion code host strain partner interval route amount antigen adjuvant__________________________________________________________________________b3 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 slam 99 cfa 7 ip 100 slam 99 cfa 5 ip 100 slam 99 pbs 1 ipiv 200 slam 99 pbs 1 ipiv 200 slam 99 pbs fox / ny 156 ip 500 pe - 3 pbsb4 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe 3 cfa 9 ip 100 pe 3 cfa 6 ip 800 pe 3 sal 1 ipiv 400 pe 3 sal fox / ny 1 ipiv 400 pe 3 salb5 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe fl cfa 7 ip 100 pe 3fl cfa 6 ip 800 pe 3fl sal 1 ipiv 400 pe 3fl sal fox / ny 1 ipiv 400 pe 3fl salb6 rbf / dn 1 ip 106 sw 1116 cfa 33 ip 106 sw 1116 cfa 31 ip 106 sw 1116 cfa 28 ip 106 sw 1116 cfa 39 ip 106 sw 1116 cfa 44 ip 106 sw 1116 ifa fox / ny 29 ip 106 sw 1116 ifab7 rbf / dn 1 ip 500 pe 10 ( pel ) cfa 7 ip 500 pe 10 ( pel ) cfa 7 ip 800 pe10fl pbs 1 ip 800 pe10fl pbs fox / ny 1 ipiv 800 pe10fl pbsb8 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe10fl cfa 28 ip 100 pe10fl cfa sp2 / 0 34 ip 100 pe10fl cfab13 rbf / dn sp2 / 0 ip 108 le - a rbc &# 39 ; s pbsb14 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe - 3 ( raw ) cfa 21 ip 100 pe - 3 cfa 29 ip 100 pe - 3fl ifa 34 ip 100 pe - 10fl ifa sp2 / 0 45 ip 100 pe - 17fl ifab15 rbf / dn 1 ip : 100 pe - 3 ( raw ) cfa 22 ip 100 pe - 3 cfa 29 ip 100 pe - 3f1 cfa 34 ip 100 pe - 17f1 cfa 42 ip 100 pe - 10f1 cfa sp2 / 0 14 ip 100 pe - 27f1 cfab16 rbf / dn 1 ip 20 pe - 3 ( raw ) cfa 22 ip 20 pe - 3 cfa 29 ip 20 pe - 3f1 ifa 34 ip 20 pe - 10f1 ifa 42 ip 20 pe - 17f1 ifa sp2 / 0 16 ip 20 pe - 10f1 ifab17 rbf / dn 1 ip 500 pe - 10 ) pel ) cfa 29 ip 100 pe - 10f1 cfa 20 ip 100 pe - 10f1 ifa 35 ip 100 pe - 10f1 ifa sp2 / 0 31 ip 300 3 . 10 . 17f1 ifab18 rbf / dn 1 ip 20 pe - 3 ( raw ) cfa 22 ip 20 pe - 3 cfa 29 ip 20 pe - 3f1 ifa 34 ip 20 pe - 17f1 ifa 42 ip 20 pe - 10f1 ifa sp2 / 0 24 ip 1000 serum # 1606 ifab19 rbf / dn 1 ip 5 pe - 10 ( pel ) cfa 29 ip 100 pe - 10f1 cfa 20 ip 100 pe - 10f1 ifa 42 ip 100 pe - 10f1 ifa 29 ip 500 pe - 3f1 ifa sp2 / 0 1 iv 1000 pe - 17f1 pbsb20 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe 3fl cfa 36 ip 800 pe 3fl pbs 1 ipiv 400 pe 3fl pbs 1 ipiv 400 pe 3fl pbs 118 ip 400 pe 3fl pbs sp2 / 0 0 iv 2107 b4 spleen medb25 balb / c 1 ip 2500 pe 3fl cfa 15 ip 2500 pe 3fl cfa 6 ip 104 pe 3fl pbs 0 ip 7250 pe 17fl pbs 2 ip 104 pe 3fl pbs 0 iv 7250 pe 17fl pbs 1 ip 104 pe 3fl pbs sp2 / 0 0 iv 7250 pe 17fl pbsb26 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 41 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 500 pe 3fl ifa 41 ip 2500 pe 17fl ifa sp2 / 0 7 ip 5000 pe 28 / 50 ifab28 balb / c 1 ip 2500 pe 3fl cfa 8 ip 2500 pe 3fl cfa 6 ip 10000 / 7500 pe 3fl / pe 17fl pbs 2 ipiv 10000 / 7500 pe 3fl / pe 17fl pbs 1 ipiv 10000 / 7500 pe 3fl / pe 17fl pbs sp2 / 0 26 ip 2000 pe 28 / 50 ifab29 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 41 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 500 pe 3fl ifa 41 ipiv 2500 pe 17fl ifa sp2 / 0 14 ipiv 2500 pe 28 / 50 ifab30 caf1 1 ip 5000 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 5000 pe 17fl cfa sp2 / 0 39 ip 45000 pe 3fl salb32 caf1 1 ip 5000 pe 3fl cfa 29 ip 5000 pe 3fl cfa sp2 / 0 45 iv 8750 pe 10fl pbsb33 caf1 1 ip 5000 pe 3fl cfa 29 ip 5000 pe 3fl cfa sp2 / 0 49 iv 2000 / 1300 pe 17fl / pe 28 pbsb34 rbf / dn 1 ip . 5 ml pe 10 ( pel ) cfa 29 ip 100 pe 10fl cfa 20 ip 100 pe 10fl ifa 42 ip 100 pe17fl ifa 29 ip 500 pe 3fl ifa sp2 / 0 100 iv 8400 pe 28 / 50 pbsb35 rbf / dn 1 s . c 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 50 μg pe 17fl ifa 38 ip 2500 pe 17fl ifa 20 ip 5000 pe 28 / 50 ifa sp2 / 0 32 iv 8750 pe 10fl pbsb37 rbf / dn 1 s . c 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 50 μg pe 17fl ifa 38 ip 2500 pe 17fl ifa 20 ip 5000 pe 28 / 50 ifa sp2 / 0 39 iv 8000 pe 10fl salb38 rbf / dn 1 s . c 100 pe 17fl cfa 41 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 500 pe 3fl ifa 41 ip 2500 pe 17fl ifa 37 ip 5000 pe 28 / 50 ifa fox / ny 60 iv 8250 pe 37fl pbsb40 rbf / dn 1 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 41 ip 100 pe 17fl cfa 29 ip 500 pe 3fl ifa 41 ip 2500 pe 17fl ifa 37 ip 5000 pe 28 / 50 ifa 52 iv 3000 pe 37fl / 40 pbs sp2 / 0 16 iv 3000 pe 37fl / 40 pbsb45 balb / c 1 ip 5000 pe 28 / 60 cfa 28 ip 5000 pe 28 / 60 cfa 44 ip 3333 pe 3fl wga sp2 / 0 16 ip 8333 pe 37fl wgab67 caf1 1 sc 5000 pe37f1 cfa 31 ip 5000 pe28f2 ifa 21 ip 5000 pe37f1 ifa 15 ip 5000 pe37f1 pbs 19 ip 5000 pe37f1 pbs 18 ip 5000 pe37f1 pbs sp2 / 0 39 iv 10000 pe 28 ap pbsb74 caf1 1 sc 5000 pe 37f1 cfa 31 ip 5000 pe 28f2 ifa 21 ip 5000 pe 37f1 ifa 15 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 19 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 18 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 39 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 14 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 31 ip 5000 pe 37f1 pbs 14 ip 10000 pe 37f1 pbs sp2 / 0 10 sc 10000 pe 37f1 pbs__________________________________________________________________________