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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 23, Issue 2 163-170, Copyright © 1987 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

A monoclonal antibody directed against a serotype-specific, outer-membrane protein of Haemophilus influenzae type b

J. Hamel, B. R. Brodeur, Y. Larose, P. S. Tsang, A. Belmaaza and S. Montplaisir

Monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) were produced against outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) of Haemophilus influenzae type b. The clones were screened by ELISA with outer-membrane preparations of H. influenzae type b and untypable strains as coating antigens. Antibodies directed against the proteins of mol. wt (10(3)) 43, 37 and 13 were identified by immunoblotting of SDS-PAGE patterns of OMPs. Proteolytic enzyme treatments of the OMPs resulted in reduction of Mab reactivity as measured by ELISA. Furthermore, the absence of reactivity of Mab Hb-2 with a preparation of lipopolysaccharide confirmed the protein nature of its corresponding epitope. Binding assays with live bacteria showed that Hb-2 reacted with a cell surface-exposed antigenic determinant. Mab Hb-2 was bactericidal in vitro in the presence of complement. The characterisation of Hb-2 (IgG2a) by Western immunoblotting analysis revealed that it was directed against the 37 X 10(3)-mol. wt OMP. In a dot-enzyme immunoassay, Hb-2 reacted specifically with 326 strains of H. influenzae type b. It did not cross-react with the other serotypes or untypable strains of H. influenzae or with other bacterial species. This is the first report of a monoclonal antibody identifying a serotype-specific surface-exposed OMP of H. influenzae type b.


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