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KMID : 0359319870270020259
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
1987 Volume.27 No. 2 p.259 ~ p.267
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Monoclonal Antibody Production against Piglet Diarrhea Agent ( Enterotoxigenic E . coli ) by Cell Fusion - Hybridoma Cell Technique
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Abstract
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Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) cause an acute diarrhea (white scour) in both animals and humans. The disease process initially involves the adherence and colonization of the mucosal surface of the small intestine, followed by the elaboration of a heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) and/or heat-stable enterotoxin (ST). Intestinal adherence or colonization by FTEC is generally mediated by a specific surface-associated pilus (fimbrial) antigen that endows the bacteria with the capacity to adhere to epitherial cell surface.
Fourteen monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against pili antigens of ETEC were obtained by cell fusion/hybridoma technique. They were characterized by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA), and divided into four groups: specific to K99 antigen (group 1), cross-reactive with K99 and F4l antigens (group 2), specific to K88 antigen (group 3) and specific to 987P and K88 antigens (group 4), respectively.
These MAbs demonstrated the distinct pili (K) antigens on the surface of ETEC by IFA, and could be utilized as diagnostic reagent for the identification of ETEC.
When eighty-seven field isolates of E. coli from piglet with diarrhea were tested by group 3 MAb, forty-two strains (48.3%) has K88 pilus antigen suggesting that this is one of the major pilus antigen of ETEC present in fifeld.
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