Abstract
We succeeded in producing a monoclonal antibody (MAb) against bovine thrombin. The MAb belonged to mouse IgG(1), and its light chain consisted of kappa-chain. The MAb reacted with bovine and human thrombins, which were coated by coupling to poly-lysine-coated wells with glutaraldehyde, but did not react with the thrombin-like enzyme, habutobin. Furthermore, the MAb did not react with thrombin which was coated to plates without poly-lysine and glutaraldehyde. The concentration of thrombin in ovalbumin solution (10 mg/mL) could be measured by means of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) double sandwich method using the MAb and polyclonal antibody. Thrombin added to defibrinated plasma could not be detected by means of the ELISA double sandwich method using the present MAb, and this may be due to the AT-III activity in the defibrinated plasma. Postclotting thrombin could be detected by means of the ELISA-double sandwich method using the MAb. It is suggested, from the results of our experiments, that the MAb obtained reacted in a limited fashion to the C-terminal of bovine thrombin.
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