Abstract

BackgroundThe efficacy assessment of human anti‐IgE monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in animal models before clinical trials is hampered due to the lack of cross‐reactivity of anti‐IgE mAbs between species.ObjectiveWe developed CRE‐DR (an anti‐dog IgE monoclonal antibody), an anti‐IgE mouse mAb that recognizes canine and human IgE, and then examined its IgE specificity and cross‐reactivity between three animal and human species.MethodsAfter mouse immunization with a synthetic peptide derived from canine IgE (282NTNDWIEGETYYC294), we generated a hybridoma producing CRE‐DR. The CRE‐DR purified from the ascites of hybridoma‐inoculated mice was used for ELISA and Western blot analysis to examine reactivity to dog, human, and rodent IgEs as well as recombinant bovine serum albumin (BSA)‐conjugated to canine, human, and rodent IgE amino acid peptides corresponding to the immunizing sequence. We then performed enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) for dog IgE using sera from dogs with atopic dermatitis (AD) after inhibition with canine IgE and IgG. The amino acid sequence recognized by CRE‐DR was identified by ELISA using synthetic peptides.ResultsCRE‐DR is a monoclonal mouse IgG1κ specific for dog IgE, and the ELISA values in atopic dog sera were inhibited by dog IgE, but not dog IgG. The binding of CRE‐DR to human IgE was relatively maintained, but not to rodent IgEs, which results were confirmed with the BSA‐conjugated IgE peptides of the various species. The CRE‐DR reactivity was supported by the comparison of amino acid sequence of CRE‐DR epitope, DWIEGETYYC, in dog IgE; one, two, and three amino acids were substituted in the human, rat, and mouse IgE epitopes, respectively.Conclusions and Clinical RelevanceCRE‐DR is a mAb cross‐reactive to dog and human IgEs, which can allow the use of a dog model of allergy to test the efficacy of a CRE‐DR‐derived anti‐IgE therapeutic mAb before human clinical trials.

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