Species-specific monoclonal antibody to a 43,000-molecular-weight membrane protein of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

AUTOR(ES)

Madsen, R D

RESUMO

A murine immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody was produced that binds to a protease-sensitive, periodate-insensitive epitope on a 43,000-molecular-weight Mycoplasma pneumoniae membrane polypeptide. The 43,000-molecular-weight polypeptide appeared to be a major antigenic component of M. pneumoniae, as determined by immunoblot analysis. This monoclonal antibody reacted with 33 different clinical isolates of M. pneumoniae, but not with normal-flora Mycoplasma species or 18 other microorganisms potentially inhabiting the normal or diseased human respiratory tract. This apparent species-specific monoclonal antibody may have application for the detection of M. pneumoniae antigen in clinical specimens.

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