Efficient generation of monoclonal antibodies from single rhesus macaque antibody secreting cells.
2015
Nonhuman primates (NHPs) are used as a preclinical model for vaccine development, and the antibody profiles to experimental vaccines in NHPs can provide critical information for both vaccine design and translation to clinical efficacy. However, an efficient protocol for generating monoclonal antibodies from single antibody secreting cells of NHPs is currently lacking. In this study we established a robust protocol for cloning immunoglobulin (IG) variable domain genes from single
rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta) antibody secreting cells. A sorting strategy was developed using a panel of molecular markers (CD3,
CD19,
CD20, surface IgG, intracellular IgG, CD27, Ki67 and
CD38) to identify the kinetics of B cell response after vaccination. Specific primers for the
rhesus macaqueIG genes were designed and validated using cDNA isolated from
macaque
peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Cloning efficiency was averaged at 90% for variable heavy (VH) and light (VL) domains, and 78.5% of the clones (n = 335) were matc...
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