Infusion of Bispecific Monoclonal Antibody Complexes into Monkeys Provides Immunologic Protection against Later Challenge with a Model Pathogen

• Published in: Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) Fla.), 1999-08, Vol.92 (2), p.170-180
• Main Authors: Craig, Maria L., Reinagel, Michele L., Martin, Edward N., Schlimgen, Ryan, Nardin, Alessandra, Taylor, Ronald P.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Monoclonal - immunology; Antibodies, Viral - immunology; Antigen-Antibody Complex - immunology; Bacteriophage phi X 174 - immunology; Biological and medical sciences; bispecific antibodies; complement receptor; complement receptor 1; erythrocyte; Haplorhini; heteropolymers; Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments - immunology; Immunopathology; Immunotherapy (general aspects); Infusions, Intravenous; Medical sciences; Mice; nonhuman primate; Polymers; Primates; Receptors, Complement 3b - immunology; Time Factors
• ISSN: 1521-6616; 1521-7035
• DOI: 10.1006/clim.1999.4739

Heteropolymers (HP), bispecific mAbs which bind target pathogens to primate erythrocytes via complement receptor 1, facilitate clearance of pathogens from the bloodstream by targeting them for destruction in the liver without causing lysis or clearance of the erythrocytes. We show that when HP prepared with mouse IgG are intravenously infused into monkeys one or more times prior to exposure to a prototype pathogen, they bind to erythrocytes and remain in the circulation long enough to act as “sentinels,” preventing pathogen invasion of the bloodstream. The effectiveness of HP as sentinels is limited both by the monkey's immune response to the HP and, prior to the immune response, by a gradual loss of the HP from monkey erythrocytes over a period of 1 week, and we have investigated possible causes of this HP loss. In overview, our results suggest that HP prepared with mouse IgG are able to effectively function as sentinels for a minimum of 4 days and, after repeat infusion, possibly for up to 2 weeks.