| abstract |
The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies specifically binding platinum (II) complex. The monoclonal antibodies of the present invention are characteristically produced by antibody-producing cell lines such as hybridomas. These cell lines may result, for example, from fusion of a neoplastic cell with an antibody-producing animal cell obtained from an animal immunized against a platinum (II) complex. The cellular fusion products include cell lines forming monoclonal antibody specifically binding platinum (II) complex in competition with an antibody produced by: hybridoma strain 1C1H2A5, diposited with the American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD on May 1, 1987 and having ATCC accession number HB 9411; strain 3A2A1; strain 1A6A2; strain 3A6B1 or strain 1B1. The cell lines of the present invention are preferably continuous murine hybridoma cell lines which secrete recoverable quantities of monoclonal antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody which is of an IgG or IgM isotype. |