This document discusses antigen-antibody reactions, including their specificity, the formation of immune complexes, and the non-covalent bonds involved in binding. It describes different types of antigen-antibody reactions like precipitation, agglutination, complement fixation, ELISA, and immunofluorescence. It also outlines applications like blood typing, disease detection, immunoassays, and assessing immune deficiencies.
antibodies are a large proteins. based on electrophorosis and centrifugation anti bodies are mainly five types .these are protects on human body from various microorganisms.
antibodies are a large proteins. based on electrophorosis and centrifugation anti bodies are mainly five types .these are protects on human body from various microorganisms.
This topic covers the brief introduction of Ag and Ab in detail. Types and functions of Ig is explained in detail. Paraproteinemias is explained with simple pictures.
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This topic covers the brief introduction of Ag and Ab in detail. Types and functions of Ig is explained in detail. Paraproteinemias is explained with simple pictures.
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Antigen-Antibody Interactions -
Antigen-antibody interactions depend on four types
of noncovalent interactions: hydrogen bonds, ionic
bonds, hydrophobic interactions, and van der Waals
interactions.
The affinity constant, which can be determined by
Scatchard analysis, provides a quantitative measure of the
strength of the interaction between an epitope of the antigen
and a single binding site of an antibody. The avidity reflects
the overall strength of the interactions between a
multivalent antibody molecule and a multivalent antigen
molecule at multiple sites.
The interaction of a soluble antigen and precipitating antibody
in a liquid or gel medium forms an Ag-Ab precipitate.
Electrophoresis can be combined with precipitation
in gels in a technique called immunoelectrophoresis.
The interaction between a particulate antigen and agglutinating
antibody (agglutinin) produces visible clumping, or
agglutination that forms the basis of simple, rapid, and
sensitive immunoassays.
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) is a highly sensitive and quantitative
procedure that utilizes radioactively labeled antigen
or antibody.
The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) depends
on an enzyme-substrate reaction that generates a
colored reaction product. ELISA assays that employ
chemiluminescence instead of a chromogenic reaction are
the most sensitive immunoassays available.
In Western blotting, a protein mixture is separated by electrophoresis;
then the protein bands are electrophoretically
transferred onto nitrocellulose and identified with labeled
antibody or labeled antigen.
Fluorescence microscopy using antibodies labeled with
fluorescent molecules can be used to visualize antigen on
or within cells.
Flow cytometry provides an unusually powerful technology
for the quantitative analysis and sorting of cell populations
labeled with one or more fluorescent antibodies.
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2. 1. Introduction.
2. Salient Features of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
3. Strength of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
4. Properties of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
5. Types of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
6. Application of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
7. Conclusion.
3. INTRODUCTION:
• The antigens and the antibodies combine specifically
with each other. This interaction between them is
called Antigen-Antibody reaction.
• It may be abbreviated as Ag – Ab reaction.
• These form the basis for humoral immunity or
antibody mediated immunity.
• These reactions form the basis for detection of
infectious disease causing agents and also some non-
specific Ag’s like enzymes.
4. • When Ag – Ab reactions occur invitro, they are
known as serological reactions.
• The reactions between Ag and Ab occur in three
stages.
In first stage the reaction involves formation of
Ag-Ab complex.
The second stage leads to visible events like
precipitation, agglutination etc.
The third stage includes destruction of Ag or its
neutralization
5. Salient Features of Antigen – Antibody
Reaction:
• Specificity of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
• Immune complex.
• Binding Site of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
• Binding Force of Antigen – Antibody Reaction.
6. Specificity of Antigen – Antibody Reaction:
•Specificity refers to
the ability of an
individual antibody
combining site to
react with only one
antigenic
determinant or the
ability of a
population of
antibody molecules
to react with only
one antigen.
7. •For example, the antibody produced against lens
antigen will react only with lens-antigen. Similarly,
the antibody produced against kidney antigen will
react with only kidney- antigen. A standard lock can
be opened by its own key only as one antibody can
react with its own antigen.
Immune Complex:
•An immune complex is formed from the integral
binding of an antibody to a soluble antigen.
•The bound antigen acting as a specific epitope, bound
to an antibody is referred to as a singular immune
complex.
8. •Mechanisms of antigen-antibody interaction leading
to inflammation. Antigen-antibody immune complex
formation results in complement activation,
opsonization of target cells, assembly of membrane
attack complexes and release of complement
activators for chemotaxis.
•Fc receptor mediated cell activation triggers cellular
responses, such as phagocytosis, antibody-dependent
cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and release of
inflammatory mediators.
Ag + Ab Ag-Ab complex
9. Binding Site of Antigen – Antibody Reaction:
• In antigen - antibody reaction, the antibody attaches
with the antigen.
• The part of antigen which combines with antibody is
called Epitope.
• An epitope, also known as antigenic determinant, is
the part of an antigen that is recognized by the
immune system, specifically by antibodies, B cells, or
T cells.
•The part of an antibody that recognizes the epitope is
called a paratope.
10. Binding Force of Antigen – Antibody
Reaction:
• The binding between antigen and antibody in ag – ab
reaction is due to three factors namely:
Closeness between antigen and antibody.
Non – covalent bonds or Intermolecular forces .
Affinity of antibody.
11. Closeness between antigen and antibody: When
antigen and antibody are closely fit, the strength of
binding is great. When they are apart binding
strength low.
Non – Covalent Bonds: The bonds that hold the
antigen to the antibody combining site are all non-
covalent in nature. These include hydrogen bonds,
electrostatic bonds, Van der Waals forces and
hydrophobic bonds.
Affinity of antibody: Antibody affinity is the
strength of the reaction between a single antigenic
determinant and a single combining site on the
antibody.
12. Strength of Antigen – Antibody reaction:
•The non – covalent
interaction that form
the basis of antigen
– antibody binding
include hydrogen
bond, ionic bond,
hydrophobic
interaction and Van
der Waals
interaction.
13. •A strong antigen – antibody interaction depends on a
very close fit between the antigen and antibody which
requires high degree of specificity.
Properties of Antigen – Antibody Reaction:
The properties of antigen and antibody can be
explained with the help of three points. They are:
• Antibody Affinity.
• Antibody Avidity
• Cross reaction.
14. Affinity of Antibody:
Interactions between antigen and antibody involve
non-covalent binding of an antigenic determinant
(epitope) to the variable region (complementarity
determining region, CDR) of both the heavy and light
immunoglobulin chains. These interactions are
analogous to those observed in enzyme-substrate
interactions and they can be defined similarly. To
describe the strength of the antigen-antibody
interaction, one can define the affinity constant (K) as
shown:
15. [Ab - Ag]
Affinity K = = 104 to 1012 L/mol
[Ab] [Ag]
Avidity of Antibody:
• It is the strength of the bond after the formation of
Ag-Ab complexes.
• It is used to denote the overall capacity of antibodies
to combine with the multivalent antigen.
• A multivalent Ag has many types of antigenic
determinants.
• When injected into the blood, each antigenic
determinant stimulates the production of a particular
antibody.
16. The various antibodies produced by a single Ag
combine with the different antigenic determinants of
the Ag.
nAb+ mAg ↔ AbnAgm
Where nAb is No. of Ab’s and mAg is No. of
Antigenic determinants.
Cross Reaction:
An antiserum raised against an Ag, can also react with
a similar Ag of another type. This is called cross
reaction and the Ag which produces the cross reaction
is called Cross reactive Ag. But the strength of Ab
raised against its own Ag is strong.
17. • The bonds involved in cross reactions are weak.
Example: The serum raised against albumin of hen’s
egg can cross react with albumin obtained from
duck’s egg.
The antiserum raised against human insulin will react
with the insulin of Pig, Sheep, whale etc.
The antiserum raised against Pneumococcal
polysaccharides will react with E.coli, blood group A
and collagen Ag’s.
19. Precipitation Reaction:
When a soluble Ag combines with its Ab in the
presence of an electrolyte (NaCl) at a particular
temperature and pH, it forms an insoluble precipitate
of Ag-Ab complex. The Ab causing precipitation is
called Precipitin and the reaction is called as
precipitation reaction.
20. Function of precipitation reaction: Precipitation
occurs in two media:
Liquid.
Gel.
Precipitation in Liquid:
Antigen – Antibody reaction perform by placing a
constant amount of antibody in a series of tubes and
adding increased amount of antigen. Antigen –
Antibody reacts together resulting in precipitation.
Plotting the amount of precipitate against increasing
antigen conc. Yeilds a precipitation curve.
22. Precipitation curve shows three zones:
1. Zone of Ab axis.
2. Zone of equivalence.
3. Zone of Ag axis.
Precipitation in gel:
Radial Immunodiffusion (Mancini) :
In these methods agar gel or similar gels are used on
plates or petriplates. Both Ag and Ab diffuse freely in
the gel system in all directions. At a certain point
depending on the rate of diffusion and concentration
of the reactants, a zone of equivalence will be formed,
which is seen as a visible precipitation.
23. If Ag or Ab
preparations
are complex,
multiple
bands form.
These are
again of 2
types- Single
diffusion
methods and
double
diffusion
methods.
24. Agglutination Reaction:
• When a particular Ag is mixed with its Ab’s in the
presence of electrolytes at a suitable temperature and
pH, the particles are clumped or agglutinated.
• The Ab of the serum causes the cellular Ag’s to form
clumps and these are called Agglutinins.
• The particulate antigens that are aggregated are
termed Agglutinogens.
Slide agglutination: This is a rapid method to
determine the presence of agglutinating antibodies.
25.
26. To a uniform suspension of particulate Ag, a drop of
saline is added and then a drop of antiserum is added.
The slide is gently rocked or a fine loop is used to
mix the contents. If granulation occurs the test is
Positive.
It takes a minute for the test to complete and is visible
to the naked eye. Some times confirmation may be
done by observing slide under microscope.
This test is used for blood grouping
(Haemagglutination) and cross matching.
27.
28. Tube agglutination: This is a standard method for
quantitative estimation of Ab. The serum containing
Ab is diluted serially with saline in several small test
tubes, to which a constant volume of Ag suspension is
added.
A control tube is kept which has no antiserum. The
tubes are incubated until visible agglutination is
observed. The tube showing highest agglutination is
referred to as the titre.
Tube agglutination is employed for the serological
diagnosis of typhoid, brucellosis and typhus fever.
Widal test is used for the estimation of typhoid fever.
29. In this test Ab content of the patient’s serum, is
measured by adding a constant amount of antigen
(Solmonella typhi) to the serially diluted serum.
30. Passive agglutination test: It is similar to
haemagglutination test but the physical nature of the
reaction is altered.
The Ag is coated on the surface of a carrier particle
and thereby helps to convert a precipitation reaction
into an agglutination reaction making the reaction
more sensitive. The carrier particles used can be RBC,
latex particles or bentonite. Some times RBC coated
with polystyrene (tanned RBC) can be used.
When patients serum is mixed with these, it leads to
agglutination. This test is used for the diagnosis of
Rheumatoid arthritis.
33. Complement Fixation:
• Lysis of RBC or bacteria requires some non-specific
unstable components of fresh serum which are called
complement.
•This complement system comprises of 11 proteins
and are present in ever individual. They bind to Fc
component of Ab involved in Ag-Ab complex. This
ability of the Ag-Ab complex to fix complement is
used in complement Fixation tests.
•In the first stage, the test Ag and the antiserum
(heated to 56oC to inactivate complement) are mixed
in the presence of known amount of complement.
This is incubated at 4oC for 18h.
34. • If Ab specific for the Ag is present in the serum, Ag-
Ab complex will be formed that will fix the
complement.
35. ELISA – Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent
Assay:
• In 1971, enzyme labeled Ag’s and Ab’s were
developed as serological reagents for the assay of
Ab’s and Ag’s.
• These are very simple, sensitive, economic and less
hazard when compared to RIA.
•The ligand used here is a molecule which can detect
the Ab and is covalently coupled to an enzyme such
as peroxidase, betagalactosidase, alkaline phosphatase
etc.
36. ELISA is of 3types.
Indirect ELISA: This technique is used for the
detection of HIV. The envelop proteins are
developed by recombinant technology and coated
on the surface of the of microtire plates. Suspects
serum is added, and unbound proteins are washed
off.
Sandwich ELISA: Used to detect the presence of
Ag in a sample. The well is coated with Ab specific
to the Ag and then suspect serum is added allowed
to react. The wells are washed to remove unbound
Ag’s.
37.
38. Then a labeled Ab against a different epitope of the
Ag is added. Unbound Ab’s are removed by washing
and this is followed by addition of colored substrate
and development of color. The intensity of color is
directly proportional to the concentration of the Ag in
the serum.
Competitive ELISA: Another variation for
measuring amounts of antigen is competitive
ELISA. In this technique, antibody is first
incubated in solution with a sample containing
antigen.
The antigen-antibody mixture is then added to an
antigen coated micro titer well.
39. The more antigen present in the sample, the less free
antibody will be available to bind to the antigen-
coated well. Addition of an enzyme-conjugated
secondary antibody (Ab2) specific for the isotype of
the primary antibody can be used to determine the
amount of primary antibody bound to the well as in an
indirect ELISA.
Immunofluorescence:
•Fluorescence is the property of absorbing light rays
of one particular wavelength and emitting rays with a
different wave length.
• Fluorescent dyes show up brightly under UV light as
they convert into visible light.
40. Coons et al (1942) showed that labeled dyes can be
conjugated to Ab’s and these labeled antibodies can
be used to detect Ag’s.
•Dyes that are commonly used include:
Fluorescein, an organic dye that is the most widely
used label for immunofluorescence procedures,
absorbs blue light (490 nm) and emits an intense
yellow-green fluorescence (517 nm).
Phycoerythrin is an efficient absorber of light (~30-
fold greater than fluorescein) and a brilliant emitter of
red fluorescence, stimulating its wide use as a label
for immunofluorescence.
41.
42. Application of Antigen – Antibody Reaction:
The chief use of antigen-antibody reactions are:
• Determination of blood groups for transfusion.
• Serological ascertainment of exposure to infectious
agents.
• Development of immunoassays for the
quantification of various substances.
• To detect the presence or absence of protein in
serum.
• Determining the characteristics of certain immuno-
deficiency disease.
43. Conclusion:
Thereby we conclude up this topic with a quick
review about Antigen – Antibody Reaction. The
antigens and the antibodies combine specifically with
each other. This interaction between them is called
Antigen-Antibody reaction. As per the current
requirement of the syllabus, the topic has been
included, right from its features till the types of
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