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Monoclonal antibodies - class-XII

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Kohler and Milstein developed biotechnology for production of

  1. Modern vaccines

  2. Immobilised enzymes

  3. Monoclonal antibodies

  4. Myelomas


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Monoclonal antibodies are monospecific antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell. In 1975, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein succeeded in making fusions of myeloma cell lines with B cells to produce hybridomas that made antibodies to known antigens. Monoclonal antibodies were first produced by applying the techniques of somatic cell genetics to antibody-producing cells. The cells that produce antibodies (B cells) are short-lived in culture. Thus, attempts to maintain B cells in culture and harvest antibody specificities failed for many years until Cesar Milstein and George Koehler succeeded in immortalising B cells via somatic cell hybridisation.

Hybridomas are used for

  1. Synthesis of antibiotics

  2. Killing cancer cells

  3. Synthesis of monoclonal (somaclonal) antibodies

  4. Production of somatic hybrids


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Hybridoma technology is a technology of forming hybrid cell lines (called hybridomas) by fusing an antibody-producing B cell with a myeloma (B cell cancer) cell that is selected for its ability to grow in tissue culture and for an absence of antibody chain synthesis. The antibodies produced by the hybridoma are all of a single specificity and are therefore monoclonal antibodies. So, the correct answer is option C.

The technique of production of monoclonal antibodies was developed by

  1. Watson and Crick

  2. Milstein and Kohler

  3. Bentham and Hooker

  4. Meischer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Milstein and Kohler described the first technique developed for stable monoclonal antibody production.

Fluorescent dye bonded to monoclonal antibodies is used to locate particular.

  1. Cell proteins

  2. Cells

  3. Diseased parts

  4. Organs of defence


Correct Option: A

Monoclonal antibodies(MAB) are produced from the hybrid cells of B-lymphocytes and myeloma cells. They are used?

  1. In the preparation of vaccines

  2. As immunosuppressant's

  3. In the preparation of toxoids

  4. For the detection of DNA probes


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Monoclonal antibodies (mAb or moAb) are antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell. Monoclonal antibodies can have monovalent affinity, in that they bind to the same epitope. Monoclonal antibodies(MAB) are produced from the hybrid cells of B-lymphocytes and myeloma cells. They are used in the preparation of vaccines.

So, the correct option is 'in the preparation of vaccines'.

Abzyme is

  1. Antienzyme

  2. Antigens

  3. Enzyme-like antibody

  4. Both A and B


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A single molecule of an Antibody-enzyme or abzyme is capable of catalyzing the destruction of thousands of target molecules.

Antibodies produced by a group of identical B-cells against a single epitope of an antigen is called

  1. Polyclonal antibodies

  2. Monoclonal antibodies

  3. Antihapten antibodies

  4. Somaclonal antibodies


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Monoclonal antibodies are antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell. 
  • Monoclonal antibodies can have monovalent affinity, in that they bind to the same epitope (the part of an antigen that is recognized by the antibody). 
  • In contrast, polyclonal antibodies bind to multiple epitopes and are usually made by several different plasma cells lineages. Hence, Antibodies produced by a group of identical B-cells against a single epitope of an antigen is called Monoclonal antibodies.
So, the correct answer is 'Monoclonal antibodies'. 

What is true for monoclonal antibodies?

  1. These antibodies obtained from one parent and for one antigen

  2. These obtained from different parents and for one antigen

  3. These obtained from one parent and for many antigens

  4. These obtained from many parents and for many antigen


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Antibodies, made from unique, identical cells of different parents, and act on one type of antigens are called Monoclonal antibodies.

So, the correct answer is ‘these obtained from different parents and for one antigen’ this should contain the option which is correct.

Monoclonal antibodies and polyclonal antibodies are produced by ________________.

  1. T-memory cells

  2. NK-cells

  3. Plasma cells of B-lymphocytes

  4. Memory cells of B-lymphocytes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Here, correct option is (C) because:

Monoclonal antibodies are produced by the same clone of plasma B cells and they bind to a unique epitope.
Whereas polyclonal antibodies are produced by different clones of plasma B cells and they bind to the different epitopes in the same antigen.

In hybridoma technology.

  1. B-cells are fused with myeloma cells

  2. T-cells are fused with myeloma cells

  3. B-cells are fused with T-cells

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In hybridoma technology antibody producing B cells are fused with myeloma cells. These hybrid cells therefore acquire the capability to generate antibodies and also have the ability to live on indefinitely as it is a hybrid of myeloma cell.  Hence, they are able to generate a large number of monoclonal antibodies. 

So, the correct answer is 'B-cells are fused with myeloma cells'

Which is employed for synthesis of monoclonal antibody by hybridoma technique?

  1. RBC

  2. Liver cells

  3. Tumour cells

  4. Nerve cells


Correct Option: C

The hybridoma cells are 

  1. Cells of oncogenes and brain

  2. Hybrid activated B lymphocytes fused with myeloma cells

  3. Hybrid cells of oncogenes fused with myeloma cells

  4. Transformed cells


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A hybridoma cell is produced in the laboratory from the fusion of an antibody-producing lymphocyte and a nonantibody-producing cancer cell, usually a myeloma or lymphoma. It proliferates and produces a continuous supply of a specific monoclonal antibody.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Kohler and Milstein developed the Hybridoma technology for the production of

  1. Myelomas

  2. Steroid conversion

  3. Monoclonal antibodies

  4. Immobilised enzymes


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Kohler and Milstein created hybridomas by fusing malignant myeloma cells with antibody-producing B cells. The myeloma cells have the ability to replicate indefinitely and are clonogenic they will form clones when grown in vitro while the antibody producing b-cells will release the specific antibody. So, the correct answer is option C.

Antibodies made outside the body by hybrid cell cultures are known as

  1. Biotechnological antibodies

  2. Specific antibodies

  3. Hybrid antibodies

  4. Monoclonal antibodies


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Monoclonal antibodies are antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell. Monoclonal antibodies can have monovalent affinity, in that they bind to the same epitope (the part of an antigen that is recognized by the antibody). In contrast, polyclonal antibodies bind to multiple epitopes and are usually made by several different plasma cell (antibody secreting immune cell) lineages. Bispecific monoclonal antibodies can also be engineered, by increasing the therapeutic targets of one single monoclonal antibody to two epitopes. Given almost any substance, it is possible to produce monoclonal antibodies that specifically bind to that substance; they can then serve to detect or purify that substance. This has become an important tool in biochemistry, molecular biology, and medicine. 

So the correct option is 'monoclonal antibodies'.

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Monoclonal antibodies are

  1. produced by clones formed from memory cells

  2. used to produce large quantities of interferon

  3. produced by cultures of hybridoma cells

  4. produced by clones of 1-cells fused with tumor cells


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Monoclonal antibodies are the antibodies that are made by identical immune cells that are all clones of a unique parent cell. In contrast, polyclonal antibodies bind to multiple epitopes and are usually made by several different plasma cells.

So, the correct option is 'Produced by cultures of hybridoma cells'.

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