There are many ways to adapt cell lines to serum-free media. Five methods are presented that are designed for adapting hybridomas to a protein-free medium. These protocols may require some modifications for your particular cell line and conditions. - [Read Adapting Cells to a Serum-Free Environment Protocol]
This method for tagging monoclonal antibodies involves growing hybridomas in the presence of radioactive amino acids. This protocol can be particularly useful when conventional labeling techniques cause the antibody to lose activity. The labeled antibodies that result are essentially identical to the unlabeled antibodies. - [Read Labeling Monoclonal Antibodies by Biosynthesis Protocol]
Presenting Exogenous Antigen to T Cells Protocol- https://catalog.invitrogen.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=iProtocol.unitSectionTree&treeNodeID=9E6631B80A848F54654FC872A48DB060&objectid=6675843EDB95D0444CF7AA285D1714C8
Protocols utilize T hybridomas to detect expression of peptide-MHC complexes, since these cells provide the most convenient, consistent, and flexible T cell readout systems for these purposes. If desired, antigen-specific T cell clones can be used in lieu of T hybridoma cells, but T cell clones often give poorer responses than T hybridomas to fixed APCs due to fixation-induced loss of costimulator function. - [Read Presenting Exogenous Antigen to T Cells Protocol]
Production of Mouse T Cell Hybridomas Protocol- https://catalog.invitrogen.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=iProtocol.unitSectionTree&treeNodeID=9E663496BA646F5C4FB54D6064E1A19B&objectid=6674C004CF35A9AC863EAD85BD9F080A
T cell hybridomas can be obtained by fusing activated T cells with tumor cells. A heterogeneous population of hybridomas can be cloned by limiting dilution to obtain hybridomas that express specificity to one T cell receptor (TCR). Protocol describes cell fusion and selection of T cell hybridomas. A protocol is provided for screening of T cell hybridomas for expression of the CD3-TCR complex by flow cytometry analysis. - [Read Production of Mouse T Cell Hybridomas Protocol]