Neoplasm specific antibodies and uses thereof

1. A purified antibody or binding fragment thereof, wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and wherein the antibody or binding fragment thereof specifically binds to an epitope of a polypeptide having an apparent molecular weight of approximately 70 kDa using sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, wherein said polypeptide is expressed by at least one of lung adenocarcinoma cell line Colo-699 (DSMZ accession number ACC 196), lung adenocarcinoma cell line DV-90 (DSMZ accession number ACC 307), epidermoid lung carcinoma cell line EPLC-272H (DSMZ accession number ACC 383) or lung squamous cell carcinoma cell line LOU-NH91 (DSMZ accession number ACC 393).

2. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment specifically binds to lung squamous cell carcinoma cell line LOU-NH91 (DSMZ accession number ACC 393).

3. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment induces apoptosis of lung squamous cell carcinoma cell line LOU-NH91 (DSMZ accession number ACC 393).

4. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment decreases proliferation of lung squamous cell carcinoma cell line LOU-NH91 (DSMZ accession number ACC 393).

5. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 85% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

6. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 90% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

7. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment is a monoclonal antibody or a functional fragment of a monoclonal antibody.

8. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said binding fragment is selected from the group consisting of V H , Fv, Fab, Fab′, and F(ab′) 2 .

9. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

10. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 95% identical to 100 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2.

11. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 98% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

12. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 90% identical to 100 contiguous amino acids of SEQ ID NO:2.

13. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

14. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment comprises a heavy chain variable region sequence comprising amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and amino acids at least 99% identical to SEQ ID NO:2.

15. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 , wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:2.

16. A purified or isolated antibody produced by the LM-1 cell line having DSMZ Deposit Accession No. DSM ACC2623.

17. A purified antibody or binding fragment comprising a heavy and light chain variable region sequence, wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2.

18. A purified antibody or binding fragment thereof, comprising a heavy chain variable region sequence, wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises amino acids 16-22, 37-52, and 85-103 of SEQ ID NO:2, and wherein said antibody or binding fragment specifically binds to an epitope of a polypeptide expressed by at least one of lung adenocarcinoma cell line Colo-699 (DSMZ accession number ACC 196), lung adenocarcinoma cell line DV-90 (DSMZ accession number ACC 307), epidermoid lung carcinoma cell line EPLC-272H (DSMZ accession number ACC 383) or lung squamous cell carcinoma cell line LOU-NH91 (DSMZ accession number ACC 393).

19. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 18 , wherein the heavy chain variable region sequence comprises SEQ ID NO:2.

20. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 18 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment is a monoclonal antibody or a binding fragment of a monoclonal antibody.

21. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 or 18 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment is linked to a detectable agent.

22. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 or 18 , wherein said antibody or binding fragment is conjugated to an anti-tumor agent.

23. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 or 18 , wherein said heavy chain variable region sequence is identical to LM-1 antibody heavy chain variable region sequence produced by a cell line deposited as DSMZ Deposit Accession No. DSM ACC2623.

24. The purified antibody or binding fragment of claim 1 or 18 , further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.