2ND GENERATION MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO THE HUMAN INTEGRIN ALPHA-6-BETA-4
2ND GENERATION MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO THE HUMAN INTEGRIN ALPHA-6-BETA-4
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DOI:
10.1089/hyb.1990.9.243
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发表时间:
1990-06-01
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SACCHI, A
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KENNEL, SJ;EPLER, RG;SACCHI, A
Second generation monoclonal antibodies to the .alpha.6.beta.4 subunits of human integrins have been prepared. MAbs 450-9D, 10D, and 11A1 react at different sites on the .beta.4 molecules and MAbs (450-30A1 and 33D react at the same site on the .alpha.6 subunit. Double determinant (two-site) radioimmunoassays using combinations of these MAbs have been developed. The assays for .beta.4 distinguish between the whole .beta.4 molecule and the .beta.4 molecule truncated from the C-terminus (form c) while another assay measures the presence of .alpha.6 subunits. Data from the two-site assays support the following conclusions: (1) Colon tumors and normal colon mucosa express large amounts of .alpha.6.beta.4 although only form c of the .beta.4 was detected; (2) There is no evidence for .alpha.6.beta.1 expression in colon; however, some of this complex may be present in certain lung tumors. The extracellular domains of .alpha.6 and .beta.4 can associate with each other even if the cytoplasmic domain of the .beta.4 subunit is not present. MAbs to specific domains of the .beta.4 molecule may be useful in analyses of forms a and c in normal and malignant tissue. The fact that only the largest .beta.4 molecule "a" retains the phosphorylation site may have functional significance.