PRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC ANTISERA AND MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO CHOLINE-ACETYLTRANSFERASE - CHARACTERIZATION AND USE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CHOLINERGIC NEURONS
PRODUCTION OF SPECIFIC ANTISERA AND MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES TO CHOLINE-ACETYLTRANSFERASE - CHARACTERIZATION AND USE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CHOLINERGIC NEURONS
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1982.tb01175.x
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
THOENEN, H
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作者:
ECKENSTEIN, F;THOENEN, H
Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) was purified from pig brain to > 95% homogeneity (purification factor: 646,000, specific activity of the purified enzyme: 128 .mu.mol acetylcholine formed/min per mg). Gel electrophoresis of the purified enzyme in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate and .beta.-mercaptoethanol revealed a single protein band at 68,000 daltons. Immunoprecipitation and double immunodiffusion tests showed that antisera raised against this protein specifically recognize ChAT. A monoclonal antibody prepared against the enzyme specifically binds a protein from crude pig brain supernatants which has a MW of 68,000 and a specific activity of 153 .mu.mol/min per mg. This antibody shows no species cross-reactivity. The specificity of the immunohistochemical localization of ChAT was established by comparing the labeling of pig retina using the antiserum with that obtained using the monoclonal antibody. Both probes specifically identify the same retinal structures: labeled cell bodies are found in the inner nuclear layer and the ganglion cell layer, while a double band is stained in the inner plexiform layer. In rat spinal cord, the antiserum labels the motoneurons and the preganglionic sympathetic neurons, located in the intermediolateral nucleus, the intercalated region and the central autonomic area.