MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES DISTINGUISH PHOSPHORYLATED AND NONPHOSPHORYLATED FORMS OF NEUROFILAMENTS INSITU
MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES DISTINGUISH PHOSPHORYLATED AND NONPHOSPHORYLATED FORMS OF NEUROFILAMENTS INSITU
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.80.19.6126
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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STERNBERGER, NH
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STERNBERGER, LA;STERNBERGER, NH
The immunocytochemical staining patterns of 37 neuron-specific monoclonal antibodies previously described fell into 4 groups: (1) anti-synapse-associated, (2) anti-neurofibrillar, (3) anti-perikaryonal-neurofibrillar, and (4) a single antibody reactive with a widely distributed epitope that covered the patterns of groups 2 and 3. Antibodies of gropus 2, 3 and 4 were shown to be specific to neurofilament triplet subunits, even though there was little overlap in staining patterns between groups 2 and 3. Nine of these antibodies were examined to distinguish functional states of neurofilaments dependent upon phosphorylation. Upon digestion with phosphatase, electroblot staining of neurofilament components was abolished with the 5 antibodies of group 2, enhanced with the 3 antibodies from group 3, and unaffected with antibody 4. Immunocytochemical staining of Bouin-fixed paraffin sections of rat brain was unaffected by phosphatase pretreatment. With antibodies of group 2, digestion with trypsin also left staining unaffected, but when followed by digestion with phosphatase, staining was diminished with 3 out of 5 antibodies. Digestion with trypsin abolished all staining with each antibody from group 3. If followed by digestion with phosphatase, staining reappeared, but the group 3 pattern was replaced by a group 2 pattern. Staining of this pattern was again abolished upon a 2nd treatment with trypsin. The antibody from group 4 lost most its groups 2 and 3 staining patterns when sections were digested with trypsin. The group 2 pattern reappeared and was enhanced upon a subsequent phosphatase treatment and was reduced again upon a 2nd trypsin treatment. Staining by 4 out of 5 antibodies from group 2 was inhibited by inorganic phosphate. The data indicate that certain nerve cell bodies, their dendrites, and at least proximal axons possess nonphosphorylated neurofilaments and that long fibers, including terminal axons, possess phosphorylated neurofilaments. Phosphorylation may be a factor in stabilizing compacted forms of neurofilaments and that heterogeneity of the compacted structures may play a role in a possible multiplicity of function within individual nerve cells.