MODULATION OF TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION BY ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS
MODULATION OF TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION BY ANTI-TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND ANTIBODY FRAGMENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4827(89)90293-0
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发表时间:
1989-05-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
WOODS, J
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作者:
LESLEY, J;SCHULTE, R;WOODS, J
It has been suggested that effects of anti-transferrin receptor antibodies on cell growth and receptor expression are the result of varying degrees of receptor crosslinking by bi- and multivalent binding agents. In order to study this question directly, we have cultured murine lymphoma cells in mono- and divalent fragments from IgG and IgM monoclonal anti-transferrin receptor antibodies and in intact antibodies. The studies presented here demonstrate that effects of antibody binding on transferring receptor distribution, metabolism, and function depend, at least in part, on antibody valence, and therefore on the degree of crosslinking or receptors by antibody. We found that monovalent antibody fragments did not significantly alter cell growth, receptor surface expression, intracellular localization, or degradation. Divalent antibody caused a uniform down-regulation of cell-surface receptor expression, which was accompanied by increased degradation only when antibody Fc was present. Normal receptor cycling apparently continued, despite the reduction in surface expression. Culture in multivalent IgM antibody, however, resulted in accumulation of antibody-complexed receptor on the cell surface without internalization and caused profound inhibition of cell growth. Thus, we show two mechanisms by which different degrees of antibody crosslinking can influence transferrin receptor function: by receptor down-regulation and blocking internalization.