title: Circulating tumor-associated antigens detected by monoclonal antibodies against the polypeptide core of mucin--comparison of antigen MUSE11 with CA15-3.
abstract: The antigen MUSE11 detected by a monoclonal antibody (MAb) is an adenocarcinoma-associated antigen, while CA15-3 is a representative breast cancer-associated antigen detected by MAbs 115D8 and DF3. MAb MUSE11 showed higher binding activity to a synthetic peptide corresponding to the tandem repeat motif of the mucin core protein than that of MAb DF3, although MAb DF3 also had a significant binding activity indicating that MAbs MUSE11 and DF3 could recognize an identical polypeptide core. The reactivity of MAb DF3 to a breast cancer cell line MRK-neu-1 was completely abolished by neuraminidase treatment whereas that of MAb MUSE11 was partly conserved. The simultaneous measurement of the antigens MUSE11 and CA15-3 in sera from 35 cancer patients demonstrated that the incidence of abnormal serum level of CA15-3 was lower than that of antigen MUSE11. These data suggest that at least a part of the structural basis for the difference between the serum levels of antigen MUSE11 and CA15-3 could be carbohydrate side chains including sialic acids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine (Section 1), Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hinoda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kakiuchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsujisaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yachi
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood*; D001666:Binding Sites, Antibody; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009077:Mucins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D000939:Epitopes; D009077:Mucins; D010455:Peptides; C061990:pancreatic cancer-associated antigen MUSE11