title: Reactivity of an anti-(human gastric carcinoma) monoclonal antibody with core-related peptides of gastrointestinal mucin.
abstract: A murine anti-(human gastric carcinoma) monoclonal antibody, GL-013 (IgG1), which reacts with a high-molecular-mass glycoprotein from colorectal tumour tissue [Yang and Price (1989) Anticancer Res 9: 1707], was examined for reactivity against a panel of purified and partially purified antigens associated with tumours of the gastrointestinal tract. These included carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), normal cross-reacting antigen, Y-hapten glycoproteins, and perchloric acid extracts and glycolipid preparations from colorectal tumours. While the GL-013 antibody failed to bind to these antigens, it was found to react strongly with synthetic peptides with sequences based upon that reported for the protein core of a human gastrointestinal mucin [Barnd et al. (1989) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 86: 7159; Gum et al. (1989) J Biol Chem 264: 6480]. In control tests, a series of other anti-(colorectal tumour) antibodies (IgG1 and IgG3), with broad reactivity towards gastrointestinal carcinomas, as well as an anti-CEA antibody, (IgG1) failed to react with the synthetic peptides. It is concluded that the anti-(gastric carcinoma) monoclonal antibody GL-013 binds to a threonine-rich peptide epitope expressed within the protein core of gastrointestinal mucins.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Campaign Laboratories, University of Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekowski
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Durrant
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Baldwin
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D004064:Digestive System / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009077:Mucins / Q000276:immunology*; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D009077:Mucins