title: Monoclonal antibodies to periodontal ligament cells.
abstract: Ten mouse monoclonal antibodies were prepared against cultured bovine periodontal ligament cells to be used as reagents for the study of periodontal disease and wound healing. Using standard immunohistochemical methods, these antibodies were found to recognize cell surface antigens in formalin-fixed bovine periodontium. Three of the 10 monoclonal antibodies (i.e., PDL-1, PDL-2, and PDL-10) cross-reacted with cells found in primate periodontium. While the isolated monoclonal antibodies appeared to distinguish subpopulations of cells located in the supporting tissues of teeth, immunohistological examination of other organs (dermis, kidney, skeletal muscle, thyroid, and parotid gland) indicated that a number of cell types of mesenchymal origin share an antigen(s) found on periodontal cells. The monoclonal antibodies described in this report should prove to be useful in studies of periodontal disease and guided tissue regeneration by providing both analytical reagents and immunochemical methods for isolating selected cell populations of the periodontium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: DuBois
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmondson
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Milam
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Winborn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hay
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Carnes
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kornman
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Klebe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010215:Papio; D010513:Periodontal Ligament / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal