title: Monoclonal antibodies against cell surface antigens expressed during porcine adipocyte differentiation.
abstract: Two monoclonal antibodies (AD-1 and AD-2) were prepared by fusion of mouse myeloma cells and lymph node cells of mice immunized with porcine adipocyte plasma membranes. Immunoprecipitation of iodinated adipocyte plasma membrane proteins followed by SDS-PAGE and autoradiography yielded protein antigens for each antibody. The AD-1 and AD-2 antigens were detected on mature adipocytes and a proportion of non-lipid-containing cells in stromal-vascular cultures. Adipocytes and associated capillary networks in subcutaneous adipose tissues as well as capillaries between the underlying muscle fiber bundles bound each antibody, whereas the AD-2 monoclonal antibody also reacted with vessels but not capillaries in liver tissues. In stromal-vascular cell cultures prepared from newborn pig subcutaneous tissue, the AD-1 and AD-2 antibodies exhibited reactivity towards 45 percent and 10 percent respectively, of cells 24 hours after seeding. On the other hand, only 4 percent and 1 percent of the cells in cultures prepared from 60 day fetal subcutaneous tissues expressed detectable amounts of the AD-1 and AD-2 antigens, respectively. In conclusion, cells along the adipogenic lineage possess cell surface antigens which may not be unique to adipogenic cells, but do exhibit differential expression among cell populations within adipose tissues. A temporal relationship between adipogenesis and angiogenesis was also demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal Physiology Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, Georgia 30613.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hausman
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000954:Antigens, Surface