title: Detection of a Thy-1 precursor in human T lymphoma cell lines.
abstract: In an attempt to gain insight into the biosynthesis and processing of human Thy-1, rabbit antisera (R alpha TP) were raised against a synthetic peptide (TP) of 13 amino acid residues of identical amino acid sequence to that of residues 110-122 of the putative Thy-1 precursor deduced from the cDNA sequencing. Immunoblotting assay showed that the IgG fraction of R alpha TP (R alpha TP-IgG) recognized the synthetic peptide without demonstrable cross-reactivity with isolated human brain Thy-1 and detergent-solubilized membrane proteins of human brain cells. Immunohistochemical studies showed that both R alpha TP-IgG and HB-2S-1 (a monoclonal antibody which reacts with both membrane-bound Thy-1 on viable cells and detergent-solubilized Thy-1) stained cells of two human T lymphoma cell lines (HUT-78 and HUT-102) but they did not stain cells of a human B lymphoma cell line (Raji). In contrast, in cell surface indirect immunofluorescence assay, HB-2S-1 reacted with HUT-78 and HUT-102 cells while R alpha TP-IgG did not. Taken together, these data indicate the existence of a precursor form of human Thy-1 which is processed prior to anchoring to the cell surface.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tung
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000276:immunology*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D007106:Immune Sera; D011498:Protein Precursors; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens