title: A monoclonal antibody against COOH-terminal peptide of human liver manganese superoxide dismutase.
abstract: Three stable hybridoma cell lines producing monoclonal antibodies specific for human liver manganese superoxide dismutase were established, and one monoclonal antibody, PG 11, was chosen for immunochemical studies. Immunoblotting demonstrated that the monoclonal antibody binds exclusively to the manganese superoxide dismutase. Immunohistochemical studies indicated that the enzyme is localized in the matrix of human liver mitochondria. To localize antibody-binding epitope, synthetic peptides of the NH2-terminal (residues 1-16) and COOH-terminal (residues 182-189, 190-196, and 182-196) parts of the enzyme were synthesized, and then their effects on the binding were studied using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay method. All of the above COOH-terminal peptides inhibited the binding whereas the NH2-terminal ones did not, indicating that PG 11 recognizes several peptides of COOH termini of manganese superoxide dismutase. This is the first report of monoclonal antibodies against human manganese superoxide dismutase with a distinct epitope and of the immunocytochemical demonstration of manganese superoxide dismutase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeyasu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tohyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000032:analysis; D002460:Cell Line; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010954:Plasmacytoma; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase