title: Immunoprecipitation of cell lysates with RAP-5 does not specifically detect ras oncogene product p21.
abstract: In the process of developing accurate quantitation of the ras protein (p21), we have screened available anti-ras antibodies for their utility in immunoprecipitation. Immunoprecipitation with the anti-ras antibody RAP-5 consistently failed to precipitate p21 present in two different cell lines (HSIC-5 and MCF-7), but did precipitate numerous other proteins present in these cell lines. Specificity in immunoprecipitation could not be achieved by varying the concentration of RAP-5. In addition, immunohistochemical staining of the nuclei of occasional polymorphonuclear leukocytes is seen, further supporting the contention that RAP-5 is binding to proteins other than ras p21. We conclude that while RAP-5 may recognize an epitope present on the ras protein, this epitope also appears to be present on a wide variety of other cellular proteins and, as such, RAP-5 is of no use in the immunoprecipitation of p21.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland Cancer Center, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gutheil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mane
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: S W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Needleman
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002460:Cell Line; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)