title: Epidermal growth factor receptor of A431 cells. Characterization of a monoclonal anti-receptor antibody noncompetitive agonist of epidermal growth factor action.
abstract: A monoclonal antibody to the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor of A431 cells, denoted 2D1-IgM, was generated after fusion of immunized BALB/c mouse spleen cells with SP2/0-Ag14 myeloma cells. Specific binding of 2D1-IgM to the A431 cell-surface receptor for EGF was demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and immunoblot analysis. Scatchard analysis of 125I-EGF binding to A431 cells demonstrated that 2D1-IgM treatment did not change the number of EGF receptors, but caused an increase in the affinity of EGF receptors from a population of low affinity to a uniform population of high affinity. Like EGF, 2D1-IgM induced phosphorylation of EGF receptors and EGF receptor clustering. As in the case of EGF, a biphasic growth response with stimulation of DNA synthesis at low and inhibition at high concentrations of 2D1-IgM was evident in A431 cells. The intrinsic "EGF-like" bioactivity of 2D1-IgM was enhanced by the presence of EGF. These results suggest that the binding of 2D1-IgM to the EGF receptor at a different site from that to which EGF binds can initiate an effective EGF-like biological response; and the EGF-like biological effects of 2D1-IgM may be mediated by a population of high affinity EGF receptors which may be involved in the control of cellular growth.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Pol
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002460:Cell Line; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000032:analysis; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D013936:Thymidine