Specific identification of tissue kallikrein in exocrine tissues and in cell-free translation products with monoclonal antibodies.
A panel of six mouse monoclonal antibodies (IgG1) has been prepared against purified rat urinary kallikrein (EC 3.4.21.35) and characterized. In radioimmunoassay, the antibody titres of ascitic fluid giving 50% binding to 125I-kallikrein range from 1:2 X 10(3) to 1:1 X 10(6). Antibodies from four of the clones show no cross-reactivity with human urinary kallikrein, rat urinary esterase A or tonin. However, antibodies from a fifth clone cross-react with tonin and, from a sixth, with both urinary esterase A and tonin. Three of the kallikrein affinity-purified monoclonal antibodies inhibited, whereas one of the antibodies stimulated, kallikrein activity. Tissue kallikrein from rat submandibular-gland and pancreatic extracts and urine were labelled with [14C]di-isopropyl phosphofluoridate, immunoprecipitated with each of the six monoclonal antibodies and identified to be 38 kDa proteins, similar in size to purified rat urinary kallikrein. Western-blot analysis shows that 125I-labelled kallikrein monoclonal antibodies (V4D11) bind directly to a 38 kDa protein in submandibular-gland and pancreatic extracts and urine. Cell-free translation products of submandibular-gland polyadenylylated[poly(A)+]mRNA were immunoprecipitated with affinity-purified sheep anti-kallikrein antibodies and three monoclonal antibodies (V4D11, V4G6 and V1C3). Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of these immunoprecipitates revealed that two kallikrein precursors with Mr values of 37 000 and 35 000 are encoded by submandibular-gland mRNA. The third monoclonal antibody, V1C3, which binds to active kallikrein, did not recognize either precursor form. Collectively, the data show that these monoclonal antibodies comprise a set of powerful and specific reagents for studies of tissue kallikreins.
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002474:Cell-Free System; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000201:enzymology*
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D010450:Endopeptidases; D007610:Kallikreins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases