title: Identification of a human neuroectodermal tumor antigen (OFA-I-2) as ganglioside GD2.
abstract: Two monospecific human antibodies (anti-OFA-I-1 and anti-OFA-I-2) produced in vitro by lymphoblast cell lines originating from melanoma patients have been shown previously to recognize cell surface antigens (OFA-I-1 and OFA-I-2) on human tumors and fetal brain: OFA-I-1 is expressed on a variety of human tumors, while OFA-I-2 has been detected only on tumors of neuroectodermal origin. Evidence presented in this report suggests that the two antigens expressed by a cultured human melanoma cell line (M14) are chemically distinct and that OFA-I-2 is a cell surface glycolipid, ganglioside GD2: GalNAc beta 1 leads to 4 NeuAc alpha 2 leads to 8NeuAc alpha 2 leads to 3 Gal beta 1 leads to 4Glc-ceramide.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D004475:Ectoderm / Q000276:immunology; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D009380:Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue / Q000276:immunology*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D005732:Gangliosides; D012794:Sialic Acids