title: Affinity-purified anti-B-50 protein antibody: interference with the function of the phosphoprotein B-50 in synaptic plasma membranes.
abstract: Affinity-purified anti-B-50 protein antibodies were used to study the previously proposed relationship of the phosphorylation state of B-50 protein and polyphosphoinositide metabolism in synaptic plasma membranes. Antibodies were raised against a membrane extract enriched in the B-50 protein and its adrenocorticotropin-sensitive protein kinase, obtained from rat brain. Anti-B-50 protein immunoglobulins were purified by affinity chromatography on a solid immunosorbent prepared from B-50 protein isolated by an improved procedure. The purified antibodies reacted only with the B-50 and B-60 protein, a proteolysis derivative (of B-50), as assessed by the sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel immunoperoxidase method. These antibodies inhibited specifically the endogenous phosphorylation of B-50 protein in synaptic plasma membranes, without affecting notably the phosphorylation of other membrane proteins. This inhibition was accompanied by changes of the formation of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-diphosphate and phosphatidic acid in synaptic plasma membranes, whereas formation of phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate was not altered. Inhibition by ACTH 1-24 of the endogenous phosphorylation of B-50 protein in membranes was associated only with an enhancement of the phosphorylation of phosphatidyl-inositol 4-phosphate to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-diphosphate. These data support our hypothesis on the functional interaction of B-50 protein and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate kinase in rat brain membranes. The evidence shows that purified anti-B-50 protein antibodies can be used to probe specifically the function of B-50 protein in membranes.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013570:Synaptic Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D019922:GAP-43 Protein; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone