title: Monoclonal antibodies against heparin-binding growth factor-1: neutralization of biological activity and recognition of specific amino acid sequence.
abstract: A panel of three monoclonal antibodies against heparin-binding growth factor-1 (HBGF-1) was obtained. These antibodies, Ab-47 alpha, Ab-15, Ab-29, were able to recognize HBGF-1 but not HBGF-2. One of the antibodies, Ab-47 alpha, was identified as a HBGF-1 neutralizing antibody on the basis of its ability to inhibit the binding of [125I]HBGF-1 to receptors on HepG-2 cells and the proliferation of fetal bovine heart endothelial cells induced by HBGF-1. Ab-15 reacted with truncated HBGF-1(Mr = 16,000), intact HBGF-1(Mr = 18,000) and mutant HBGF-1U which lacks a putative nuclear translocation sequence (amino acid residues 21 to 27 of HBGF-1). Ab-29 reacted with only truncated HBGF-1 and was thought to recognize the putative nuclear translocation sequence of HBGF-1. The three monoclonal antibodies did not inhibit the binding of [125I]HBGF-1 to heparin. These data indicate that each monoclonal antibody recognizes a distinct epitope of HBGF-1 and identifies them as useful reagents for evaluating functional domains and biological roles of HBGF-1.
authors.affiliation: W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Inc., Lake Placid, NY 12946.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Myoken
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: McKeehan
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006493:Heparin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D006493:Heparin