title: Establishment of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for measuring cellular MAGE-4 protein on human cancers.
abstract: The MAGE genes encoding tumor-rejection antigens are expressed on various human cancers. An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established for measuring cellular MAGE-4 protein (MAGE-4a and/or -4b) expressed on human tumor cells using a monoclonal antibody (mAb) and polyclonal Ab to recombinant MAGE-4b protein. Both the R5 mAb (IgG1) and the polyclonal Ab recognized a 45 kDa protein in extracts of MAGE-4 mRNA positive cancers, and showed no apparent cross-reactivity to the other MAGE gene products (MAGE-1, -2, -3, -6, and -12) by the immunoblot analyses. The R5 mAb and the polyclonal Ab primarily recognized one (the position 119-133) and two oligopeptides (the positions 119-133 and 259-273), respectively, among a series of 31 different MAGE-4b oligopeptides. The amino acid sequences of these two peptides were identical to those of MAGE-4a and -4b, but differed from those of all the other MAGE proteins (MAGE-1, -2, -3, -6, and -12). Substitution of glycine for amino acid in position 123 (arginine, R), 124 (lysine, K), 126 (R) or 128 (K) in a MAGE-4b oligopeptide of the position 119-132 severely decreased the reactivity of the R5 mAb to the oligopeptide. This ELISA also showed no apparent cross-reactivity with the other MAGE gene products (MAGE-1, -2, -3, -6, and -12). The minimum detectable level of MAGE-4 protein was determined to be 10 pg/well (100 pg/ml). The results suggest that this ELISA is a reliable and quantitative method to measure cellular MAGE-4 protein that is a potential target molecule for specific immunotherapy of human cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shichijo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsunosue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuramoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D017931:DNA Primers; C095204:MAGEA4 protein, human; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm