title: Production and characterization of specific asialoglycoprotein receptor antibodies.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) were produced by immunizing BALB/c mice with asialoglycoprotein receptor (AGPR) purified from human liver. The purity of AGPR was confirmed by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by amino acid sequence. An enzyme-linked immunoassay revealed 24 monoclonal antibodies which reacted with human AGPR. By Western blot analysis, all antibodies recognized the 46 kDa human AGPR under the non-reduced conditions and four MoAbs recognized reduced protein. Two MoAbs reacted with AGPR derived from rat, rabbit and mouse liver under both non-reduced and reduced conditions, suggesting that we could obtain antibodies which reacted with AGPR epitopes shared by different species. In immunohistochemical studies, 30201-MoAb reacted with human liver tissue but not with other tissues. This antibody immunoprecipitated two major bands of 46 kDa and 39 kDa from [35S]-methionine metabolically labeled human hepatoma HepG2 cells. The determinant recognized by 30201-MoAb is a common epitope of AGPR which is present in different species and in both the precursor and maturation forms of the receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kohgo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mogi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yago
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niitsu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D037263:Asialoglycoprotein Receptor; D001212:Asialoglycoproteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface