title: Identification of the MAGE-1 gene product by monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
abstract: The human MAGE-1 gene encodes a melanoma peptide antigen recognized by autologous cytotoxic T lymphocytes. To produce antibodies against the MAGE-1 gene product, several approaches were taken. Three oligopeptides were synthesized based on predicted MAGE-1 amino acid sequences and were used to generate rabbit anti-peptide anti-sera. In addition, a truncated MAGE-1 cDNA was cloned into an Escherichia coli expression vector, and recombinant protein was produced and purified. All three rabbit anti-peptide antisera showed reactivity against the immunizing peptide, and one reacted with the recombinant MAGE-1 protein by immunoblotting, but none reacted with cell lysates from MAGE-1 mRNA-positive cells. The recombinant MAGE-1 protein was then used for the generation of mouse monoclonal and rabbit polyclonal antibodies. One IgG1 monoclonal antibody, MA454, as well as rabbit polyclonal antisera recognized a 46-kDa protein in extracts of MAGE-1 mRNA-positive melanoma cell lines. The antibodies showed no apparent cross-reactivity with products of the closely related MAGE-2 and MAGE-3 genes. Serological typing of normal and tumor cell lysates was in full agreement with mRNA analysis, showing expression of MAGE-1 protein in MAGE-1 mRNA-positive testis and a subset of melanomas but not in MAGE-1 mRNA-negative normal or tumor tissues. Transfection of the MAGE-1 gene into a MAGE-1 mRNA-negative melanoma cell line resulted in the expression of the 46-kDa protein, confirming the identity of this protein as the MAGE-1 gene product.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, New York Unit, NY.
authors.forename: Y T
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stockert
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garin-Chesa
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Rettig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van der Bruggen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boon
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Old
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000912:Antibodies, Neoplasm; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; C072011:MAGEA1 protein, human; C489518:Mageb1 protein, mouse; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins