title: Immunological relationships of NGF, BDNF, and NT-3: recognition and functional inhibition by antibodies to NGF.
abstract: Polyclonal antibodies raised against mouse 2.5S NGF (mNGF) and against synthetic peptides made from hydrophilic portions of mNGF have been used to compare the immunological properties of mNGF, human recombinant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (hrBDNF), and human recombinant neurotrophin-3 (hrNT-3). Affinity-isolated antibodies raised against intact mNGF reacted with all three neurotrophins when tested by ELISA and totally or partially blocked the bioactivities of the proteins in survival assays of embryonic chicken sensory and sympathetic neurons. On Western blots, mNGF antibodies reacted with all three neurotrophins but less well with hrBDNF and hrNT-3 than with mNGF. Antibodies to hydrophilic peptides within NGF (amino acids 23-35, 59-67, 69-79, and 91-100) showed partial reactivity with some but not all of the neurotrophins when tested by ELISA and on Western blots. The peptide antibodies were also selectively effective in reducing the survival-promoting activity of the neurotrophins on sensory neurons. Results show that mNGF, hrBDNF, and hrNT-3 are immunologically related proteins and that mNGF antibodies react also with other members of the neurotrophin family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Acheson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haskins
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reklow
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chlumecky
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Alderson
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Lindsay
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D005728:Ganglia, Sympathetic / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000494:pharmacology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D019208:Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020933:Neurotrophin 3; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins