title: Immunochemical identification of novel high-molecular-weight protein isoforms of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene.
abstract: Mapping analyses of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the amino-terminus of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene product revealed that epitopes recognized by the MAbs FE9, CF11 and AC4 constitute different peptide sequences encoded by the APC exons 1, 2 and 3, respectively. The protein pattern detected with these specificity-defined immunoreagents, however, differed depending on the particular antibody used on Western blots of cellular urea extracts. APC exon 15-positive "classic" p300apc polypeptide chains were identified by the MAb FE9, MAb CF11 and the C-terminus-specific MAb IE1, but only weak signals were obtained with the AC4 MAb, which defines an exon 3-encoded epitope. In contrast with this immunoreactivity, 2 novel high m.w. products of approx. 150/160 and 200 kDa were exclusively recognized by the AC4 MAb, which was shown to bind to the APC exon 3-encoded peptide sequence SRESTGYL. A molecular form of some 400 kDa was identified to represent a disulfide-bound oligomer of the p150/160apc molecules. The novel APC-related molecules did not contain exon 1- and exon 15-encoded epitopes, as confirmed with the help of the FE9 and IE1 MAbs, respectively. This observation was corroborated by the fact that these novel proteins were not truncated in a collection of familial adenomatous polyposis patients with stop mutations in exon 15. We conclude, that APC MAb AC4-reactive p150/160 and p200 polypeptide chains represent novel genuine products of the APC gene devoid of exon 1- and exon 15-encoded protein interaction domains.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reina-Sanchez
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Suleková
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Ballhausen
mesh_terms: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017491:Genes, APC; D007120:Immunochemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins