title: Molecular cloning of mesothelin, a differentiation antigen present on mesothelium, mesotheliomas, and ovarian cancers.
abstract: Monoclonal antibody MAb K1 recognizes a 40-kDa glycoprotein present on the surface of mesothelial cells, mesotheliomas, and ovarian cancers. We have used MAb K1 to isolate a 2138-bp cDNA that encodes this antigen. The cDNA has an 1884-bp open reading frame encoding a 69-kDa protein. When the cDNA was transfected into COS and NIH 3T3 cells, the antigen was found on the cell surface and could be released by treatment with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C. The 69-kDa precursor is processed to the 40-kDa form. The protein has been named mesothelin because it is made by mesothelial cells. Mesothelin may play a role in cellular adhesion.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastan
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D005796:Genes; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000090204:Mesothelin; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D058851:GPI-Linked Proteins; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000090204:Mesothelin