title: Topology of MDR1-P-glycoprotein as indicated by epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies to human MDR cells.
abstract: The MDR1-P-glycoprotein binding sites of three different murine monoclonal antibodies (MM4.17, MM6.15 and MC57), directed towards living, intact human multidrug-resistant cells were investigated in order to study P-glycoprotein topology. By using synthetic peptide scanning, we demonstrated that well-defined regions localized on the predicted first, fourth and sixth extracellular loops are external. On the basis of the structure of MM6.15 epitope, which is distributed on the above three different extracellular loops (and thus is discontinuous), P-glycoprotein molecules result to be differently organized in the lipid bilayer. Moreover, the outcome of the MC57 and MM4.17 epitopes localization experiments, obtained through the use of phage-displayed peptide libraries, represent an additional challenge to the classical 12-transmembrane domain model of P-glycoprotein, since they agree with the novel topography of the molecule (10-transmembrane domain), which was recently proposed on the basis of biochemical and expression studies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Immunologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanitá, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cianfriglia
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Poloni
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Signoretti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romagnoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tombesi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Felici
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001665:Binding Sites; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019151:Peptide Library; D010455:Peptides