title: Signal transduction via a protein associated with a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein, decay-accelerating factor (DAF/CD55).
abstract: Decay-accelerating factor (DAF/CD55) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored protein which is known to have signal transducing capacity and to be associated with several proteins. To determine the signal transducer in the DAF-forming complex, we purified DAF-associated proteins from Raji B cells using an anti-DAF mAb (1C6)-bound affinity column and established five mAb against them. Among these, mAb 2E12-G7(IgM/kappa) reacted with a variety of intact cells, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), as well as cells from T and B cell lines, as shown by cytofluorimetric analyses. The Mr of 2E12-G7 antigen was estimated to be 43 kDa by surface biotinylation and immunoblotting analysis. This antigen was demonstrated in 1C6 immunoprecipitates, but not in anti-CD59 (another GPI-anchored complement regulatory factor)-immunoprecipitates. Sequential treatment with 1C6 F(ab')2 and then with anti-mouse Ig F(ab')2 stimulated PBMC to induce tyrosine phosphorylation on proteins of 45, 72, 78 and approximately 100 kDa. Also, mAb cross-linked to 2E12-G7 stimulated PBMC to induce tyrosine phosphorylation on proteins of 72, 78 and approximately 100 kDa. Furthermore, when 2E12-G7 and 1C6 immunoprecipitates were incubated with [gamma-32P]ATP, the main constituents detected in both were phosphorylated proteins of 26, 32 and 62 kDa. Thus, DAF-associated 2E12-G7 antigen transduces a signal, similar to the DAF molecule.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuraya
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujita
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000494:pharmacology; D000941:Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000737:chemistry; D018958:CD55 Antigens / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D018958:CD55 Antigens; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D014443:Tyrosine