title: Cross-reactivity of the anti-PML antibody PG-M3 with the herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate early protein ICP4.
abstract: The PML protein is one of the components of ND10, nuclear matrix-associated structures which undergo rapid disintegration at the onset of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection. This disruption event has been frequently visualized in immunofluorescence assays using the anti-PML mouse monoclonal antibody PG-M3. This antibody was surprisingly found to also stain nuclear virus replication compartments when employed at higher concentrations. This was shown to be due to an unexpected cross-reactivity of the PG-M3 antibody with the HSV-1 immediate early protein ICP4, a known component of replication compartments. The sequences of ICP4 recognized by PG-M3 were found to map to the extreme amino-terminal end of the protein, which includes a 21 amino acid segment that is partially homologous to the peptide of PML that was used to make PG-M3. These results suggest that PG-M3 may no longer represent an appropriate antibody for use in visualizing the fate of PML and ND10 during HSV-1 infection.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Section, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, A Division of Warner-Lambert Company, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Boulware
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006367:HeLa Cells; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000276:immunology*; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C513293:Pml protein, mouse; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C048925:herpes simplex virus, type 1 protein ICP4; C070576:PML protein, human