Distribution and molecular characterization of a cell‐surface and a cytoplasmic antigen detectable in human melanoma cells with monoclonal antibodies
- 15 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 28 (3), 293-300
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910280307
Abstract
The monoclonal antibodies 225.28S and 465.12 to human melanoma‐associated antigens have been tested with a large variety of surgically removed skin lesions and malignant tumors as well as with a panel of cultured cell lines in serological and immunochemical assays. The antibody 225.28S reacts with a plasma membrane antigen while the antibody 465.12 detects a cytoplasmic antigen. Both antibodies fail to react with melanocytes from normal skin as well as benign skin lesions but react with nevi, melanoma cells and some skin carcinomas. Analysis with surgically removed tumors and cultured human cell lines indicated that the plasma membrane antigen is restricted to skin lesions whereas the cytoplasmic antigen is synthesized by tumor cells of various histologcal origins. The plasma membrane antigen is composed of two glyco‐polypeptides of 280,000 and > 440,000 daltons, while the cytoplasmic antigen consists of 4 glycopolypeptides of 94,000, 75,000, 70,000 and 25,000 daltons. None of these components are bridged by disulfide bonds. The cytoplasmic antigen was readily detected in the spent culture medium of melanoma cell lines in the form of a major 94,000 dalton and a minor 72,000 dalton structure, while the plasma membrane antigen was detectable only after vastly increasing the sensitivity of the assay system.Keywords
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