Immunodetection of the Ligand-Activated Receptor for Epidermal Growth Factor
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Growth Factors
- Vol. 4 (4), 305-316
- https://doi.org/10.3109/08977199109043916
Abstract
Many receptors for cellular growth factors are known to be protein tyrosine kinases which become activated upon ligand binding at their extracellular domain. We describe here a method to detect the activation state of Epidermal Growth Factor receptor (EGFr) with a monoclonal antibody (mAb74). This antibody was found to preferentially recognize the ligand-activated EGFr as detected by immunoprecipitation, Western blotting and immuno-cytochemical techniques. mAb74 did not recognize other tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins and was not inhibited by phosphotyrosine, suggesting that it is recognizing an epitope specific for the ligand-activated EGF receptor. The reactivity of mAb74 towards EGFr was closely correlated with the EGF-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of endogenous substrates. This antibody allows one to detect the activated EGF receptor in vitro or in vivo even in a complex mixture of other tyrosine kinases and substrates.Keywords
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