Cellular localization of steroid hormone-regulated proteins during sexual development in Achlya

In the fungus Achlya ambisexualis sexual development in the male strain E87 is controlled by the steroid hormone antheridiol. To investigate the effects of antheridiol on the synthesis and/or accumulation of specific cellular proteins we have analysed [35S]methionine-labeled proteins from control and hormone-treated cells using both one-dimensional (1D) and two-dimensional (2D) PAGE. Since in a total cell extract, hormone-induced changes in specific proteins might not be apparent against a background of more abundant proteins, cells were fractionated prior to protein isolation. It was also necessary to establish a concentration of hormone carrier, in this case methanol, which by itself did not alter the pattern of protein synthesis. Using these approaches the addition of the hormone antheridiol to vegetatively growing cells of Achlya E87 was found to result in changes in the synthesis and/or accumulation of at least 16 specific proteins, which could be localized to the cytoplasmic, nuclear or cell wall/cell membrane fractions. The most prominent changes observed in the hormone-treated cells included the appearance in the cytoplasmic fraction of labeled proteins at 28.4 and 24.3 kD which were not detectable in control cells, and a significant enrichment in the labeling of a 24.3 kD protein in the cell wall/cell membrane fraction. A marked increase in the labeling of 85, 63 and 47 kD proteins in the nuclear fraction from hormone-treated cells was also noted. The molecular weight (MW) and the behavior on 2D gels of the 85 kD hormone-induced protein appeared very similar to that of the 85 kD heat-shock protein reported in Achlya. Quantitive changes in the [35S]methionine labeling of several other proteins were noted in all three cell fractions.     

Nectadrin, the heat-stable antigen, is a cell adhesion molecule

Nectadrin, the cell surface glycoprotein recognized by the novel mAb 79, was found to be immunologically identical to the heat-stable antigen (HSA). It is a glycoprotein with a polypeptide core of only 30 amino acids and a very high carbohydrate content (Wenger, R. H., M. Ayane, R. Bose, G. Kohler, and P. J. Nielsen. 1991. Eur. J. Immunol. 21:1039-1046). Immunocytological studies using cultured splenic B- lymphocytes, neuroblastoma cells, and cerebellar cells indicated that nectadrin is preferentially expressed at sites of cell-cell contact. Purified nectadrin and monoclonal nectadrin antibody 79, but not other monoclonal nectadrin antibodies, inhibited the aggregation of B- lymphocytes by 70%, suggesting that nectadrin may act as a cell adhesion molecule. Nectadrin was purified from a mouse lymphoma cell line in two forms of 40-60 and 23-30 kD. The lower molecular weight form appears to be generated from the higher molecular weight form by degradative removal of saccharide residues characteristic of complex type oligosaccharide side chains. Latex beads coated with purified nectadrin aggregated and the rate of their aggregation depended on the molecular form of nectadrin, with the larger form being more potent than the smaller one in mediating bead aggregation. Nectadrin thus appears to be a self-binding cell adhesion molecule of a structurally novel type in that its extensive glycan structures may be implicated in mediating cell adhesion.     

铜绿假单胞菌NY3胞外分泌物对降解烃类的影响作用

为了研究铜绿假单胞菌Pseudomonas aeruginosa NY3胞外分泌物对烃类降解的作用,对胞外分泌物影响烃类降解的效率进行了研究。研究发现,NY3菌以LB培养基和以烃类为唯一碳源的无机盐培养基培养得到的种子液,离心并洗涤菌体后,菌细胞代谢烃类效率明显下降。分别利用盐析和溶剂萃取法,提取种子液上清液中胞外大分子和小分子,且投加在NY3菌(离心后的菌细胞)降解十四烷的无机盐培养基中,发现24 h内外加胞外大分子化合物,使NY3菌对十四烷去除率可提高约14%,而投加小分子化合物使NY3菌24 h内对十四烷去除率提高约6%。利用SDS-page聚丙烯酰氨凝胶电泳分离胞外大分子,结果发现主要是该菌胞外所分泌的蛋白或多肽类,主要有3个条带,它们的分子量约在35~55 k D范围内,其对烃降解促进作用机理有待进一步验证。利用飞行质谱(LCMS-IT-TOF)鉴定胞外小分子分泌物,结果表明在本研究条件下,它们均为氧化还原反应活性物,可以加快反应体系中电子传递速度,促进底物的氧化还原反应。     

Inhibition of gap junction and adherens junction assembly by connexin and A-CAM antibodies

We examined the roles of the extracellular domains of a gap junction protein and a cell adhesion molecule in gap junction and adherens junction formation by altering cell interactions with antibody Fab fragments. Using immunoblotting and immunocytochemistry we demonstrated that Novikoff cells contained the gap junction protein, connexin43 (Cx43), and the cell adhesion molecule, A-CAM (N-cadherin). Cells were dissociated in EDTA, allowed to recover, and reaggregated for 60 min in media containing Fab fragments prepared from a number of antibodies. We observed no cell-cell dye transfer 4 min after microinjection in 90% of the cell pairs treated with Fab fragments of antibodies for the first or second extracellular domain of Cx43, the second extracellular domain of connexin32 (Cx32) or A-CAM. Cell-cell dye transfer was detected within 30 s in cell pairs treated with control Fab fragments (pre-immune serum, antibodies to the rat major histocompatibility complex or the amino or carboxyl termii of Cx43). We observed no gap junctions by freeze-fracture EM and no adherens junctions by thin section EM between cells treated with the Fab fragments that blocked cell-cell dye transfer. Gap junctions were found on approximately 50% of the cells in control samples using freeze-fracture EM. We demonstrated with reaggregated Novikoff cells that: (a) functional interactions of the extracellular domains of the connexins were necessary for the formation of gap junction channels; (b) cell interactions mediated by A-CAM were required for gap junction assembly; and (c) Fab fragments of antibodies for A-CAM or connexin extracellular domains blocked adherens junction formation.     

Steroid hormone-induced changes in secreted proteins in the filamentous fungus Achlya

In the fungus Achlya, sexual development in the male strain E87 is mediated by the steroid hormone antheridiol. Treatment of vegetatively growing cells of E87 with antheridiol resulted in changes in the [35S]methionine labeling of several secreted proteins. The most heavily labeled group of proteins observed in the secreted fraction from control cells appeared on one-dimensional gels as a prominent wide band which could be resolved into three closely spaced components with relative molecular weights (MWs) of 57, 54, and 50 kD, respectively. After hormone treatment the two lower MW proteins of the group were barely detectable. Concomitant with the observed reductions in the labeling of the 54 and 50 kD proteins was the increased labeling of a doublet of very prominent proteins with relative MWs of 44.4 and 43 kD, respectively. The results of experiments with Endoglycosidase H suggested that the 44.4 and 43 kD proteins seen in hormone-treated cultures, might result from the removal or reduced synthesis of high mannose oligosaccharide groups found on the 54 and 50 kD proteins normally seen in control cultures. Additional support for this suggestion was provided by the observation that the 54 and 50 kD proteins from control cultures appeared to bind to conA columns and to be eluted with alpha-methylmannoside, while there was little or no binding of the 44.4 and 43 kD proteins from hormone-treated cells. Although other possibilities are not excluded, the results are suggestive of a steroid hormone-induced alteration in glycoprotein processing. The functions of the observed hormonally-responsive secreted proteins as well as those of the secreted proteins in non-hormone-treated cultures, are not known at this time.     

Cell-Cell adhesion molecule: Identification of a glycoprotein relevant to the Ca2+-independent aggregation of chinese hamster fibroblasts

Molecules making up the Ca²⁺-independent cell-cell adhesion sites (CIDS) of Chinese hamster V79 cells have been investigated. Previous studies showed that Fab fragments (Fab) of the antibody raised against the surface of V79 cells inhibit the Ca²⁺-independent aggregation of V79 cells, and that this inhibitory effect is neutralized by the addition of some proteinous substance released from the surface of V79 cells treated with 0.01% trypsin. In the present study, we found that the antibody raised against this substance (anti-TRF) displays the complement-dependent cytotoxicity more strongly to the cells with active CIDS than to those without it. The Fab of this antibody inhibited the Ca²⁺-independent aggregation of V79 cells strongly, particularly in the presence of a hyaluronidase. Electrophoresis of the materials immunoprecipitated with anti-TRF from lysates of cells labeled with radioactive iodine, monosaccharides or methionine showed that a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 125,000 is the only component to react with this antibody in cells with the active CIDS. Indirect immunofluorescence of anti-TRF showed that the antigens are distributed over the entire surface of V79 cells, and are present only in fibroblastic cells in the primary culture of Chinese hamster hepatic cells. These results suggest that the glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 125,000 has a specific role in the Ca²⁺-independent adhesion of Chinese hamster fibroblastic cells.     

Membrane glycoproteins involved in neurite fasciculation

Lectin affinity chromatography combined with mAb production was used to identify chick neural cell surface molecules related to L1 antigen, a mouse neural glycoprotein implicated in cell-cell adhesion (Rathjen, F. G., and M. Schachner, 1984, EMBO (Eur. Mol. Biol. Organ.) J., 3:1-10). A glycoprotein, G4 antigen, isolated by mAb G4 from adult chick brain is described which comprises a major 135-kD component, a minor doublet at 190 kD, and diffusely migrating bands at 80 and 65 kD in SDS PAGE. This molecule is structurally related to mouse L1 antigen according to NH2-terminal amino acid sequence (50% identity) as well as the behavior of its components in two-dimensional IEF/SDS PAGE gels. A second chicken glycoprotein, F11 antigen, was isolated from adult chick brain using mAb F11. This protein has also a major 135-kD component and minor components at 170 kD and 120 kD. Both immunotransfer analysis with polyclonal antibodies to mAb G4 and to mAb F11 isolate and the behavior on IEF/SDS PAGE gels indicates that the major 135-kD component of F11 antigen is distinct from G4 antigen components. However, the 135-kD component of F11 antigen shares with G4 antigen and the neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) the HNK-1/L2 carbohydrate epitope. In immunofluorescence studies, G4 and F11 antigenic sites were found to be associated mainly with the surface of process-bearing cells, particularly in fiber-rich regions of embryonic brain. Although Fab fragments of polyclonal antibodies to mAbs G4 or F11 immunoaffinity isolate only weakly inhibit the Ca2+-independent aggregation of neural cells, they strongly inhibit fasciculation of retinal axons. Together these studies extend the evidence that bundling of axons reflects the combined effects of a group of distinct cell surface glycoproteins.     

Fetuin: a serum component associated with rat Sertoli and spermatogenic cells in coculture

Cocultures of rat Sertoli-spermatogenic cells plated in a culture medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum for 6-12 h and then maintained in serum free, hormone/growth factor-supplemented medium accumulated an acidic glycoprotein of molecular weight of 68,000 dalton (68 kD) and isoelectric point range of about 4.2-3.5. Anion exchange chromatography has allowed the partial purification of this protein, which consists of a major protein band of 68 kD and two minor, low molecular weight components. A rabbit antiserum raised against the 68 kD component also crossreacts with the two low molecular weight components, thus suggesting that these two minor components are antigenically related to the 68 kD protein. The 68 kD protein has been identified as fetuin, the major component of fetal bovine serum, based on similar molecular weight, isoelectric point, immunoreactivity and trypsin inhibitory activity. Labeling experiments with [14C]amino acid mixture show that 68 kD protein is not synthesized by cocultured rat Sertoli and spermatogenic cells. Immunocytochemistry and Western blot approaches carried out under various experimental conditions support the view that the fetuin-68 kD protein is taken up from serum by both Sertoli cells and pachytene spermatocytes. Because fetuin 1) behaves as a carrier protein for growth factors, 2) has protease inhibitory activity, 3) is preferentially internalized by Sertoli cells and pachytene spermatocytes and 4) fetal bovine serum-supplemented medium impairs spermatogenic cell viability, there is a need to further define appropriate conditions for optimizing long-term viability and differentiation of spermatogenic cells in vitro.     

Antibody-induced activation of p185HER2 in the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line Calu-3 requires bivalency

In the present study we utilized two previously described monoclonal antibodies (mAb), and their respective Fab portions, directed against the extracellular domain of p185^HER2, a transmembrane glycoprotein with intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity coded by theHER2/neu oncogene, to study the mechanism of mAb-induced receptor internalization and phosphorylation. Fluorescence scan analysis and direct binding of radiolabelled mAb and their Fab fragments showed that entire MGR2 and MGR3 mAb were reactive with similar binding affinity on two cell lines (Calu-3 and Sk-Br-3) overexpressing the p185^HER2 receptor, and unreactive on unrelated cells. The corresponding Fab fragments were positive on the related cells, but bound with diminished intensity and affinity. Entire MGR2 and MGR3 induced internalization in both Calu-3 and Sk-Br-3 cells, whereas their Fab portions were not internalized. When the bivalency of the MGR2 Fab fragment was artificially reconstituted by incubation with rabbit anti-(mouse IgG), internalization was obtained. Monovalent binding of the entire labelled antibodies, obtained in the presence of a saturating amount of unlabelled antibody, decreased both the rate and the final amount of internalized antibody. Metabolic labelling and immunoblotting experiments showed that incubation with entire MGR3 amplified the basal phosphorylation of the p185^HER2 receptor in Calu-3 and Sk-Br-3 cells, whereas MGR3 Fab decreased the signal. Taken together, our data indicate that antibody-mediated activation of p185^HER2 in Calu-3 and Sk-Br-3 cells occurs through the dimerization of receptor molecules and that bivalency of the activating antibody is mandatory for induction of internalization and phosphorylation of the receptor. Our data support an allosteric model of activation for the p185^HER2 receptor.     

Effects of anti-embryonal carcinoma serum on aggregation and metabolic cooperation between teratocarcinoma cells

Effects of rabbit anti-embryonal carcinoma IgG on embryonal carcinoma cells and their differentiated derivatives were studied at different levels of cell-cell interaction. Fab fragments of anti-EC IgG were found to inhibit aggregation of the majority of EC cell lines. Two, however, were insensitive. Anti-EC Fab fragments act also on the transfer of metabolites between EC cells: the rescue of HPRT^? EC cells by HPRT⁺ EC cells in selective medium is abolished. These findings are correlated with the disappearance of tight and gap junctions from the surface of EC cells (Dunia et al., 1979). The presence of the surface structure involved in the action of anti-EC Fab fragments was tested by absorption experiments followed by decompaction test on PCC4 Aza R1 cells. All EC cell lines and two embryonic cell lines—a trophectodermal and an endodermal line—were found to bear material absorbing the decompacting activity. The results are discussed in terms of state of differentiation of the cell lines and of complexity of aggregation of embyronic cells.     

Isolation and partial characterization of components of Prunus avium L. styles,including an antigenic glycoprotein associated with a self-incompatibility genotype

Several components of buffer extracts of Prunus avium L. styles (cv. Lambert, S ₃ S ₄) have been isolated and partially characterized: the major component is a glycoprotein (molecular weight approx. 90,000; 95% protein, 5.4% carbohydrate). A sticky uronic-acid-containing component and an arabinogalactan are also present. Two minor components are an antigenic glycoprotein associated with the self-incompatibility genotype (Antigen S) and a component found in styles of all Prunus species (Antigen P). The isolated glycoproteins have a substantial carbohydrate content (Antigen P 17.2%; Antigen S 16.3%), and have apparent molecular weights of 32,000 (Antigen P) and 37,000–39,000 (Antigen S). They are antigenically quite distinct. Material corresponding to Antigen S is secreted into the medium of suspension-cultured callus cells raised from both leaf and stem of P. avium.Abbreviations DEAE diethylaminoethyl - SDS-PAGE sodium dodecylsulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis     

Myelin-associated glycoprotein, a member of the L2/HNK-1 family of neural cell adhesion molecules, is involved in neuron-oligodendrocyte and oligodendrocyte-oligodendrocyte interaction

A monoclonal antibody to the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) was prepared and characterized to probe for the involvement of MAG in cell surface interactions among neural cells in vitro. The antibody reacts specifically with oligodendrocyte cell surface and myelin-rich brain regions as expected from previous investigations. Not all O4 antigen- positive oligodendrocytes express MAG in vitro. Fab fragments of the antibody interfere with neuron to oligodendrocyte and oligodendrocyte to oligodendrocyte adhesion, but not with oligodendrocyte to astrocyte adhesion. MAG-containing liposomes bind to the cell surfaces of the appropriate target cells by a mechanism that is specifically inhibitable by Fab fragments of monoclonal MAG antibodies, demonstrating that MAG is a neural cell adhesion molecule.     

小鼠抗天花粉蛋白IgE型单抗的酶解及其Fab的制备

研究了Ｐａｐａｉｎ及Ｔｒｙｐｓｉｎ裂解小鼠抗天花粉蛋白ＩｇＥ单抗的条件及Ｆａｂ的制备。Ｐａｐａｉｎ和Ｔｒｙｐｓｉｎ两者都可产生Ｆ（ａｂ′）_２,分子量在１５０～１６０ｋＤ左右;经Ｐａｐａｉｎ裂解的主要产物中还有Ｆａｂ,分子量７２ｋＤ,可通过凝胶过滤获得纯的Ｆａｂ。而Ｔｒｙｐｓｉｎ裂解物经ＤＴＴ还原、碘乙酰胺烷化虽然也可得到Ｆａｂ′（ｔ）,但不易纯化;可见,要制备Ｆａｂ以采用Ｐａｐａｉｎ裂解为好,而制备Ｆ（ａｂ′）_２则可采用Ｔｒｙｐｓｉｎ裂解。这二个酶的裂解速度是Ｔｒｙｐｓｉｎ大于Ｐａｐａｉｎ。     

Antibodies recognizing 20-hydroxyecdysone-dependent cell surface antigens during morphogenesis in Drosophila

Summary Polyclonal antibodies (anti-P116 and anti-P93) specific for two different hormone-dependent cell surface glycoproteins (P116 and P93) from Drosophila S3 cells have been produced. Anti-P116 and anti-P93 each immunoprecipitate substantially more of P116 and P93, respectively, from extracts of iodinated hormone-treated S3 cells compared to controls. Both antigens are present in control and 20-hydroxyecdysone treated imaginal discs, although apparent increases in antigen content are associated with hormone treatment. Immunofluorescent staining of whole discs with anti-P116 and anti-P93 reveals increased amounts of both antigens at the surface of hormone-treated discs compared to controls. Both antibodies were used to characterize the expression of their respective antigens during embryonic development, and both antibodies were found to recognize in embryos a third developmentally-regulated antigen with a relative mobility of approximately 220000. Our results indicate, at least in the case of P116 and P93, that 20-hydroxyecdysone-dependent cell surface antigens in imaginal discs may be regulated both by increasing the amounts of constitutively present proteins, and possibly through biochemical modifications, altering the localization of these proteins from a cytoplasmic to a cell surface domain.This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (PCM-84089255).     

Monoclonal antibodies: use to detect developmentally regulated antigens on D. discoideum amebae

We have used monoclonal antibodies to detect developmentally regulated cell surface antigens on D. discoideum amebae. A study of an antigen detected using an antibody produced by a hybridoma line implicates a previously undescribed component in the process of cell aggregation. This antigen (consisting of a doublet of 69,000 and 73,000 molecular weight) is first detected during the early hours of cell starvation and is present until cells begin slug formation. The developmental appearance of the antigen is not controlled by cAMP pulses and is distinct from that of Contact A sites. Fab fragments directed against the antigen are potent inhibitors of aggregation but do not inhibit the differentiation of cells to aggregation competence.     

Functional cooperation between the neural adhesion molecules L1 and N- CAM is carbohydrate dependent

The neural cell adhesion molecules L1 and N-CAM have been suggested to interact functionally by formation of a complex between the two molecules (Kadmon, G., A. Kowitz, P. Altevogt, and M. Schachner. 1990. J. Cell Biol. 110:193-208). To determine the molecular mechanisms underlying this functional cooperation, we have studied the contribution of carbohydrates to the association of the two molecules at the cell surface. Aggregation or adhesion between L1- and N-CAM-positive neuroblastoma N2A cells was reduced when the synthesis of complex and/or hybrid glycans was modified by castanospermine. Fab fragments of polyclonal antibodies to L1 inhibited aggregation and adhesion of castanospermine-treated cells almost completely, whereas untreated cells were inhibited by approximately 50%. Fab fragments of polyclonal antibodies to N-CAM did not interfere with the interaction between castanospermine-treated cells, whereas they inhibited aggregation or adhesion of untreated cells by approximately 50%. These findings indicate that cell interactions depending both on L1 and N-CAM ("assisted homophilic" binding) can be reduced to an L1-dominated interaction ("homophilic binding"). Treatment of cells with the carbohydrate synthesis inhibitor swainsonine did not modify cell aggregation in the absence or presence of antibodies compared with untreated cells, indicating that castanospermine-sensitive, but swainsonine-insensitive glycans are involved. To investigate whether the appropriate carbohydrate composition is required for an association of L1 and N-CAM in the surface membrane (cis-interaction) or between L1 on one side and L1 and N-CAM on the other side of interacting partner cells (trans-interaction), an L1-positive lymphoid tumor cell line was coaggregated with and adhered to neuroblastoma cells in the various combinations of castanospermine-treated and untreated cells. The results show that it is the cis-interaction between L1 and N-CAM that depends on the appropriate carbohydrate structures.     

Products of Cultured Neuroglial Cells. III. Release of an 85,000 Molecular Weight Glycoprotein by C6 Glioma Cells In Vitro

Abstract: With [³H]fucose as a marker, C6 glioma cells in culture released an 85,000 molecular weight molecule into the medium as the major extracellular glycoprotein. The quantity and extracellularkytoplasmic ratio of this glycoprotein suggest that its cellular processing is different from that of five other released glycoproteins of molecular weights 55,000, 115,000, 130,000, 150,000, and 170,000. Nearly 40% of newly synthesized glycoproteins in the cells was released into the culture medium. Major glycoproteins retained by the cells migrated electrophoretically to molecular weight positions of 82,000, 110,000, 120,000, 140,000, and 160,000, and approximately one-third of these retained glycoproteins were labile to trypsinization. Both synthesis and release of these macromolecules were inhibited more than 95% with cycloheximide treatment, demonstrating that nearly all fucosylation was linked to protein synthesis. Since 40% of all glycoproteins was released under conditions of more than 99% cellular viability, it is likely that these extracellular glycoproteins are physiological products of membrane turnover and secretion, but not of cell lysis. The results provide a basis for the further study of glial differentiation and of shed glioma antigens.     

Isolation of Proteins Related to the β-Lectin from Potato which Bind to Hyphal Wall Components of Phytophthora infestans

Proteins from potato cells which recognize fungal cell wall components of Phytophthora infestans were isolated after passage of a potato homogenate through an affinity column which contained bound fungal cell wall components. Bound potato proteins were eluted with NN′-diacetylchitobiose, and fractionated by SDS-polyaciylamide gel electrophoresis. Eluted proteins from cv. Yukijiro (R₁-gene) and cv. Irish Cobbler (r-gene) had similar profiles and the same apparent Mr, 66, 58 and 41.5 kD and other proteins with lower molecular weight. Only the 41.5 kD and lower molecular weight proteins reaeted with polyclonal antibodies against the β-lectin from the R₁ cultivar, Rishiri. The surfaces of protoplasts from cvs Yukijiro and Irish Cobbler also reacted with the antibodies to the lectin. Treatment of potato protoplasts with hyphal cell wall components of P. infestans caused cytoplasmic aggregation, a response characteristic of the hypersensitive reaction. Oligomers of N-acetyl glucosamine reduced the ability of fungal cell wall components to cause this cytoplasmic aggregation. These results suggest that binding between fungal cell wall eomponents and certain potato proteins is sensitive to N-acetylglucosamine, and may play a role in the hypersensitive reaction.     

Amphibian neural crest cell migration on purified extracellular matrix components: a chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan inhibits locomotion on fibronectin substrates

The ability of purified extracellular matrix components to promote the initial migration of amphibian neural crest (NC) cells was quantitatively investigated in vitro. NC cells migrated avidly on fibronectin (FN), displaying progressively more extensive dispersion at increasing amounts of material incorporated in the substrate. In contrast, dispersion on laminin substrates was optimal at low protein concentrations but strongly reduced at high concentrations. NC cells were unable to migrate on substrates containing a high molecular mass chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan (ChSP). When proteolytic peptides, representing isolated functional domains of the FN molecule, were tested as potential migration substrates, the cell binding region of the molecule (105 kD) was found to be as active as the intact FN. A 31- kD heparin-binding fragment also stimulated NC cell migration, whereas NC cells dispersed to a markedly lower extent on the isolated collagen- binding domain (40 kD), or the latter domain linked to the NH2-terminal part of the FN molecule. Migration on the intact FN was partially inhibited by antibodies directed against the 105- and 31-kD fragments, respectively; dispersion was further decreased when the antibodies were used in combination. Addition of the ChSP to the culture medium dramatically perturbed NC cell migration on substrates of FN, as well as of 105- or 31-kD fragments. However, preincubation of isolated cells or substrates with ChSP followed by washing did not affect NC cell movement. The use of substrates consisting of different relative amounts of ChSP and the 105-kD peptide revealed that ChSP counteracted the motility-promoting activity of the 105-kD FN fragment in a concentration-dependent manner also when bound to the substrate. Our results indicate that NC cell migration on FN involves two separate domains of the molecule, and that ChSP can modulate the migratory behavior of NC cells moving along FN-rich pathways and may therefore influence directionally and subsequent localization of NC cells in the embryo.     

抗 CD20融合蛋白在 CHO 细胞中的表达及其纯化与鉴定

目的：构建CD20胞外区与Igβ胞外区和人IgG1 Fc融合基因的表达载体,并在CHO细胞中表达。方法与结果：根据已知的IgM的CH2区域和Igp胞外区序列,分别设计PCR引物并进行PCR扩增,然后用重叠PCR法扩增得到900bp的Igp-CH2序列,插入本实验室构建的pIRIS-EGFP-Fc载体,转化大肠杆菌,得到pIRIS-Igβ-CH2-Fc重组质粒,将其转染CHO-K1细胞,在G418抗性培养基中培养,荧光显微镜观察结合ELISA法筛选高表达细胞系,细胞系扩大培养后,通过亲和层析rProteinA柱纯化得到纯度融合蛋白,SDS-PAGE显示目的蛋白去糖基化后,相对分子质量约为42×10^3。结论：得到了Igβ-CH2-Fc重链抗体样分子,并鉴定为糖蛋白;须进一步对所得蛋白的生物学活性进行检测,验证其是否能够通过胞外区蛋白定位于B细胞淋巴瘤细胞表面对B淋巴瘤细胞进行杀伤。