Immunospecificity of nuclear antigens in chicken erythroid cells |
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| Authors: | Dorothy E Pumo Ryszard Wierzbicki Adrienne Sainten Jen-Fu Chiu |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, The University of Vermont, College of Medicine, 05405 Burlington, Vermont, USA;(2) Present address: Institute of Environmental Research and Bioanalysis, Medical Academy, Lodz, Poland |
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| Abstract: | Summary Specific antisera were produced against chicken reticulocyte dehistonized chromatin. The antisera reacts strongly with chicken reticulocyte chromatin, but only marginally with chicken erythrocyte chromatin. There is no reticulocyte antigen detected in chicken liver. Reticulocyte maturation is accompanied by a gradual decrease in the chromatin immunological activity and template capacity. The reduction of immunological activity is due to the change of chromatin conformation during erythrocyte maturation. Dehistonization and sonication of erythrocyte chromatin raises the erythrocyte chromatin immunological activity to levels similar to those of reticulocyte chromatin. The erythrocyte nuclear antigens are class specific, not being found in frog erythroid cell or murine Friend leukemia cell chromatins. |
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