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The antigenic structure of the acetylcholine receptor from torpedo californica

✍ Scribed by W. J. Gullick; J. M. Lindstrom

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1982
Tongue
English
Weight
458 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0730-2312

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The immunological structure of the acetylcholine receptor (AChR) from the electric organ of Torpedo californica was studied using a large number of monoclonal antibodies which were initially selected for their abilities to bind to intact AChRs. The monoclonal antibodies were tested for their ability to bind to denatured AChR subunits labeled with ^125^I. Antibodies derived from rats immunized with individual denatured subunits or a mixture of subunits of Torpedo AChR reacted well in the assay. A much smaller proportion of antibodies derived from rats immunized with native Torpedo AChR or native AChR from Electrophorus electricus electric organ, bovine muscle, or human muscle reacted with denatured subunits of Torpedo AChR. Many monoclonal antibodies reacted with more than one subunit, but they always reacted best with the subunit used for immunization.

Those monoclonal antibodies that bound to intact subunits were mapped more precisely by their ability to bind characteristic fragments of each subunit generated by proteolysis with Staphylococcal V8 protease. These fragments were analyzed by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and monoclonal antibodies that precipitated the same fragment pattern were placed in groups. By this method, we define a minimum of 28 determinants on Torpedo AChR.

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