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Monoclonal antibodies Ki-S3 and Ki-S5 yield new data on the 'Ki-67' proteins
Author(s): Heidebrecht HJ, Buck F, Haas K, Wacker HH, Parwaresch R
Source: CELL PROLIFERATION    Volume: 29    Issue: 7    Pages: 413-425    Published: JUL 1996  
Times Cited: 46     References: 24     
Abstract: The monoclonal antibody (mab) Ki-67 has been used for about 10 years, mainly in tissue sections, to monitor proliferating cells, but so far only very little is known about the proteins it recognizes. The new mabs Ki-S3 and Ki-S5 detect proliferating cells in frozen and paraffin-embedded tissues. They recognize proteins with the same molecular mass as Ki-67 in western blot and for the first time also in immunoprecipitation experiments. With these mabs we were able to enrich and purify the ki-67 proteins. Protein sequencing of four peptides of the digested proteins corresponded to the cDNA-deduced amino acid sequence already published for the ki-67 proteins.

Since we were able to immunoprecipitate the Ki-67 proteins, we performed various immunoprecipitation experiments to obtain more information about the nature of these proteins. After radiolabelling L428 cells with [S-35]-methionine we were able to immunoprecipitate the Ki-67 proteins after only 5 minutes of labelling time. In turnover experiments the Ki-67 proteins could not be detected 3 hours after the end of labelling. These data indicate a half-life of the Ki-67 proteins of about 90 minutes.

Labelling experiments with [P-32]-orthophosphate revealed that the Ki-67 proteins are phosphorylated. After dephosphorylation was blocked with okadaic acid or cell growth was arrested by means of Colcemid, the phosphorylation of the Ki-67 proteins was greatly increased, indicating that the ki-67 proteins are phosphorylated via serine and threonine, and that the phosphorylation of the Ki-67 proteins increases in cycling cells. Labelling experiments with [H-3]-mannose and [H-3]-glucose revealed that the protein is weakly N-glycosylated.

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Reprint Address: Heidebrecht, HJ (reprint author), CHRISTIAN ALBRECHTS UNIV KIEL, DEPT HAEMATOPATHOL, MICHAELISSTR 11, D-24105 KIEL, GERMANY
Addresses:
1. CHRISTIAN ALBRECHTS UNIV KIEL, LYMPH NODE REGISTRY, D-24105 KIEL, GERMANY
2. UNIV HAMBURG, INST CELL BIOCHEM & CLIN NEUROBIOL, HAMBURG, GERMANY
Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD, OSNEY MEAD, OXFORD, OXON, ENGLAND OX2 0EL
Subject Category: Cell Biology
IDS Number: VM383
ISSN: 0960-7722
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