Human neuroectoderm-derived cell line secretes fibronectin that shares the HNK-1/10C5 carbohydrate epitope with neural cell adhesion molecules.

Autor: Harper JR; Department of Immunology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California., Perry SK, Davis RM, Laufer DM
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of neurochemistry [J Neurochem] 1990 Feb; Vol. 54 (2), pp. 395-401.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1990.tb01886.x
Abstrakt: A human malignant melanoma cell line, Melur, secretes several glycoproteins that contain a unique carbohydrate epitope shared by neural cell adhesion molecules and recognized by the monoclonal antibodies HNK-1, L2, and 10C5. In this report, we present evidence that one of the major melanoma glycoproteins containing the HNK-1/10C5 epitope is the cell adhesion molecule, fibronectin, or a fibronectin-like molecule. Melanoma-derived fibronectin was isolated from serum-free conditioned medium by gelatin-Sepharose affinity adsorption and shown to react with monoclonal antibodies HNK-1 and 10C5 in Western blot analysis. HNK-1-containing fibronectin was purified on a gelatin-Sepharose column followed by an affinity column using a monoclonal antibody against the HNK-1 carbohydrate. The purified HNK-1-fibronectin then could be incorporated into the extracellular matrix of hamster fibroblasts in vitro, and such a matrix was detectable using the HNK-1 monoclonal antibody in an immunofluorescence assay. Of the seven neuroectoderm-derived tumor cell lines tested, only the Melur melanoma cell secreted fibronectin containing the HNK-1 carbohydrate. Identification of human neuroectoderm-derived fibronectin as a potential carrier of the HNK-1 carbohydrate suggests a new role for fibronectin in neural development and regeneration, and represents a new model for studying the function of this carbohydrate domain in neural cell adhesion.
Databáze: MEDLINE