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ArticleCell and tissue research1990

The monoclonal antibody 22/18 recognizes a conformational change in an intermediate filament of the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens, during limb regeneration.

P Ferretti, J P Brockes

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 1990. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Mechanisms of urodele limb regeneration.Regeneration (Oxford, England) · 2017
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2 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

P FerrettiMRC Cell Biophysics Unit, London, United Kingdom.
J P Brockes
Ludwig Cancer Research · BE

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Abstract

Previous work has shown that the monoclonal antibody 22/18 identifies progenitor cells (blastemal cells) which depend on the nerve for their division in the early stages of limb regeneration in the newt, Notophthalmus viridescens. This antibody also reacts with cultured cells derived from the newt limb, and the intensity of immunoreactivity appears related to cell density and differentiation into myotubes. We report here that the monoclonal antibody 22/18 recognizes a polypeptide (22/18 antigen) which is intracellular and filamentous. Double staining of cells with 22/18 monoclonal antibody and antibodies against various cytoskeletal components indicates that the epitope is expressed on an intermediate filament component. Although this antibody is specific for blastemal cells in cryostat sections of the regenerating limb, its reactivity on immunoblots is not confined to this tissue. The 22/18 antigen is differentially affected by aldehyde fixatives distinguished by the spacing of their reactive groups. While formaldehyde fixation impairs detection of the antigen, ethylene glycol-bis[succinic acid n-hydroxysuccinimide ester] reveals the antigen in sections of normal and regenerating limbs in a distribution that is consistent with the one obtained from immunoblots. We suggest that the 22/18 monoclonal antibody detects a change in protein conformation, probably related to changes in the physiological state of the cell, that occurs transiently during regeneration and possibly during development.

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RegenerationAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalCells, CulturedExtremitiesImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryIntermediate Filament ProteinsNotophthalmus viridescensProtein ConformationAntibodies, MonoclonalIntermediate Filament Proteins

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