Association of La and Ro antigens with intracellular structures in HEp-2 carcinoma cells.
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 83 (20) , 7770-7774
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.83.20.7770
Abstract
Monoclonal antibodies were raised against homogeneous Ro and La antigens, two proteins associated with Ro and La ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). The specificity of the monoclonal antibodies was proven by immunoblot analysis and by immunoprecipitation. The anti-Ro antibody reacted with a Mr 95,000 protein in a mouse lymphoma cell extract and with a Mr 60,000 polypeptide in extracts from human spleen. The anti-La antibody recognized a Mr 50,000 polypeptide in the mouse L5178y cell extract. The two monoclonal antibodies precipitated RNPs that contained the typical RNA species of Ro or La RNPs. The localization of Ro and La antigen was performed by direct immunofluorescence microscopy. It was found that the anti-Ro antibody reacted with a fibrous network that behaves like cytokeratin, one of the intermediate filament systems. The anti-La antibody reacted with nuclear structures that gave a speckled-type pattern.Keywords
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