Molecular Interaction of S‐100 Proteins with Microtubule Proteins In Vitro

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Abstract
Several procedures were employed to examine the in vitro interaction between S-100 proteins and microtubule proteins. Binding of S-100 to τ factors was observed under all experimental conditions. S-100 binding to microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) was best detected by exposing nitrocellulose-immobilized MAP2 or MAPs to either 125I-labeled S-100 or biotinylated S-100. S-100 binding to tubulin was detected when the two protein fractions were first incubated with each other followed by exposure to the Afunctional cross-linker disuccinimidylsuberate, and then separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel [electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and transfered onto nitrocellulose paper. By this procedure, complex formation between S-100 and tubulin, as well as between S-100 and a relatively low-molecular-weight MAP, was evidenced by immunoblotting using an anti-S-100 antiserum. Alternatively, complex formation between biotinylated S-100 and either tubulin or MAPs was visualized by means of avidin-peroxidase, after SDS-PAGE of the complex mixtures and transfer of the separated proteins onto nitrocellulose. The interaction between S-100 and tubulin was strictly Ca2+ dependent, and resistant to high concentrations of KC1, colchicine, or vinblastine.