Monoclonal antibody analysis of p53 expression in normal and transformed cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Yewdell, J W
RESUMO
The cellular phosphoprotein p53 binds tightly and specifically to simian virus 40 T antigen and the 58,000-molecular-weight adenovirus E1b protein. Many human and murine tumor cell lines contain elevated levels of the p53 protein even in the absence of these associated viral proteins. Recently the cloned p53 gene, linked to strong viral promoters, has been shown to complement activated ras genes in transformation of primary rodent cell cultures. Overexpression of the p53 gene alone rescues some primary rodent cell cultures from senescence. We isolated three new monoclonal antibodies to the p53 protein, designated PAb242, PAb246, and PAb248, and mapped the epitopes they recognized on p53 in comparison with other previously isolated antibodies. At least five sterically separate epitopes were defined on murine p53. One of the antibodies, PAb246, recognizes an epitope on p53 that is unstable in the absence of bound simian virus 40 T antigen. This effect is demonstrable in vivo and in newly developed in vitro assays of T-p53 complex formation. Using the panel of anti-p53 antibodies and sensitive immunocytochemical methods, we found that p53 has a predominantly nuclear location in established but not transformed cells as well as in the vast majority of transformed cell lines. Several monoclonal antibodies to p53 showed cross-reactions with non-p53 components in immunocytochemical staining.
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