Faculty Research 1980 - 1989

Monoclonal antibody to murine embryos defines a stage-specific embryonic antigen expressed on mouse embryos and human teratocarcinoma cells.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1982

Keywords

Antibodies-Monoclonal: im, Antigenic-Determinants, Antigens-Neoplasm: im, Blastocyst: im, Cross-Reactions, Endoderm: im, Glycolipids: im, Glycoproteins: im, Human, Mice, Molecular-Weight, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-NON-P-H-S, Teratoma: im

First Page

697

Last Page

705

JAX Source

Cell 1982 Oct;30(3):697-705

Abstract

A murine stage-specific embryonic antigen (SSEA3) is defined by reactivity with a monoclonal antibody prepared by immunization of a rat with 4- to 8-cell-stage mouse embryos. This antigenic determinant, present on oocytes, becomes restricted first to the inner cell mass at the blastocyst stage, and later to the primitive endoderm. Murine teratocarcinoma stem cells do not react with this antibody, whereas human teratocarcinoma stem cells are SSEA3-positive. This antigenic determinant is not expressed on a variety of other human and murine cell lines, but is found on the surface of human erythrocytes. It is a carbohydrate and is present on both cell-surface glycolipids and glycopeptides. These results demonstrate the feasibility of identifying stage-specific antigenic determinants with monoclonal antibody prepared against embryos. The need for thorough screening on a variety of cell types to establish developmentally important cross-reactivities is also emphasized.

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