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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-28
pubmed:abstractText
HD1 is a 500 kDa hemidesmosomal plaque protein recognized by monoclonal antibody mAb-121. Recent research on inherited skin disease has suggested that it might be identical to plectin or an isoform. To cast light on this question, we have prepared several monoclonal antibodies that recognize a 500 kDa protein in the hemidesmosome fraction. Unexpectedly, some staining pattern heterogeneity was observed on immunofluorescence microscopy. Attention was focused on two monoclonal antibodies which gave different localization in bovine skin and retinal pigment epithelial cells. Determination of the amino-terminal sequence of an antigenic 100 kDa polypeptide fragment derived from the 500 kDa component of an insoluble fraction of bovine hepatocytes revealed it was identical to that of plectin. Using the two antibodies, we screened a cDNA library derived from BMGE+H, a bovine mammary gland epithelial cell line. The isolated cDNA clones corresponded to the rod domain of bovine plectin, with two separate epitope regions for each of the antibodies. From these results we conclude that the hemidesmosomal 500 kDa component HD1 is identical to plectin. As judged on rough estimation of molar ratios on this basis, hemidesmosomes are composed of plectin, BP230, the integrin beta4 subunit, and alpha6 in a 1:1:1:1 ratio.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1144-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of the hemidesmosomal 500 kDa protein (HD1) as plectin.
pubmed:affiliation
Unit of Biosystems, Graduate School of Human Informatics, Okazaki, 444-8585, Japan. masayo@info.human.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't