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2016/03/30
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Monoclonal antibodies against muscle actin isoforms: epitope identification and analysis of isoform expression by immunoblot and immunostaining in normal and regenerating skeletal muscle.
Higher vertebrates (mammals and birds) express six different highly conserved actin isoforms that can be classified in three subgroups: 1) sarcomeric actins, α-skeletal (α-SKA) and α-cardiac (α-CAA), 2) smooth muscle actins (SMAs), α-SMA and γ-SMA, and 3) cytoplasmic actins (CYAs), β-CYA and γ-CYA. The variations among isoactins, in each subgroup, are due to 3-4 amino acid differences located in their acetylated N-decapeptide sequence. The first monoclonal antibody (mAb) against an actin isoform (α-SMA) was produced and characterized in our laboratory in 1986 (Skalli et al., 1986) . We have further obtained mAbs against the 5 other isoforms. In this report, we focus on the mAbs anti-α-SKA and anti-α-CAA obtained after immunization of mice with the respective acetylated N-terminal decapeptides using the Repetitive Immunizations at Multiple Sites Strategy (RIMMS). In addition to the identification of their epitope by immunoblotting, we describe the expression of the 2 sarcomeric actins in mature skeletal muscle and during muscle repair after micro-lesions. In particular, we analyze the expression of α-CAA, α-SKA and α-SMA by co-immunostaining in a time course frame during the muscle repair process. Our results indicate that a restricted myocyte population expresses α-CAA and suggest a high capacity of self-regeneration in muscle cells. These antibodies may represent a helpful tool for the follow-up of muscle regeneration and pathological changes.Christine Chaponnier, Giulio Gabbiani
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Immunofluorescence staining of thin-filament sections not participating in actomyosin crossbridges: studies by use of a monoclonal antibody specific to actin.
Monoclonal antibodies (mcab) were produced in vitro by fusing mouse X63-Ag8.653 plasmacytoma cells with spleen cells from a Balb/c mouse immunized with primary cultures of chick skeletal muscle (pmcc). After cloning on agar, stable clones were obtained, the antibodies of which stain specifically the I-band of myofibrils in the immunofluorescence (IF) procedure. For further characterization of these mcab their affinities to muscle proteins were tested by immunoblotting and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Mcab specific for actin were revealed by these criteria. One of the anti-actin antibodies, mcab 647, reveals a variety of IF-staining patterns on myofibrils. On rest-length myofibrils the I-band is labeled only. However, at sarcomere lengths below 2 micrometers, where the thin filaments meet in the middle of the A-band and form a region of double overlap, an additional fluorescent band appears in this position. The fluorescence intensity of this band is increased significantly in shorter sarcomeres. Finally, when the I-band has disappeared at a sarcomere length of 1.5 micrometer, fluorescence is located exclusively in the middle of the A-band. These IF-staining patterns suggest that only those sections of the thin filament are stained that do not participate in actomyosin crossbridges.K Kaehn, P Bachmann, F W Falkenberg