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The hybridoma cell line anti-130-kDa Mesothelial-Ciliated Cells produces an antibody (IgM; kappa light chain)) that is specific for the 130-kDa mesothelial and ciliated cell protein in human and rat lungs. In formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from adult human and rat organs, the antibody specifically stained the luminal/apical surfaces of pulmonary and nonpulmonary ciliated and mesothelial cells. The antibody may be useful in the diagnosis of epithelial
mesotheliomas and ovarian/endometrial carcinomas, because it selectively stains these tumors and is reactive with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. |
| Comments |
The hybridoma cell line anti-130-kDa Mesothelial-Ciliated Cells produces an antibody (IgM; kappa light chain)) that is specific for the 130-kDa mesothelial and ciliated cell protein in human and rat lungs. By Western blotting, the antibody stained a protein of about 130 kDa. In formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from adult human and rat organs, the antibody specifically stained the luminal/apical surfaces of pulmonary and nonpulmonary ciliated and mesothelial cells. Airway cell staining was detectable in human fetal lungs at 12 weeks of gestation and at Day 18 of gestation in fetal rat. The antibody reacted with human and rat fetal mesothelial cells at the gestational ages of 15 weeks and 17 days, respectively. It also stained ciliated cells in endosalpinx and endometrium. The antibody may be useful in the diagnosis of epithelial
mesotheliomas and ovarian/endometrial carcinomas, because it selectively stains these tumors and is reactive with formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. The cell line was formed by the fusion of P3/X63/Ag mouse myeloma cells with splenocytes from a BALB/c mouse inoculated with surfactant binding proteins. The surfactant was isolated by lung lavage from cadaveric lungs and processed to yield surfactant binding proteins. |
| References |
Singh G, et al. Expression of a 130-kDa mesothelial and ciliated cell Ag (MCp130) in normal and developing human and rat lung and its role as a diagnostic marker for mesotheliomas and tumors of the female reproductive system. Lab. Invest. 73: 48-58, 1995. PubMed: 7603040
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