Thr80 of Sheep Podoplanin Is a Critical Epitope of the Antisheep Podoplanin Monoclonal Antibody: PMab-256.

Thr80 of Sheep Podoplanin Is a Critical Epitope of the Antisheep Podoplanin Monoclonal Antibody: PMab-256. Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother. 2020 May 18;: Authors: Kato Y, Sano M, Asano T, Sayama Y, Kaneko MK Abstract An antisheep podoplanin (sPDPN) monoclonal antibody (mAb), PMab-256, has recently been established. PMab-256 shows positive immunostaining for lymphatic endothelial cells, lung type I alveolar cells, and kidney podocytes. PDPN possesses three platelet-aggregation-stimulating (PLAG) domains, PLAG1, PLAG2, and PLAG3, and a PLAG-like domain (PLD). The binding epitope of many anti-PDPN mAbs is located in PLAG domains or PLD. The purpose of this study is to determine the binding epitope of PMab-256. Analysis of sPDPN deletion mutants revealed that the N-terminus of the PMab-256 epitope exists between amino acids 75 and 80 of sPDPN. Furthermore, analysis of sPDPN point mutations demonstrated that the critical epitope includes Thr80 of sPDPN, indicating that the PMab-256 epitope is in the PLD of sPDPN. PMID: 32423295 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Monoclonal Antibodies in Immunodiagnosis and Immunotherapy - Category: Microbiology Tags: Monoclon Antib Immunodiagn Immunother Source Type: research