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Z Zhou1, T R Barnett, D L Very
1Bayer Corporation, Business Group Diagnostics, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.
Epitope mapping analysis was performed on 53 antibodies submitted to the ISOBM TD-3 PSA Workshop. Western blotting and N-terminal amino acid sequencing, using both native and recombinant human prostate-specific antigen (rPSA), identified four different epitope groups for native PSA. Under reducing conditions native PSA was not recognized by 18/53 antibodies suggesting they reacted with conformation-dependent epitopes. Nine other antibodies reacted with a rPSA polypeptide doublet of 34-35 kD corresponding to different rPSA glycoforms. From sequence mapping studies 22/53 antibodies bound epitopes within amino acid residues 25-85, 3/53 antibodies bound to epitopes within residues 86-220, while 10/53 antibodies bound epitopes within residues 221-261. These results indicate that there are multiple immunogenic epitopes localized on the PSA molecule.
Epitope mapping analysis was performed on 53 antibodies submitted to the ISOBM TD-3 PSA Workshop. Western blotting and N-terminal amino acid sequencing, using both native and recombinant human prostate-specific antigen (rPSA), identified four different epitope groups for native PSA. Under reducing conditions native PSA was not recognized by 18/53 antibodies suggesting they reacted with conformation-dependent epitopes. Nine other antibodies reacted with a rPSA polypeptide doublet of 34-35 kD corresponding to different rPSA glycoforms. From sequence mapping studies 22/53 antibodies bound epitopes within amino acid residues 25-85, 3/53 antibodies bound to epitopes within residues 86-220, while 10/53 antibodies bound epitopes within residues 221-261. These results indicate that there are multiple immunogenic epitopes localized on the PSA molecule.
