ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Muscle, striated, skeletal
;
Actin filaments
;
A-band
;
Anti-actin monoclonal antibody
;
Immunofluorescence
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary 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 μm, 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 μm, 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.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00218022
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