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  • Title: Identification of a Mu-9 (anti-colon-specific antigen-p)-reactive peptide having homology to CA125 (MUC16).
    Author: Modrak DE, Karacay H, Cardillo TM, Newsome G, Goldenberg DM, Gold DV.
    Journal: Int J Oncol; 2005 Jun; 26(6):1591-6. PubMed ID: 15870874.
    Abstract:
    Mu-9, an anti-colon specific antigen-p (CSAp) monoclonal antibody (MAb), has shown excellent gastrointestinal cancer targeting in both pre-clinical and clinical trials. With the recent development of the humanized version of this MAb, Mu-9 will receive further attention as a potential therapeutic agent for colorectal cancer. Hence, we have undertaken studies to examine the nature of the CSAp antigen and the structure of the Mu-9 epitope. M13 phage displaying random 12-mer peptides were used to isolate a peptide that binds both murine and humanized Mu-9 MAbs. The peptide, Mu-9-p16, was synthesized and found to inhibit binding of Mu-9 to CSAp with a Ka for the humanized antibody of 4.28 x 10(-7) +/- 0.91 x 10(-7) M. Control peptides did not bind Mu-9, nor did they inhibit the Mu-9-CSAp interaction. Three overlapping peptides were synthesized and used to demonstrate that the last six residues were sufficient to inhibit the Mu-9-CSAp interaction. A search of GenBank revealed that the peptide sequence IHPRP, was also present within CA125, a very high molecular weight ovarian cancer-associated antigen. The sequence is present outside of the known antigenic regions identified by the Oc125, M-11 and Ov197 anti-CA125 antibodies. To demonstrate that CSAp and CA125 may be the same protein, a heterologous sandwich enzyme immunoassay was developed with anti-CA125 MAbs used as capture reagents and Mu-9 as probe. By use of this ELISA system, we were able to specifically identify CSAp. In conclusion, our results indicate that the Mu-9-p16 peptide isolated through our screen identifies a peptide epitope shared by CSAp and CA125 and suggest that these proteins are related.
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