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  • Title: Teratogenic antibodies are directed against a coated-pit glycoprotein.
    Author: Leung CC, Cheewatrakoolpong B, Yan CL.
    Journal: Anat Rec; 1989 Apr; 223(4):363-7. PubMed ID: 2469360.
    Abstract:
    It has been well established that heterologous antibodies against certain tissue components may cause congenital abnormalities when injected into pregnant rats during the critical period of organogenesis. A glycoprotein antigen (gp340) of rat renal proximal tubules was isolated (C.C.K. Leung: (J. Exp. Med., 156:372-384, 1982); antibodies against gp340 were teratogenic. Indirect colloidal gold immunocytochemical method was utilized to study the ultrastructural localization of gp340. For comparative studies, both preembedding and postembedding immunostaining procedures were used. The results indicate that gp340 is a resident of coated pits and possibly also of coated vesicles of the rat renal proximal tubules and visceral yolk-sac (VYS) endodermal cells. It appears that gp340 may also be associated with the microvilli and some as-yet-unidentified cytoplasmic structures of the same tissues. However, gp340 is absent on the epithelium of the small intestine. It is hypothesized that the teratogenic antibodies may interact with gp340 on the coated pits and interfere with receptor-mediated endocytosis, causing yolk-sac placenta dysfunction which in turn causes abnormal embryonic development.
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