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  • Title: Probing molecular polymorphism of fibronectins with antibodies directed to the alternatively spliced peptide segments.
    Author: Sekiguchi K, Titani K.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1989 Apr 18; 28(8):3293-8. PubMed ID: 2742838.
    Abstract:
    Molecular heterogeneity of fibronectins (FNs) isolated from plasma, cultured fibroblasts, and placenta was studied with site-specific antibodies recognizing alternatively spliced peptide segments, termed ED-A and IIICS/delta 2. The antibodies were raised in rabbits by immunization with synthetic peptides. Neither the ED-A nor the IIICS/delta 2 extra peptide segment was present in the major subunits of plasma FN, although a minor subunit contained the latter extra segment. Cellular FN consisted of at least four subunits differing in size of the fragments generated by cleavage of the C-terminal region with cathepsin D. These fragments were distinct from each other in the reactivity with anti-ED-A and anti-IIICS/delta 2 antibodies, suggesting that all combinations of the presence or absence of the extra segments were produced by cultured fibroblasts. Placental FN was more heterogeneous than plasma and cellular FNs, consisting of five, or probably more, subunits. Among these, the two smaller subunits appeared to be closely similar to the major subunits of plasma FN, whereas the other subunits were more related to those of cellular FN in the size of cathepsin D cleaved C-terminal fragments and in the reactivity with anti-peptide antibodies. These results, taken together, indicate that the FNs produced by different tissues or cell types are distinct from each other in the number and types of subunits, which are partly, if not all, defined by alternative splicing at the ED-A and IIICS regions.
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