Identification of a major polypeptide component of the sea urchin fertilization envelope

Developmental Biology
C A Vater, R C Jackson

Abstract

A monoclonal antibody (MAb No. 25-16), raised against purified cortical secretory vesicles (CVs) from the eggs of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, has been used to identify a previously uncharacterized CV-derived polypeptide component of the sea urchin fertilization envelope (FE). MAb No. 25-16, an IgG1, bound to a group of proteins with Mr approximately 200,000 on immunoblots of CVs. This same group of proteins also was detected in fertilization product and in soft FEs prepared from early embryos, indicating that the antigen is released at fertilization by CV exocytosis and becomes incorporated into the FE. The multiple components recognized by MAb No. 25-16 apparently did not result from proteolysis during sample preparation or differential N-linked glycosylation. No simplification of the SDS-gel or immunoblot patterns was observed when samples of fertilization product or cell surface complex were prepared in the presence of a cocktail of protease inhibitors; nor was a change in mobility of any of the antigen forms detected following treatment with endoglycosidase F. Upon partial denaturation and reduction of the protein by incubation at room temperature in the presence of SDS and dithiothreitol, the antigen was shown to underg...Continue Reading

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Mar 1, 1990·Molecular Reproduction and Development·C A Vater, R C Jackson
Sep 1, 1989·Developmental Biology·C A Vater, R C Jackson
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