Properties of the carcinoma-associated antigen MH 99/KS 1/4 in normal and transformed human keratinocytes: regulation of synthesis, molecular cross-linking and ultrastructural localization

The British Journal of Dermatology
M P SchönC E Orfanos

Abstract

A 38-kDa cell-surface glycoprotein defined by monoclonal antibody MH 99 is markedly increased in many epithelial tumours. In normal human skin, it is a characteristic marker for germ-cell phenotypic tissues. Although the gene encoding the MH 99 antigen has recently been cloned, and several histological and biochemical studies have been performed, the biological function of this interesting antigen still remains unknown. In the present study, we examined the synthesis of MH 99 in keratinocyte populations showing different in vitro differentiation capacity. Normal keratinocytes, spontaneously immortalized keratinocytes (cell line HaCaT), three SV-40-transformed keratinocyte lines (130, 425, and HaSV), and two squamous cell carcinoma lines (SCL-1 and SCL-2), were compared. Radioimmunoprecipitation revealed the highest levels of synthesis in cell populations with the least differentiation. This was paralleled by an increase of MH 99 synthesis in normal keratinocytes cultured in low concentrations of Ca2+ and by an increase of MH 99 synthesis during subculture of normal keratinocytes. Both phenomena were paralleled by an opposite behaviour of a differentiation marker. Molecular cross-linking and subsequent immunoprecipitation led to...Continue Reading

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