PMID- 1693621 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19900713 LR - 20190508 IS - 0021-9525 (Print) IS - 1540-8140 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9525 (Linking) VI - 110 IP - 6 DP - 1990 Jun TI - Subunit selectivity and epitope characterization of mAbs directed against the GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor. PG - 2043-8 AB - mAbs bd 17, bd 24, and bd 28 raised against bovine cerebral gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA)/benzodiazepine receptors were analyzed for their ability to detect each of 12 GABAA receptor subunits expressed in cultured mammalian cells. Results showed that mAb bd 17 recognizes epitopes on both beta 2 and beta 3 subunits while mAb bd 24 is selective for the alpha 1 subunit of human and bovine, but not of rat origin. The latter antibody reacts with the rat alpha 1 subunit carrying an engineered Leu at position four, documenting the first epitope mapping of a GABAA receptor subunit-specific mAb. In contrast to mAbs bd 17 and bd 24, mAb bd 28 reacts with all GABAA receptor subunits tested but not with a glycine receptor subunit, suggesting the presence of shared epitopes on subunits of GABA-gated chloride channels. FAU - Ewert, M AU - Ewert M AD - Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg, FRG. FAU - Shivers, B D AU - Shivers BD FAU - Luddens, H AU - Luddens H FAU - Mohler, H AU - Mohler H FAU - Seeburg, P H AU - Seeburg PH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Biol JT - The Journal of cell biology JID - 0375356 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Receptors, GABA-A) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/*immunology MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Epitopes/*immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Kidney/cytology/embryology/*ultrastructure MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Receptors, GABA-A/analysis/*immunology/metabolism PMC - PMC2116146 EDAT- 1990/06/01 00:00 MHDA- 1990/06/01 00:01 PMCR- 1990/12/01 CRDT- 1990/06/01 00:00 PHST- 1990/06/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1990/06/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1990/06/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1990/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 90277722 [pii] AID - 10.1083/jcb.110.6.2043 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biol. 1990 Jun;110(6):2043-8. doi: 10.1083/jcb.110.6.2043.