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KMID : 0364219960390040426
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Korean Journal of Zoology
1996 Volume.39 No. 4 p.426 ~ p.436
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Lysosomal Acid Phosphatase in Regenerating Salamander Limbs Studied with Monoclonal Antibodies
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Ju Bong-Gun
Park Sang-Yeol
Choi Eul-Yul
Kim Won-Sun
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Abstract
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In previous studies, we have shown that lysosomal add phosphatase (LAP) activity increases at the dedifferentiation stage in the regenerating larval limbs of salamander, Hynobius leechii. Monoclonal antibodies against LAP were generated to determIne the spatial and temporal distribution of the protein In the regenerates.A total of 22 monoclonal antihodies recognizIng different epftopes of the protein were obtained, of which five strongly stained the regenerating limb by imunohistochemistry. in LAP immunohistochemical examination, LAP showed distribution coincident with the state of dedifferentiation, both spatially and temporally, in the limb regenerates. When unfractioned protein of regenerating salamander limbs were separated by gel electrophoresis and immunoblotted, the antibodies recognized a single protein band of 53 kl)a, which comigrates with a monomerlc subunit of IAR Using the anti-IAP antibodIes as probe, we investigated the cross-reactivities of LAPs from other sources. The immunoreadive bands on Western blots appeared to be the same In molecular mass-53 kl)a in axoloti and Xenopus, but no protein band was detected in mouse, Drosophila, or C. elegans.These results show that the antibodies generated in this study spedfically recognize Hynoblus leeclili IAp and that IAPs may be highiy conserved among amphibians. Furthermore, the distdbution of the protein is consistent with a role for LAP in the dedifferentiation process of limb regeneration.
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KEYWORD
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Limb Regeneration, Dedifferentiation, Lysosomal Acid Phosphatase Pattern Formation
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