Epitope mapping of monoclonal antibodies directed to PAI-1 using PAI-1/PAI-2 chimera and PAI-1-derived synthetic peptides

Bernd Muehlenweg, Elke Guthaus, Nuria Arroyo De Prada, Manfred Schmitt, Niko Schmiedeberg, Matthias Kotzsch, Sabine Creutzburg, Michael D. Kramer, Horst Kessler, Olaf G. Wilhelm, Viktor Magdolen

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Abstract

Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 is a key regulatory protein of the fibrinolytic system that is involved in a variety of physiological and pathophysiological processes. A panel of 14 monoclonal antibodies directed against plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 was analyzed regarding epitope specificity on plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1. For this purpose, chimera consisting of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 and another plasminogen activator inhibitor, plasminogen activator inhibitor type-2, with different portions of the respective wild-type proteins, were generated and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1-derived 20-mer and 10-mer linear peptides were synthesized. Nine of the 14 monoclonal antibodies recognized an epitope located in the region between amino acid 76-188 of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1, which encompasses the binding sites for vitronectin, heparin, and part of the fibrin binding region. Of these nine monoclonal antibodies, six reacted with a quadruple plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 mutant (N152H, K156T, Q321L, M356I), and seven detected a plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 deletion mutant (ΔF111-H114). Two of the remaining five monoclonal antibodies recognized epitopes located between amino acid 209-227 and amino acid 352-371, respectively, while the other three antibodies reacted with wild-type plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1, only. Additional experiments revealed that two of the 14 mAbs neutralized and one monoclonal antibodies increased plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 activity toward urokinase-type plasminogen activator, one of its target proteases. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-81
Number of pages9
JournalThrombosis Research
Volume98
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2000

Keywords

  • Chimera
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1
  • Synthetic peptides

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