Rat osteopontin antibody is cross-reactive to a novel myelin-associated protein in chick

Tae Cheon Kang, Gye Sun Jeon, Hyun Joon Kim, Dong Hoon Shin, Kyung Hoon Lee, Hwa Young Lee, Young Bok Yoo, Byung Lan Lee, Sa Sun Cho

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Abstract

Osteopontin (OPN) was initially identified as glycosylated phosphoprotein in bones of vertebrates. Recently, OPN is reported to express in the primitive neuroepithelia of early chick embryonic hindbrain. We have demonstrated that rat OPN is immunohistochemically localized in the white matter of chick CNS. We have further confirmed the specificity of OPN cross- immunoreaction in myelin using demyelinated optic nerve induced by lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), where the intensity of immunoreaction was closely related to the degree of demyelination. Immunoblot analyses showed that rat OPN antibody recognized a protein with molecular weights of ~47 kDa from chick CNS. Our data suggest that the antigen recognized by rat OPN is a previously undescribed myelin-associated protein in the chick CNS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)527-530
Number of pages4
JournalBrain Research
Volume818
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Feb 1999

Keywords

  • Chick
  • Demyelination
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Myelin
  • Osteopontin
  • Western blot

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