The physico-chemical nature of Marek's disease tumor-associated surface antigen (MATSA) on Marek's disease (MD) lymphoblastoid tumor cell line (MDCC-MSB1-clo.18) was examined by the cellular enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (CELISA) and the sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using an anti-MATSA immune serum or a monoclonal antibody (MAb) 2B9 developed against MATSA. Our results indicate that MATSA is a glycoprotein and 2B9 recognizes an antigenic site in the protein moiety of MATSA. MATSA was solubilized from MSB1-clo.18 cells by treatment with 0.5% Nonidet P-40, and purified by affinity chromatography coupling with 2B9 and further by ion exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethylcellulose (IECD). MATSA was eluted with 0.2 to 0.3 M KCl in IECD and the purity of MATSA was increased about 2,500-fold. The purified MATSA was shown to have a molecular weight (Mr) of 70,000 by SDS-PAGE. The reactivity of purified MATSA with anti-thymus cell serum was examined. MATSA was detectable by anti-thymus cell serum, although 2B9, which was used to purify MATSA from MSB1-clo.18 cells, was not reactive to cells prepared from the thymus. However, MATSA was no longer detectable after the absorption of anti-thymus cell serum by chicken bursa cells. The absorption of anti-thymus cell serum by chicken red blood cells (RBC) had no effect on the reactivity against MATSA. These results suggest that MATSA may be a lymphocyte-specific antigen modified during leukemogenesis by Marek's disease virus (MDV).
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