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S-antigen in rods and cones of the primate retina: different labeling patterns are revealed with antibodies directed against specific domains in the molecule

I Nir and N Ransom

Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284.

S-antigen (arrestin) is a soluble 48 KD protein of the retinal photoreceptor cells. It has been found to have a function in regulation of the phototransduction cascade. Previous labeling experiments with anti-S-antigen (SAg) antibodies have yielded conflicting reports as to the presence of SAg in cone photoreceptor cells. In the present study we employed five monoclonal anti-SAg antibodies (MAb) directed against different known domains in the SAg molecule. MAb A9C6, D9F2, and C10C10 are directed against sequences in the carboxy half of the SAg molecule. MAb 5C6.47 and F4C1 are directed against the amino terminal. Immunoelectron microscopy was used in the localization of SAg in LR Gold-embedded baboon retinas. Green/red and blue cones were identified with MAb COS-1 and OS-2, respectively. MAb A9C6, D9F2, and C10C10 densely labeled rods and blue cones but not green/red cones. MAb 5C6.47 and F4C1 labeled rods and both blue and green/red cones. It appears that, in the baboon retina, different SAg molecules are present in the blue and green/red cones. Whereas the blue cone SAg shares common antigenic determinants with rods, both in the amino and carboxy terminals, the green/red cone SAg contains different antigenic determinants at the carboxy half of the molecule.

Volume 40, Issue 3, pp. 343-352, 03/01/1992
Copyright © 1992 by The Histochemical Society


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