Endodermally-Derived and Neural Crest-Derived Differentiation Antigens Expressed by a Human Lung Tumor
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 116 (5), 1236-1243
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.116.5.1236
Abstract
The plasma membrane antigens of an undifferentiated small cell (oat cell) carcinoma of the lung were studied by the indirect immunofluorescence method on frozen section substrates with a rabbit antiserum prepared to the tumor plasma membrane fraction. After appropriate absorption of the antiserum, at least two differentiation antigens present on the tumor cells but undetectable on normal lung surface or glandular epithelial cells were identified. One antigen(s) was characteristic of certain normal, endodermally-derived epithelial cells of the digestive system, including those of colonic mucosa, hepatic ducts, pancreatic ducts and acini, and islets of Langerhans. The other antigen(s) was characteristic of certain normal, neural crest-derived cells in the peripheral nervous system, including cells in peripheral nerve, dorsal root ganglion, and anterior roots of the spinal cord; parasympathetic ganglion cells in the colon; and small nerves and nerve processes in the lung, colon, and skin. It was concluded that the presence of these differentiation antigens on the tumor cells resulted from the expression of gene products repressed in the normal cell of origin of the tumor.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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