The monoclonal antibody SH-2, raised against human mesenchymal stem cells, recognizes an epitope on endoglin (CD105)

FP Barry, RE Boynton, S Haynesworth… - Biochemical and …, 1999 - Elsevier
FP Barry, RE Boynton, S Haynesworth, JM Murphy, J Zaia
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 1999Elsevier
Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent cells resident in the bone marrow throughout
adulthood which have the capacity to differentiate into cartilage, bone, fat, muscle, and
tendon. A number of monoclonal antibodies raised against human MSCs have been shown
to react with surface antigens on these cells in vitro. A protein of molecular mass 92 kDa was
immunoprecipitated using the SH-2 monoclonal antibody. This was purified and identified by
peptide sequencing analysis and mass spectrometry as endoglin (CD105), the TGF-β …
Mesenchymal stem cells are multipotent cells resident in the bone marrow throughout adulthood which have the capacity to differentiate into cartilage, bone, fat, muscle, and tendon. A number of monoclonal antibodies raised against human MSCs have been shown to react with surface antigens on these cells in vitro. A protein of molecular mass 92 kDa was immunoprecipitated using the SH-2 monoclonal antibody. This was purified and identified by peptide sequencing analysis and mass spectrometry as endoglin (CD105), the TGF-β receptor III present on endothelial cells, syncytiotrophoblasts, macrophages, and connective tissue stromal cells. Endoglin on MSCs potentially plays a role in TGF-β signalling in the control of chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs and also in mediating interactions between MSCs and haematopoietic cells in the bone marrow microenvironment.
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