Abstract

The steroid coactivator AIB1 (Ampified In Breast cancer 1) is a member of the SRC-1 family of transactivation coactivators that is amplified in about 7% of breast tumor samples. Hybridomas were established that secreted monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to a recombinant glutathione-S-transferase (GST) fusion protein expressing the steroid receptor interacting domain of AIB1 (GST-AIB.T1:a.a. 605-1294). Four MAbs from these hybridomas were characterized and designated AX15.1, AX15.2, AX15.3, and AX15.4. The MAbs were shown to be specific to AIB1 and did not cross-react with two similar coactivators SRC-1 and TIF2 as shown in Western blot analysis and enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay (ELISA). Western blot analysis using the four MAbs showed specific recognition of AIB1 protein as a 160 kDa band in lysates from cell lines containing AIB1 gene-amplification. The MAbs immunoprecipitated in vitro-translated AIB1 and cellular AIB1 from metabolically labeled cells. The results show that these newly described MAbs are useful in studies of AIB1 function and expression.

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