Fig. 7. CA125-C-TERM is transported to the cell surface of both CHO and HeLa cells
as determined by confocal microscopy. CHOMCAT-TAM2 and
HeLaMCAT-TAM2 cells, respectively, were grown on glass cover slips
followed by transduction with retroviral particles encoding CA125-C-TERM or
with retroviral control particles that lack a cDNA insert in the viral genome.
After 3 days of incubation at 37°C, the cells were fixed with paraform
aldehyde. Specimens shown in A-D represent CHOMCAT-TAM2 cells that
were not permeabilized to visualize exclusively cell-surface-localized
CA125-C-TERM. Specimens shown in E-H represent Triton X-100-permeabilized
HeLaMCAT-TAM2 cells to detect intracellular CA125-C-TERM.
CA125-C-TERM was visualized with the mAb OC125 (A, B, E-H). The Golgi marker
p27 was detected with a polyclonal rabbit antiserum directed against a
synthetic peptide that corresponds to the cytoplasmic tail of p27 (C and D)
(Jenne et al., 2002). Double
staining was performed using secondary antibodies coupled to Alexa-488 and
Alexa-546, respectively. Specimens were analyzed with a Zeiss LSM510 confocal
microscope.