Mouse anti-Human LDHC monoclonal antibody, clone 3D9

Cancer/germline (CG) antigens represent promising targets for widely applicable mono- and multiantigen cancer vaccines for nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Since little is known about their composite expression in this tumor type, we analyzed 7 CG genes (MAGE-A3, NY-ESO-1, LAGE-1, BRDT, HOM-TES-85, TPX-1 and LDHC) in 102 human NSCLC specimens. About 81% of NSCLC express at least I and half or the specimen at least 2 CG genes. Activation of most of these genes occurs more Frequently in squamous cell cancer than in adenocarcinomas. Even though we found all genes but one to be regulated by genomic methylation, not all of them are co-expressed. In particular, combining CG genes not localized on the X-chromosome may provide effective treatment for an extended number of patients. (c) 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

The enzyme activity of lactate dehydrogenase C4 (LDH-C4, due to tetrameric nature of C-subunit) has been proposed as an important parameter in evaluating sperm motility and semen quality. A novel histochemical staining method for detecting LDH-C4 activity in human spermatozoa is described in this report. The staining working solution comprises sodium 2-hydroxybutyrate (an affinity substrate of LDH-C4), nitrotetrazolium blue chloride (NBT), nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and naphthol blue. The positive products were purple black lumps concentrated in the neck segment of the spermatozoa and weakly in the middle piece. A normal reference range for the integral enzyme activity was constructed from 120 healthy males based upon the scoring criteria. The study further compared the staining method with the routine spectrophotometry technique in terms of the results of 96 cases with infertile status. Moreover, we found the down-regulated LDH-C4 expression was significantly correlated with the lowered enzyme activity (r=0.865, P=0.000). Our data suggest that the histochemical staining method hallmarks a relatively high accuracy and may be a better alternative for measuring LDH-C4 activity in human spermatozoa. (C) 2015 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.