Assignment of gene for human cell-surface membrane antigen Trop-4 to chromosome 11

The gene (named MFI6) for a surface membrane antigen, Trop-4, is assigned to human chromosome 11 on the basis of studies using a mouse monoclonal antibody, immunofluorescence, fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), immunoprecipitation, and mouse-human lymphocyte hybrids. The Trop-4 antigen is present on all human cell lines tested, on peripheral blood monocytes and granulocytes, and on a small fraction of peripheral blood lymphocytes, but is absent from erythrocytes. The Trop-4 monoclonal antibody precipitates an 85,000-dalton glycopolypeptide from hybrid cells containing human chromosome 11. However, in a human cell line expressing this antigen, a larger-molecular-weight species, 100–105,000 daltons was coprecipitated with the 85,000-dalton glycopeptide, and under nonreducing conditions a larger compound of 110–125,000 daltons was obtained. Although the Trop-4 antigen is of similar molecular weight to the Mab-4 and F10.44.2 antigens previously assigned to chromosome 11, it is shown to be different from them.