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Blood, 15 November 2005, Vol. 106, No. 10, pp. 3405-3409.
Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on August 11, 2005; DOI 10.1182/blood-2005-01-0254.
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Submitted January 19, 2005
Accepted May 7, 2005
Molecular identification of PAL-E, a widely used endothelial cell marker
Harri Niemela, Kati Elima, Tiina Henttinen, Heikki Irjala, Marko Salmi, and Sirpa Jalkanen*
MediCity Research Laboratory, Turku University and National Public Health Institute, Turku, Finland
* Corresponding author; email: sirjal{at}utu.fi.
The Pathologische Anatomie Leiden-Endothelium (PAL-E) antibody has been used almost twenty years as a specific marker for vascular endothelial cells. Due to the fact that this antibody works only in very limited applications the molecular identity of PAL-E has remained unknown. In this work we demonstrate by double stainings, cross-immunoprecipitations and transfectants that the PAL-E antigen is identical with a protein designated PV-1 (plasmalemmal vesicle 1) or FELS (fenestrated endothelial-linked structure protein) and is not vimentin as reported earlier. As the expression of this molecule is by no means restricted to fenestrated endothelium, we suggest use of the name PV-1 for this protein. Molecular identification of PV-1 should help in the production of new tools for the identification of vascular as opposed to lymphatic endothelium and to elucidate the function of this protein.

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