Maria Giovanna Riparbelli1, Giuliano Callaini1, Romano Dallai1
1Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Siena, via Mattioli 4, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Summry— Immunofluorescence microscopic observations indicated that a monoclonal antibody, Vmp 18, raised against the peptide 199–208 of murine interleukin 1α, cross‐reacted with an antigenic determinant of Drosophila thorax muscles. Immunoelectron microscopic analysis showed that the gold particles were mainly localized in the Z‐line which is the attachment site of thin filaments from adjacent sarcomeres. On the contrary, the antibody failed to mark the Z‐line in vertebrate skeletal muscle. A Western blot of total protein extract from Drosophila thorax muscles bound a protein of 43 kDa. Our observations suggest that the Vmp 18 antibody could contribute to clarify the composition of the Z‐line in insect's flight muscles.
