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Of 39 monoclonal antibodies that bind the cell surface of aggregating Dictyostelium discoideum, 4 block 76-98% of cell-cell adhesion measured in an in vitro assay. The active antibodies all bind in the range of 10(6) antigenic sites/cell surface and react with more than one material on nitrocellulose blots prepared after polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole aggregating cells in sodium dodecyl sulfate. Active antibodies can by grouped into two classes, each with two very similar members. Class I binds several molecules that are prominent in aggregating cells but scarce or undetectable in vegetative cells, blocks cell adhesion only in the presence of EDTA, and has no detectable effect on cell morphology. Class II binds a wide range of molecules present in both vegetative and aggregating cells, inhibits adhesion as well in the absence as in the presence of EDTA, and reversibly alters cell shape.
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