Calmodulin in human serum and the specific release of calmodulin from calmodulin-rich platelets

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 643-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Mac Neil ◽  
Simon W. Walker ◽  
Janet Seid ◽  
Stephen Tomlinson

Calmodulin(CaM)-like activity was detected in human serum and foetal calf serum, with an activity i0 times more than that detectable in plasma. Serum CaM was largely accounted for by release from human platelets as confirmed by both radioimmunoassay and sodium-dodecyl-sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of CaM partially purified from platelet releasate obtained in response to thrombin. Lactate dehydrogenase release was unaffected by thrombin. Platelet CaM content was very variable (1.3 to 11.3 pg/mg protein; n = 15). It is suggested that intact platelets are rich in CaM and that release of CaM during preparation explains the variation in CaM content reported here and in the literature.

1980 ◽  
Vol 185 (2) ◽  
pp. 349-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
J G Whateley ◽  
P Knox

A foetal-calf-serum component has been isolated that stimulates cells in culture to adopt typical fibroblast morphology. This “spreading” factor is a glycoprotein with a mol. wt. of approx. 62000 and contains 12% carbohydrate; it has an isoelectric point of 4.8. The method described allows purification to homogeneity as judged by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and analytical isoelectric focusing. Under cell-culture conditions the factor is active at 18 micrograms/ml.


1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 844-848
Author(s):  
D L Kalpaxis ◽  
E E Giannoulaki

Abstract Serum from a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma contained an abnormal isoenzyme of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH; EC 1.1.1.27), LDH-1ex, that on electrophoresis on 10-g/L agarose gel migrated anodally to the LDH-1 band. This isoenzyme was partly purified by ultrafiltration and preparative electrophoresis. Gel chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis studies of the resulting LDH-1ex preparation suggested that this isoenzyme is probably a tetramer made up of four single polypeptide chains (monomers), each having a molecular mass of about 32,000 Da. LDH-1ex was heat stable and reacted more readily with 2-hydroxybutyrate than did the slower migrating LDH-4 and LDH-5 isoenzymes. LDH-1ex showed no activity when lactate was omitted from the substrate solution or replaced by ethanol.


1991 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 1221-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Merle Sheat ◽  
Robert J Peach ◽  
Peter M George

Abstract We have studied the detection and classification of genetic variants of human serum albumin by electrophoresis. Samples from 10 patients who were heterozygous for eight different albumin variants were studied by two methods. In agarose gel electrophoresis, each of these variants has an abnormal mobility and can be classified on the basis that structural changes at the N-terminus abolish 63Ni binding. In sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole serum, glycosylated variants are easily detected because of their greater apparent molecular mass.


Blood ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 98 (13) ◽  
pp. 3626-3634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venke Skibeli ◽  
Gro Nissen-Lie ◽  
Peter Torjesen

Abstract Erythropoietin (EPO) from sera obtained from anemic patients was successfully isolated using magnetic beads coated with a human EPO (hEPO)–specific antibody. Human serum EPO emerged as a broad band after sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, with an apparent molecular weight slightly smaller than that of recombinant hEPO (rhEPO). The bandwidth corresponded with microheterogeneity because of extensive glycosylation. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealing several different glycoforms confirmed the heterogeneity of circulating hEPO. The immobilized anti-hEPO antibody was capable of binding a representative selection of rhEPO glycoforms. This was shown by comparing normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography profiles of oligosaccharides released from rhEPO with oligosaccharides released from rhEPO after isolation with hEPO-specific magnetic beads. Charge analysis demonstrated that human serum EPO contained only mono-, di-, and tri-acidic oligosaccharides and lacked the tetra-acidic structures present in the glycans from rhEPO. Determination of charge state after treatment of human serum EPO with Arthrobacter ureafaciens sialidase showed that the acidity of the oligosaccharide structures was caused by sialic acids. The sugar profiles of human serum EPO, describing both neutral and charged sugar, appeared significantly different from the profiles of rhEPO. The detection of glycan structural discrepancies between human serum EPO and rhEPO by sugar profiling may be significant for diagnosing pathologic conditions, maintaining pharmaceutical quality control, and establishing a direct method to detect the misuse of rhEPO in sports.


1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (05) ◽  
pp. 534-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuhiko Yoshida ◽  
Shingi Imaoka ◽  
Hajime Hirata ◽  
Michio Matsuda ◽  
Shinji Asakura

SummaryCongenitally abnormal fibrinogen Osaka III with the replacement of γ Arg-275 by His was found in a 38-year-old female with no bleeding or thrombotic tendency. Release of fibrinopeptide(s) by thrombin or reptilase was normal, but her thrombin or reptilase time in the absence of calcium was markedly prolonged and the polymerization of preformed fibrin monomer which was prepared by the treatment of fibrinogen with thrombin or reptilase was also markedly defective. Propositus' fibrinogen had normal crosslinking abilities of α- and γ-chains. Analysis of fibrinogen chains on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in the system of Laemmli only revealed the presence of abnormal γ-chain with an apparently higher molecular weight, the presence of which was more clearly detected with SDS-PAGE of fibrin monomer obtained by thrombin treatment. Purified fragment D1 of fibrinogen Osaka III also seemed to contain an apparently higher molecular weight fragment D1 γ remnant on Laemmli gels, which was digested faster than the normal control by plasmin in the presence of [ethy-lenebis(oxyethylenenitrilo)]tetraacetic acid (EGTA).


1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 014-018 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Sumi ◽  
N Toki ◽  
S Takasugi ◽  
S Maehara ◽  
M Maruyama ◽  
...  

SummaryPapain treatment of human urinary trypsin inhibitor (UTI67; mol. wt. 43,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, specific activity 1,897 U/mg protein) produced four new protease inhibitors, which were highly purified by gel chromatography on Sephadex G-100 and isoelectric focusing. The purified inhibitors (UTI26, UTI9-I, UTI9-II, and UTI9-III) were shown to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis, and had apparent molecular weights of 26,000, 9,000, 9,000, and 9,800, respectively, by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis. During enzymatic degradation of UTI67, the amino acid compositions changed to more basic, and the isoelectric point increased from pH 2.0 (UTI67) to pHs 4.4, 5.2, 6.6, and 8.3 (UTI26, UTI9-I, UTI9-II, and UTI9-III), respectively. Both the parent and degraded inhibitors had anti-plasmin activity as well as antitrypsin and anti-chymotrypsin activities. Much higher anti-plasmin/anti-trypsin and anti-plasmin/anti-chymotrypsin activities were observed in the degraded inhibitors than in the parent UTI67. They competitively inhibited human plasmin with Ki values of 1.13 X 10-7 - 2.12 X 10-6 M (H-D-Val-Leu-Lys-pNA substrate). The reactions were very fast and the active site of the inhibitors to plasmin was thought to be different from that to trypsin or chymotrypsin.


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 058
Author(s):  
Anna P. Roswiem ◽  
Triayu Septiani

<em>Bahan<strong> </strong>baku untuk membuat baso adalah daging hewan, pada umumnya dari daging sapi, ayam, ikan dan babi. Di beberapa daerah di Indonesia terjadi kasus baso tikus. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menguji ada tidaknya kandungan daging tikus pada produk baso yang dijual di pasar Cempaka Putih-Kecamatan Kramat Jakarta Pusat dan di pedagang baso atau mie baso di sekitar kampus Universitas YARSI Jakarta. Daging adalah protein salah satu metode untuk mengidentifikasi protein adalah metode Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE).<strong> </strong>Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dari 6 sampel baso terindikasi ada 2 sampel baso dengan nomor 1 dan 5 yang dibuat dari campuran daging sapi dan tikus; ada 1 sampel baso dengan nomor 6 yang terbuat dari daging tikus; dan 2 sampel baso dengan nomor 2 dan 3 yang terbuat dari campuran sapi  dan babi, dan hanya 1 sampel baso dengan nomor sampel 4 yang benar-benar terbuat dari daging sapi.</em>


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