scholarly journals Isolation and characterization of a rough microsomal fraction from rat kidney that is enriched in lysosomal enzymes

1973 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Goldstone ◽  
Harold Koenig ◽  
Rajinder Nayyar ◽  
Charles Hughes ◽  
Chung Y. Lu

1. A special population of rough microsomal material (microsomes) rich in lysosomal acid hydrolases was separated by isopycnic centrifugation as a discrete fraction (RM2) from the bulk of rough microsomal material in rat kidney because of its greater density. 2. The specific activities of five acid hydrolases in the RM2 fraction were approximately one-half those of a purified lysosomal (L) fraction and 10- to 30-fold greater than those of an ordinary rough microsomal (RM1) fraction. 3. These special rough microsomes have a distinctive ultrastructure and electron-cytochemical properties. Their cisternal content resembles the matrix of lysosomes in that it is electron-dense, osmiophilic and plumbophilic and gives a positive reaction for acid phosphatase activity. 4. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of soluble proteins from the L fraction resolved nine anionic glycoproteins, most of which exhibit acid hydrolase activities (Goldstone & Koenig, 1970, 1973; Goldstone et al., 1971a). The most anionic glycoprotein is the acidic lipoglycoprotein of the lysosomal matrix (Goldstone et al., 1970). 5. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of soluble proteins from the RM2 fraction resolved two cationic glycoproteins with acid hydrolase activities (Goldstone & Koenig, 1973) and an anionic glycoprotein with the same electrophoretic mobility as the lysosomal lipoglycoprotein, but without its lipid constituents or capacity to bind the basic fluorochrome Acridine Orange. These constituents are considered to be the precursors of the lysosomal glycoproteins.

1982 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Hercz

α1-Globulin-type protease inhibitors were isolated from goat serum by two methods, namely preparative isoelectric focusing and preparative electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel. The fractions obtained by the first method showed varying isoprotein compositions by analytical isoelectric focusing. Sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS–PAGE) revealed the presence of one protein in the fractions with the same velocity of migration as purified human α1-antitrypsin and a second protein with a slightly higher migration velocity. The ratios of trypsin-inhibiting to chymotrypsin-inhibiting capacities in all the fractions were the same and both inhibitors were stable upon storage. The reaction of the inhibitors with trypsin and chymotrypsin was also demonstrated by analytical isoelectric focusing.The fractions obtained by preparative gel electrophoresis (the second method) contained the same proteins but their proportions varied widely in different fractions as demonstrated by analytical electrofocusing in the presence of urea and by SDS–PAGE. The early fractions, which consisted predominantly of α1-antitrypsin, showed a high inhibiting capacity for trypsin and none or only negligible capacity for chymotrypsin. Conversely, in the late fractions, the proportions of the proteins and inhibiting capacities were reversed. At 4 °C the trypsin-inhibiting capacity was stable for weeks but the chymotrypsin-inhibiting capacity of the preparation rapidly decreased.These observations indicate that the inhibition of proteases by goat α1-globulins is due to at least two closely associated but distinguishable proteins. One of these, corresponding to human α1-antitrypsin, would have an appreciable capacity to inhibit trypsin, but unlike the latter, little or no capacity for chymotrypsin inhibition. The inhibition of chymotrypsin is due to the second, unidentified α1-globulin.


1979 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ribieto ◽  
J Elion ◽  
D Labie ◽  
F Josso

For the purification of the abnormal prothrombin (Pt Metz), advantage has been taken of the existence in the family of three siblings who, being double heterozygotes for Pt Metz and a hypoprothrombinemia, have no normal Pt. Purification procedures included barium citrate adsorption and chromatography on DEAE Sephadex as for normal Pt. As opposed to some other variants (Pt Barcelona and Madrid), Pt Metz elutes as a single symetrical peak. By SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, this material is homogeneous and appears to have the same molecular weight as normal Pt. Comigration of normal and abnormal Pt in the absence of SDS, shows a double band suggesting an abnormal charge for the variant. Pt Metz exhibits an identity reaction with the control by double immunodiffusion. Upon activation by factor Xa, Pt Metz can generate amydolytic activity on Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-pNa (S2160), but only a very low clotting activity. Clear abnormalities are observed in the cleavage pattern of Pt Metz when monitored by SDS gel electrophoresis. The main feature are the accumulation of prethrombin l (Pl) and the appearance of abnormal intermediates migrating faster than Pl.


2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyanka Priyadarshi ◽  
Piyush Dravid ◽  
Inayat Hussain Sheikh ◽  
Sunita Saxena ◽  
Ashish Tandon ◽  
...  

AbstractFilarial parasites are complex mixtures of antigenic proteins and characterization of these antigenic molecules is essential to identify the diagnostically important filaria-specific antigens. In the present study, we have fractionated the somatic extracts from adults of


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