scholarly journals Identification of tonin in brain and exocrine tissues and in the cell-free translation products encoded by the mRNA of these tissues

1987 ◽  
Vol 248 (2) ◽  
pp. 477-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Woodley-Miller ◽  
J Chao ◽  
L Chao

Tissue-specific expression of the esteropeptidase tonin [EC 3.4.99.-] was investigated in rat brain, submandibular gland, pancreas and kidney. Specific polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to purified rat tonin from the submandibular gland have been developed and characterized and have been purified via a tonin-agarose affinity column. Immunoreactive tonin was measured by a recently developed tonin direct radioimmunoassay using a rabbit tonin antiserum. Resulting tonin levels were found to be 105.27 +/- 2.71 micrograms/mg (of protein) in submandibular gland, 3.18 +/- 0.32 ng/mg in pancreas, 1.35 +/- 0.08 ng/mg in kidney and 0.12 +/- 0.01 ng/mg in brain (means +/- S.E.M.). Western-blot analysis shows that affinity-purified anti-tonin antibody binds to a 32,000-Mr protein from brain and submandibular-gland extracts. The protein, a tonin precursor, was identified from cell-free translation products directly by polyadenylated [Poly(A)+]mRNA species in a wheat-germ system. After the translation products were subjected to immunoprecipitation with affinity-purified tonin antibody, SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of these precipitates revealed two precursors of tonin, with Mr values of 30,000 and 29,000, which are encoded by brain and submandibular-gland mRNA; however, only the 30,000-Mr preprotonin was encoded by pancreas and kidney mRNA. Collectively, the data show that tonin exists in brain, submandibular gland, pancreas and kidney, and can be synthesized by the mRNA of these tissues.

Blood ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-606 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Telen ◽  
TJ Palker ◽  
BF Haynes

Abstract We have previously shown that a murine monoclonal antibody (A3D8) identifies a human erythrocyte protein antigen whose expression is regulated by the Lutheran inhibitor [In(Lu)] gene. In the present study, we demonstrated by immunoprecipitation and Western blot techniques that the antigen defined by A3D8 was on an 80-kD erythrocyte membrane protein. A second 170-kD protein was coprecipitated with the 80-kD protein but failed to show antigen activity by Western blot analysis. The 170-kD protein, when analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in two dimensions, was composed of 50- and 30-kD disulfide-linked subunits. In(Lu) Lu[a-b-) erythrocytes differed from Lu(a+b+) or Lu(a-b+) erythrocytes in that In(Lu) deoxycholate erythrocyte membrane extracts contained trace amounts of immunoprecipitable 80-kD protein compared with detergent-solubilized erythrocyte membrane extracts prepared from Lu(a+b+) or Lu(a-b+) subjects.


2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Regina Penha ◽  
Ernesto Renato Krüger ◽  
Vanete Thomaz-Soccol ◽  
Jorge Victor Bacila Agottani ◽  
Flávio Hiroshi Itano ◽  
...  

The aim of this work was to produce and characterize monoclonal antibodies anti bovine immunoglobulin G (IgG). Out of seven hybridomas, two were chosen based on the ELISA'S absorbance values and were labeled B4F11 and B3H12. These monoclonals were analyzed through Western Blot for IgG fragments obtained by proteolysis with papain, separated by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with β-mercaptoetanol as reducing agent. This revealed that, possibly, the B4F11 was directed to a conformational antigen, and that B3H12 reacted in a specific fashion with Fc (Bovine IgG crystallizable fragment). This antibody could be used in the development of reagents to immunoassays relevant for research and diagnosis.


Blood ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-606
Author(s):  
MJ Telen ◽  
TJ Palker ◽  
BF Haynes

We have previously shown that a murine monoclonal antibody (A3D8) identifies a human erythrocyte protein antigen whose expression is regulated by the Lutheran inhibitor [In(Lu)] gene. In the present study, we demonstrated by immunoprecipitation and Western blot techniques that the antigen defined by A3D8 was on an 80-kD erythrocyte membrane protein. A second 170-kD protein was coprecipitated with the 80-kD protein but failed to show antigen activity by Western blot analysis. The 170-kD protein, when analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in two dimensions, was composed of 50- and 30-kD disulfide-linked subunits. In(Lu) Lu[a-b-) erythrocytes differed from Lu(a+b+) or Lu(a-b+) erythrocytes in that In(Lu) deoxycholate erythrocyte membrane extracts contained trace amounts of immunoprecipitable 80-kD protein compared with detergent-solubilized erythrocyte membrane extracts prepared from Lu(a+b+) or Lu(a-b+) subjects.


1985 ◽  
Vol 231 (3) ◽  
pp. 721-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Woodley ◽  
J Chao ◽  
H S Margolius ◽  
L Chao

A panel of six mouse monoclonal antibodies (IgG1) has been prepared against purified rat urinary kallikrein (EC 3.4.21.35) and characterized. In radioimmunoassay, the antibody titres of ascitic fluid giving 50% binding to 125I-kallikrein range from 1:2 × 10(3) to 1:1 × 10(6). Antibodies from four of the clones show no cross-reactivity with human urinary kallikrein, rat urinary esterase A or tonin. However, antibodies from a fifth clone cross-react with tonin and, from a sixth, with both urinary esterase A and tonin. Three of the kallikrein affinity-purified monoclonal antibodies inhibited, whereas one of the antibodies stimulated, kallikrein activity. Tissue kallikrein from rat submandibular-gland and pancreatic extracts and urine were labelled with [14C]di-isopropyl phosphofluoridate, immunoprecipitated with each of the six monoclonal antibodies and identified to be 38 kDa proteins, similar in size to purified rat urinary kallikrein. Western-blot analysis shows that 125I-labelled kallikrein monoclonal antibodies (V4D11) bind directly to a 38 kDa protein in submandibular-gland and pancreatic extracts and urine. Cell-free translation products of submandibular-gland polyadenylylated[poly(A)+]mRNA were immunoprecipitated with affinity-purified sheep anti-kallikrein antibodies and three monoclonal antibodies (V4D11, V4G6 and V1C3). Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of these immunoprecipitates revealed that two kallikrein precursors with Mr values of 37 000 and 35 000 are encoded by submandibular-gland mRNA. The third monoclonal antibody, V1C3, which binds to active kallikrein, did not recognize either precursor form. Collectively, the data show that these monoclonal antibodies comprise a set of powerful and specific reagents for studies of tissue kallikreins.


2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-455
Author(s):  
Raluca Suzana Iftimi ◽  
Ana Maria Alexandra Stanescu ◽  
Carmen Anton ◽  
Smaranda Diaconescu ◽  
Nicoleta Gimiga ◽  
...  

The current methods for the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in children include invasive (direct) methods, that enable the detection of the bacteria or the bacterial urease in gastric biopsies, or noninvasive (indirect) methods, which consist of researching specific antibodies, antigens and urease in other different samples (serum, saliva, urine, stool, exhaled air). The urease functions in H. pylori infection is to neutralize gastric acid by producing NH3 through the hydrolysis of urea. Monochloramine, a NH3-derived compounds has cytotoxic effects on host cells. The Western Blot method refers to the extraction of a a sodium dodecyl sulphate from a Helicobacter pylori strain followed by a separation of the solubilised protein using discontinous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis according to molecular mass and transfer of the separated proteins to nitrocellulose. The ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) technique refers to the detection of Anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies type Ig G. We also used an immunochromatographic system with the lateral leakage test strip based on the principle of the sandwich technique with monoclonal antibodies. As a result, more than two types of reactions can be detected on a single assay device by the combination of colloidal gold �labelled antibodies and complementary oligonucleotide-labelled immobilized at different places on a nitrocellulose membrane. Our study aims to assess the performances of the Western Blot method for determining anti-Helicobacter pylori Ig A and Ig G antibodies in correlation with clinical data and other available diagnosis methods. For validation purposes, the results were compared to those obtained using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique, gastric biopsy and immunochromatography.


Parasitology ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Howard ◽  
J. W. Barnwell

SUMMARYPlasmodium knowlesi malaria-infected erythrocytes were radio-iodinated and several non-ionic, anionic and zwitterionic detergents were compared in their capacity to extract the labelled membrane proteins. The use of these detergents for antigen identification was tested by immunoprecipitation, after addition of Triton X-100 to some detergent extracts, using hyperimmune monkey antiserum and protein A-Sepharose. 125I-labelled antigens were specifically immunoprecipitated with all detergents tested, including the anionic detergents sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), deoxycholate and cholate; the zwitterions Zwittergent-312 and -314, CHAPS and Empigen BB, as well as several non-ionic detergents. The SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis patterns of 125I-labelled antigens varied after extraction with different detergents, there being no consistent pattern for detergents of a particular class. A total of 14 125I-labelled antigens were identified, 11 of them using Triton X-100. Some minor antigens identified with Triton X-100 were immunoprecipitated in greater amount after extraction in other detergents. Most importantly, two antigens Mr 200000 and 180000 were detected only after extraction with deoxycholate or SDS.


1978 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Mintz ◽  
L Glaser

After separation of whole proteins of chick neural retina by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), a number of glycoproteins can be detected by staining the gels with 125I-labeled wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and other lectins. The glycoprotein patterns show both quantitative and qualitative changes between days 7 and 13 of development. Some of these glycoproteins can be separated by chromatography on columns of insolubilized lectins. These observations suggest that purification of some of these glycoproteins identified by staining with radioactive lectins would yield retinal antigens which may be specific for developmental stage and cell type.


Parasitology ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Taylor ◽  
A. F. Butterworth

SUMMARYMonoclonal antibodies have been produced after fusion of NS-1 murine myeloma cells with spleen cells from mice immunized either by chronic primary infection or with irradiated cercariae: in both cases, animals were challenged with live cercariae 7 days before fusion. The initial cultures were screened for anti-schistosomular antibodies both by a radioimmunoassay with whole schistosomulum extracts and by immunofluorescence. There was no correlation between the two techniques and subsequent screening was carried out by immunofluorescence. Cloning was carried out in soft agar and 7 cloned cell lines, from 5 initial cultures, were selected for detailed study. Products of 6 of these 7 lines were monoclonal, as judged by isoelectricfocusing of [35S]methionine-labelled supernatant fluids, and their binding to live schistosomula was specific. None of the antibodies showed detectable activity in mediating eosinophil- or complement-dependent damage to schistosomula in vitro. However, 2 antibodies were successfully used to isolate surface proteins with an apparent molecular weight of 24000 on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.


1980 ◽  
Vol 191 (3) ◽  
pp. 799-809 ◽  
Author(s):  
R G Sutcliffe ◽  
B M Kukulska-Langlands ◽  
J R Coggins ◽  
J B Hunter ◽  
C H Gore

Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A) has been purified by a combination of methods including antibody-affinity chromatography. The resultant protein, obtained in 16% yield from maternal serum, appeared as a single major component on non-denaturing polyacrylamide and SDS/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The protein showed a single component when analysed by isoelectric focusing under denaturing conditions in the presence and absence of reduction and had a pI of 4.34 and 4.42 respectively. These pI values were indistinguishable from those of alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M). The molecular weight of the PAPP-A polypeptide as shown by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis was 187000, with a minor component of mol.wt. 82500 that was attributed to proteolysis. Since native PAPP-A had a molecular weight on gel chromatography very similar to that of alpha 2M (620000–820000), it was concluded that PAPP-A was a homotetramer. In the absence of reduction, a high-molecular-weight (420000) protomer of PAPP-A was found. It was deduced that PAPP-A, like alpha 2M, is a dinner, whose protomers are composed of disulphide-linked polypeptide chains. It was found that the molecular weight of the PAPP-A polypeptide exceeded that of alpha 2M by 3.3%, but that the total carbohydrate content of PAPP-A exceeded that of alpha 2M by 10% and that its neutral carbohydrate content exceeded that of alpha 2M by between 7.4 and 9.0%. The significance of the estimated molecular weights of alpha 2M (181000) and its major tryptic fragments is discussed in the light of published values. A tryptic fragment alpha 2M (82500 mol.wt.) was apparently the same size as the major tryptic fragment of PAPP-A.


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