scholarly journals Human interleukin 1. Purification to homogeneity.

1985 ◽  
Vol 161 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
S R Kronheim ◽  
C J March ◽  
S K Erb ◽  
P J Conlon ◽  
D Y Mochizuki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Human Peripheral Blood ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Pure Material ◽  
Isoelectric Points ◽  
Initial Culture ◽  
Simplified Procedure ◽  
High Level

We have purified human interleukin 1 (IL-1) to homogeneity by a simplified procedure that results in excellent yields of pure material that retains a high level of biological activity. IL-1, secreted by human peripheral blood macrophages that have been stimulated with Staphylococcus aureus, was purified by ion exchange chromatography and affinity chromatography on Procion Red agarose. The pure protein has a specific activity of 3.2 X 10(8) U/mg in the thymocyte mitogenesis assay, and is pyrogenic. No molecular weight heterogeneity was observed, in contrast to findings for mouse IL-1 and earlier reports of human IL-1. Purified IL-1, as analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoresis/electrofocusing gels, exhibited a series of charged species with isoelectric points ranging from 6.0 to 4.9, all with a molecular weight of approximately 17,500. Amino acid analysis indicated an abundance of acidic residues, in agreement with the low isoelectric points. There is little or no cysteine in the molecule. No evidence was found for the presence of carbohydrate moieties. The overall yield for this procedure was approximately 31% of the activity contained in the initial culture supernatant.

scholarly journals Purification and partial characterization of superoxide dismutase from the thermophilic bacteria Thermothrix sp

2004 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana Seatovic ◽  
Ljubinka Gligic ◽  
Zeljka Radulovic ◽  
Ratko Jankov
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Thermophilic Bacteria ◽  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Antioxidant Defense System ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Gel Chromatography ◽  
Sod Activity

Superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1), a high molecular weight component of the antioxidant defense system, provided promising results in the treatment of oxidative damage. Thermothrix sp., isolated from thermal spa water in Serbia, showed high superoxide dismutase activity. The SOD, from cell free extract, was purified to homogenity by ammonium sulfate precipitation, Sephadex G 75 gel filtration chromatography and QAE Sephadex ion exchange chromatography. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 9191 U/mg. The purified enzyme was analyzed and partially characterized. SOD was localized in polyacrylamide gel by activity staining, based on the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) by superoxide. The enzyme molecular weight determined by gel chromatography is 37 kD. According to SDS PAGE it is composed of two subunits of equal size, joined by noncovalent interactions. The isoelectric point, assessed by isoelectric focusing is 5.3. The optimum pH for enzyme activity was in the range of 8 to 10. The optimum temperature for SOD activity was 60 ?C. After one hour of incubation at 40, 50 and 60 ?C the SOD activity increases, but at 80 ?C, the SOD is denaturated. After 24 hours of incubation at 25 ?C SO Dactivity only slightly decreases.

scholarly journals Study of some hormones and Partial purification of prolidase from serum of women with polycystic ovary syndrome

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Reemy M. Mohamed Saleh ◽  
Firas T . Maher ◽  
Nagham Q. Kadhim
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Polycystic Ovary ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Partial Purification ◽  
Ovary Syndrome ◽  
Electrophoresis Method ◽  
High Level

This study was done by partially purification of prolidase from serum of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome by Gel filtration technique, and using sephadex G100 gel as a stationary phase. The degree of purification (15.1) fold, enzyme yield (95.5%) and specific activity (0.00176 IU/I), were carried out .Kinetics studies for the partial purified enzyme technique showed optimal concentration of substrate which was 5 mmol/l Km = 0.66ng and Vmax =0.80 mM, while optimum Temperature was (35C°) and optimum pH was (8). The molecular weight of the partial purified enzyme has been determined by gel electrophoresis method , in presence of polyacrylamide gel and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS_PAGE) which showed that the approximates molecular weight was (54KD),we found high level of prolactin in the patient with polycystic ovary syndrome which was(24.03) when in the control was( 10.09),the value of TSH in the patient was( 17.08) which is high value and in the control was( 1.49), the value of T4 in the patient was (100.2) and in control was (118.4),the value of T3 in the patient was (0.3)and in control was (1.3).Testosterone in patient was (0.391) and in control was (0.206).    http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjps.24.2019.130

Advances in understanding bioactivity of chitosan and chitosan oligomers against selected wood-inhabiting fungi

Holzforschung ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 559-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk M. Torr ◽  
Colleen Chittenden ◽  
Robert A. Franich ◽  
Bernhard Kreber
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Potentiometric Titration ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Permeation Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Chitosan Oligosaccharides ◽  
Fungistatic Activity ◽  
Chitosan Oligomer ◽  
Leptographium Procerum ◽  
Aldehyde Groups

Abstract Nitrous acid deaminative depolymerisation was used to prepare three chitosan oligomer (CO) mixtures from high-molecular weight chitosan. These mixtures of chitosan oligosaccharides were analysed by electrospray ionisation mass spectroscopy, potentiometric titration and gel permeation chromatography. A method based on potentiometric titration of the amino groups of the oligomers gave an average degree of polymerisation (DP) for the three preparations of 5 (CODP5), 9 (CODP9) and 14 (CODP14). Chitosan acetate and the chitosan oligomer mixtures were assayed against Leptographium procerum, Sphaeropsis sapinea and Trichoderma harzianum on nutrient media. Leptographium procerum and S. sapinea growth was prevented by chitosan acetate and chitosan oligomers at concentrations of 0.3–0.4% (w/v), whereas T. harzianum was able to overcome the fungistatic action of these compounds. The oligomer preparation CODP14 exhibited superior specific activity to both CODP5 and chitosan acetate, suggesting an optimum molecular weight for bioactivity. All oligomer preparations were more effective at pH 4 than at pH 6. This result, in combination with the inactivity of N-acetylated CODP14, indicated that amino group protonation was an important factor for fungistatic activity. The CODP14 preparation was reduced with sodium borohydride and fractionated by alkali precipitation and ion exchange chromatography. Bioassays of these fractions pointed towards DP and degree of deacetylation (DD) as key factors in chito-oligosaccharide bioactivity. Conversely, the terminal aldehyde groups generated by depolymerisation did not contribute to the activity observed.

Purification of extracellular amylolytic enzymes from the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus

1988 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Jensen ◽  
Jorgen Olsen ◽  
Knud Allermann
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
Soluble Starch ◽  
Ion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Thermomyces Lanuginosus ◽  
Amylolytic Enzymes ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Isoelectric Points ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

When grown in static culture it appears as if Thermomyces lanuginosus has a biphasic secretion of the extracellular starch-degrading activity. This could be due to the presence of at least two different amylases. By ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Trisacryl an α-amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) and a glucoamylase (EC 3.2.1.3) were separated and purified from the extracellular protein from 14-day-old static cultures grown on soluble starch. The hydrolysis of soluble starch by the purified glucoamylase resulted in only glucose as the end product, whereas the α-amylase gave maltose as the smallest end product. The molecular weights and isoelectric points of the enzymes were for glucoamylase 70 000 – 76 000 and pH 4.0, and for α-amylase 54 000 – 57 000 and pH 3.4. An α-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20) with a molecular weight of 44 000 – 48 000 and an isoelectric point at pH 3.8 was eluted close to the α-amylase fraction on the DEAE-Trisacryl column.

CuZn superoxide dismutase activities from Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 117 (6) ◽  
pp. 555-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. PIACENZA ◽  
R. RADI ◽  
F. GOÑI ◽  
C. CARMONA
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Superoxide Dismutase ◽  
Fasciola Hepatica ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Apparent Molecular Weight ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Soluble Extract ◽  
Sod Activity

The levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD) were determined in detergent-soluble, somatic and excretion–secretion (E–S) preparations from adult Fasciola hepatica using the xanthine oxidase system and visualized in substrate gels. Compared to detergent-soluble and somatic extracts, E–S products showed the highest SOD activity (88 ·5 U/mg), indicating active release to the medium in which parasites were maintained. SOD specific activity was also detected at high levels in E–S products from 3-week-old and 5-week-old immature migrating flukes (25 and 143 U/mg, respectively). In all preparations except for the somatic extract, the activity was characterized as cyanide-sensitive CuZn SOD. Differences in SOD isoenzyme profiles between the extracts were observed in native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: the somatic and detergent-soluble extracts exhibited 1 band of activity while the E–S products from immature and adults flukes contained 2 and 3 migrating bands, respectively. SOD was purified from the detergent-soluble extract and E–S products of adult worms by a combination of ultrafiltration, gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 HR and ion-exchange chromatography on QAE Sephadex A-50. The SOD from detergent-soluble extract showed, by SDS–PAGE analysis, 1 band of 16 kDa apparent molecular weight. The SOD from E–S products showed 2 bands of 16 and 60 kDa apparent molecular weight. N-terminal sequence analysis of the 16 kDa band from the detergent-soluble preparation showed some similarity with Schistosoma mansoni cytoplasmic SOD. These enzymes may have a potential role in the evasion of the oxidative burst killing mechanism by immune cells.

scholarly journals Rat small-intestinal β-galactosidases. Studies on the fractionation of ‘acid’ β-galactosidase with isoelectric focusing, gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography

1970 ◽  
Vol 117 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils-Georg Asp
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Ion Exchange ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Isoelectric Focusing ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Ion Exchange Resin ◽  
Ion Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Exchange Chromatography ◽  
Isoelectric Points ◽  
Small Intestinal

1. Different forms of the rat small-intestinal ‘acid’ β-galactosidase were separated by using the isoelectric-focusing technique. The isoelectric points of the different forms were at pH4.2, 4.6, 5.4, 6.1 and approx. 8. 2. The two forms of ‘acid’ β-galactosidase isoelectric at pH4.2 and 4.6 were completely excluded from the Sephadex G-200 gel, whereas the form isoelectric at pH8 had Kav. 0.4. The concentration and pH of the elution buffer influenced the distribution of enzyme activity between different forms. Thus, under certain conditions of ionic strength and pH, the enzyme seems to form high-molecular-weight aggregates with low isoelectric points. These may be homopolymeric aggregates or the result of binding of enzyme to, for example, membrane fragments. The forms isoelectric at pH5.4 and 6.1 are probably aggregates of intermediate size. 3. During ion-exchange chromatography at pH6.0 one fraction of ‘acid’ β-galactosidase was not retained on the column and was isoelectric at pH8 and another fraction was eluted when the buffer concentration in the eluate had increased to about 50mm. The main part of enzyme eluted in this second fraction was also isoelectric at pH8, indicating that the elution of this fraction is not a simple ion-exchange procedure but probably also involves a splitting of high-molecular-weight aggregates, originally retained because of their low isoelectric points. The enzyme subunits have a higher isoelectric point, and are therefore no longer bound to the ion-exchange resin.

Preparation and Properties of Human Prothrombin Complex

1970 ◽  
Vol 24 (03/04) ◽  
pp. 325-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. H Tishkoff ◽  
L. C Williams ◽  
D. M Brown
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme ◽  
Enzyme Inhibitor ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Crystalline Form ◽  
Sedimentation Equilibrium ◽  
Crystalline Complex ◽  
Interaction Product ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme Inhibitor ◽  
Purification Scheme

SummaryAs a corollary to our previous studies with bovine prothrombin, we have initiated a study of human prothrombin complex. This product has been isolated in crystalline form as a barium glycoprotein interaction product. Product yields were reduced compared to bovine product due to the increased solubility of the barium glycoprotein interaction product. On occasion the crystalline complex exhibited good yields. The specific activity of the crystalline complex was 1851 Iowa u/mg. Further purification of human prothrombin complex was made by removal of barium and by chromatography on Sephadex G-100 gels. The final product evidenced multiple procoagulant activities (II, VII, IX and X). The monomeric molecular weight determined by sedimentation equilibrium in a solvent of 6 M guanidine-HCl and 0.5% mercaptoethanol was 70,191 ± 3,057 and was homogeneous with respect to molecular weight. This product was characterized in regard to physical constants and chemical composition. In general, the molecular properties of human prothrombin complex are very similar to the comparable bovine product. In some preparations a reversible proteolytic enzyme inhibitor (p-aminophenylarsonic acid) was employed in the ultrafiltration step of the purification scheme to inhibit protein degradation.

High-Level Secretory Expression and Purification of Recombinant Human Interleukin 1 Beta in Pichia pastoris

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 763-769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengfei Li ◽  
Ganggang Yang ◽  
Xiaofang Geng ◽  
Jinbao Shi ◽  
Bin Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pichia Pastoris ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Interleukin 1 Beta ◽  
Expression And Purification ◽  
Secretory Expression ◽  
High Level

Existence of lipid vesicles containing platelet-activating factor in endothelial cell lysate

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
S. Kojima ◽  
K. Nara ◽  
Y. Inada ◽  
S. Hirose ◽  
Y. Saito
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Endothelial Cell ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Platelet Activating Factor ◽  
Lipid Vesicles ◽  
Specific Factor ◽  
Cell Lysate ◽  
Aggregation Activity ◽  
Molecular Weight Fractions

Platelet aggregation activity due to platelet-activating factor (PAF) was detected at high molecular weight (HMW) and low molecular weight fractions after gel-filtration chromatography of cell lysate of endothelial cells. [3H]PAF added to the cell lysate was similarly distributed after chromatography. The radioactivity associated with HMW fraction was not reduced by digesting the lysate with trypsin, suggesting that PAF was not making complexes with proteins but was included in lipid vesicles in cell lysate. Further evidence showed that an unknown specific factor(s) was needed to form these PAF-containing lipid vesicles. Radioactivity was not found in HMW fraction when [3H]PAF was mixed with cell lysate of vascular smooth muscle cells. When monomeric PAF was added to endothelial cell lysate, the specific activity of aggregation decreased to the level exerted by endogenous PAF-containing lipid vesicles due to incorporation into lipid vesicles. PAF in the form of lipid vesicles was more stable in plasma than monomeric form.

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