Studies on an Inhibitor of Plasminogen Activation in Human Serum

1973 ◽  
Vol 30 (02) ◽  
pp. 414-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulla Hedner

SummaryA procedure is described for partial purification of an inhibitor of the activation of plasminogen by urokinase and streptokinase. The method involves specific adsorption of contammants, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex, gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 and preparative electrophoresis. The inhibitor fraction contained no antiplasmin, no plasminogen, no α1-antitrypsin, no antithrombin-III and was shown not to be α2 M or inter-α-inhibitor. It contained traces of prothrombin and cerulo-plasmin. An antiserum against the inhibitor fraction capable of neutralising the inhibitor in serum was raised in rabbits.

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-112
Author(s):  
C.F. Okechukwu ◽  
P.L. Shamsudeen ◽  
R.K. Bala ◽  
B.G. Kurfi ◽  
A.M. Abdulazeez

The most effective and acceptable therapy for snakebite victims is the immediate administration of antivenin which is limited by problems of hypersensitivity reactions in some individuals and its inability to resolve the local effects of the venom. The aim of this study was to isolate, partially purify and characterize phospholipase A2 from Naja Katiensis venom. Phospholipase A2 was partially purified via a two-step process: gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 and ion exchange chromatography using CM Sephadex, and subjected to SDS-PAGE analysis. From the results, the specific activity of the partially purified PLA2 decreased from 0.67μmol/min/mg in crude venom to 0.29μmol/min/mg after ion exchange chromatography with a yield of 5% and purification fold of 0.43. The optimum temperature of the purified PLA2 was found to be 35ºC and optimum p.H of 7. velocity studies for the determination of kinetic constants using L-a-lecithin as substrate revealed a Km  of 1.47mg/ml and Vmax  of 3.32μ moles/min/mg. The sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the purified PLA2 showed a distinct band with molecular weight estimated to be 14KDa. In conclusion, the present study shows that phospholipase A2 was isolated, purified and characterized. This may serve as a promising candidate for future development of a novel anti-venin drug.


1977 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
R C Strange ◽  
R Cramb ◽  
J D Hayes ◽  
I W Percy-Robb

1. The partial purification of two lithocholic acid-binding proteins from liver 100 000g supernatants is described. 2. Gel-filtration, (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, Ca3(PO4)2 fractionation and ion-exchange chromatography were used. 3. Both proteins exhibited glutathione S-transferase activity; one may be the non-specific anion-binding protein ligandin. 4. Glutathione S-transferase activity of one of the binding proteins was inhibited by lithocholic acid.


1990 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1906-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Osada ◽  
T Gea ◽  
C Sanz ◽  
I Millan ◽  
J Botella

Abstract A group of substances of molecular masses between 300 and 1500 Da have been found to be toxic metabolites in patients with uremia. We determined the concentration in serum of these molecules in the following groups of patients: two hemodialyzed groups (one with cuprophane and the other with polyacrylonitrile dialyzers), one group treated with continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, one group of nondialyzed azotemic patients, and one control group of healthy persons. Ultrafiltrates of the subjects' sera were fractionated on Sephadex G-15 followed by ion-exchange chromatography. Eluates were monitored by absorbance at 254 and 206 nm. Partially characterized peaks P1 and P2, obtained by gel filtration, correlated with the concentration of creatinine in serum; their concentrations were significantly (P less than 0.01) larger in hemodialyzed groups than in peritoneal dialyzed or in nondialyzed azotemic patients. After ion-exchange chromatography, two peaks (P'5 and P'6) correlated with serum creatinine and also were larger in hemodialyzed patients than in the other groups. Apparently, adequate discrimination is obtained by gel-filtration analysis and further analysis by ion-exchange chromatography does not provide additional information in most of the affected patients.


1973 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. JOAN REED ◽  
S. R. STITCH

SUMMARY The uptake of 65Zn and [1,2-3H]testosterone by minced tissue of human benign hypertrophic prostates and the subcellular distribution of radioactivity were examined. The nature of steroid and 65Zn binding by the cytosol (105000 g supernatant) fraction was investigated by gel filtration, ion-exchange chromatography and electrophoresis. It was found that steroid binding after incubation at 4°C was specific. One or two regions of steroid binding were observed after gel filtration of the cytosol using Sephadex G-200, depending upon incubation conditions. Binding of 65Zn was found in the low molecular weight peak after G-200 gel filtration. Equimolar CdCl2 and 65ZnCl2 were incubated with [1,2-3H]testosterone and minced tissue and the cytosol was subjected to gel filtration. Compared with control values, without CdCl2, reduction of 65Zn binding by about 50% occurred, while binding of 3H-labelled steroid was unaffected. Electrophoresis and ion-exchange chromatography showed that 65Zn and 3H-labelled steroid were bound to different proteins. A sample of the zinc-binding protein was prepared by ion-exchange chromatography and the homogeneity was checked by electrophoresis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (6-5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zainon Mohd Noor ◽  
Mohd Sidek Ahmad ◽  
Zaidah Zainal Ariffin

Three enzymes FH3, S13 and LR1 from three different sources showed fibrinolytic activities. Two were from endophytic fungal cultures and one from the sclerotium of Lignosus rhinocerus mushroom (LR1). FH3, S13 cultures and LR1, the crude extract of the sclerotium were concentrated and purified by ammonium sulphate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography and gel-filtration. The molecular weights of the FH3, S13 and LR1 purified enzymes were estimated to be approximately 34kDa, 34kDa and 10kDa, respectively. Maximum fibrinolytic activities were observed for FH3 at pH 7 and 30°C, S13 at pH 8 and 40°C and LR1 at pH 6 and 40°C.  In our earlier paper we identified FH3 as Fusarium sp. and S13 as Penicilium citrinum. 


1968 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
P T Grant ◽  
K. B. M. Reid

1. Insulin has been isolated by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography from extracts of the discrete islet tissue of cod. The final preparation yielded a single band on electrophoresis at two pH values. The biological potency was 11·5 international units/mg. in mouse-convulsion and other assay procedures. 2. Glycine and methionine were shown to be the N-terminal amino acids of the A and B chains respectively. An estimate of the molecular weight together with amino acid analyses indicated that cod insulin, like the bovine hormone, consists of 51 amino acid residues. In contrast, the amino acid composition differs markedly from bovine insulin. 3. Oxidation of insulin with performic acid yielded the A and B peptide chains, which were separated by ion-exchange chromatography. Sequence studies on smaller peptides isolated from enzymic digests or from dilute acetic acid hydrolysates of the two chains have established the sequential order of 14 of the 21 amino acid residues of the A chain and 25 of the 30 amino acid residues of the B chain.


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