RIBONUCLEASES OF HUMAN-SERUM, URINE, CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID, AND LEUKOCYTES - ACTIVITY STAINING FOLLOWING ELECTROPHORESIS IN SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE-POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS
RIBONUCLEASES OF HUMAN-SERUM, URINE, CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID, AND LEUKOCYTES - ACTIVITY STAINING FOLLOWING ELECTROPHORESIS IN SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE-POLYACRYLAMIDE GELS
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00511a030
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
DEKKER, CA
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作者:
BLANK, A;DEKKER, CA
The RNases of human blood serum, urine CSF, and leukocytes were visualized by activity staining after electrophoresis in RNA-cast sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)-polyacrylamide gels. Samples were prepared for electrophoresis by heating for 2 min at 100.degree. C in 2% SDS and 5% mercaptoethanol, conditions which dissociate proteins into their constituent polypeptide chains and permit estimation of MW. It was found that each of the 5 peaks of serum alkaline RNase activity separable on phosphocellulose columns, i.e., RNases 1-5 of Akagi is associated with electrophoretically distinct enzymes. The MW exhibited by these enzymes in SDS gels are 31,000 and 28,000 (major species of RNase 1), 25,000 (RNase 2), 20,000 (RNase 3), 16,000 (RNase 4) and 14,000 (RNase 5). The RNase activity of leukocytes displays a MW of 17,000 and exhibits a characteristic dependence of its R on the temperature at which samples (in 2% SDS without mercaptoethanol) are prepared for electrophoresis. An RNase activity like that of leukocytes, distinct from RNases 1-5, is found in serum. Urine RNase activity is less heterogeneous than that of serum, consisting mainly of species like serum RNase 1 and an enzyme similar to leukocyte RNase. Conversely, CSF RNase activity is more complex and includes enzymes resembling serum RNases 1-5 as well as additional species either not observed in serum or detected in serum as minor components following chromatography. The analytical methods described herein are particularly useful for assessment of heterogeneity of RNase preparations and for direct comparison of the RNases of crude and purified samples.