Isolation of apoproteins from canine surface active material.
Isolation of apoproteins from canine surface active material.
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从犬表面活性物质中分离脱辅基蛋白。
DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1973.224.4.788
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发表时间:
1973
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J. Clements
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作者:
R. J. King;D. Klass;E. Gikas;J. Clements
KING, RICHARD J., DANIEL J. KLASS, ELIAS G. GIKAS, AND JOHN A. CLEMENTS. Isolation of apoproteins from canine surface active material. Am. J. Physiol. 224 (4): 788-795. 1973.~ We isolated the proteins in canine surface active material, solubilized them in aqueous solutions, and studied their physical and chemical properties. Three of these proteins were identified electrophoretically and immunologically as albumin, IgG, and a non-serum protein. The last protein has a molecular weight of 10-l 1,000, a strong affinity for phospholipid, and a very large percentage of hydrophobic amino acid residues. As measured by quantitative immunoassay, this protein is concentrated 50-fold in purified surface active material, as compared with the whole homogenate of lung. The physical and chemical properties of this protein, its localization at the alveolar interface by immunofluorescence, and its concentration in purified surface active material are consistent with its proposed specificity for pulmonary surfactant. pulmonary surfactant; lipoprotein; apoprotein; dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine; immunoassayTHE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Of pulmonary SUrfaCe active material has been investigated in several laboratories(12, 13, 17, 23-25, 29, 3 1), and there is general agreement that it is rich in phospholipids, especially dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine(DPC). Whether or not the protein associated with it qualifies it as a lipoprotein has been debated (9). In order to examine this question, we have isolated surface active materials from both tracheal lavage fluid and whole-lung homogenate of adult dogs (16) and have tested their surface properties at 37 C. We find that these materials have the surface properties predicted for the surfactant lining the alveoli in situ (17) and that invariably they contain over 9% protein. Studying in greater detail the surface active material purified from the tracheal lavage fluid, we find that it migrates as a lipoprotein through more than eight centrifugations, two continuous density gradients, isoelectric focusing in pH gradients, in starch gel electrophoresis, and during six additional centrifugal flotations (17). Because of this consistent association of the protein and lipid components and because of the possible physiological importance of the protein moieties, we have investigated their identity and properties in canine surface active material.