IDENTIFICATION OF A MUTANT HUMAN INSULIN PREDICTED TO CONTAIN A SERINE-FOR-PHENYLALANINE SUBSTITUTION
IDENTIFICATION OF A MUTANT HUMAN INSULIN PREDICTED TO CONTAIN A SERINE-FOR-PHENYLALANINE SUBSTITUTION
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.80.24.7390
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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TAGER, H
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SHOELSON, S;FICKOVA, M;TAGER, H
Using information gained from the relative HPLC [high performance liquid chromatography] retention of an abnormal insulin present in the serum of a hyperinsulinemic diabetic patient and the loss of an Mbo II restriction site in 1 of the patient''s insulin gene alleles, it was recently predicted that the mutant insulin contained a serine-for phenylalanine substitution at position B24 or B25. Human [SerB24]insulin and [SerB25]insulin were prepared by solid-phase peptide synthesis and semisynthesis using an improved approach whereby the protecting groups can be removed from the final product in a single step. During reversed-phase HPLC analysis, the 2 semisynthetic insulins were clearly separated from normal insulin and from each other. Analysis of the patient''s immunoaffinity-purified serum insulin by HPLC and radioimmunoassay showed that the insulin eluted at the position of [SerB24]insulin and coeluted with the analog when the 2 were studied in admixture. Additional studies showed that [SerB24]insulin and [SerB25]insulin have about 16 and 0.5% of the activity of normal insulin, respectively, in stimulating glucose oxidation by isolated rat adipocytes. The patient''s abnormal insulin (insulin Los Angeles) is human [SerB24]insulin. Abnormal insulins with amino acid replacements at both positions B24 and B25 can be associated with human diabetes.