一种新的蘑菇凝集素的生化特征和氨基酸分析

用 (NH4) 2 SO4分级沉淀、离子交换和分子筛等方法 ,从食用蘑菇中分离纯化出一种凝集素 ,经SDS -PAGE测定其亚基的相对分子量为 15 .8kDa,质谱分析法测定其分子量为 32kDa ,说明该凝集素由两个亚基组成。氨基酸分析发现 ,该凝集素不含半胱氨酸。热稳定试验和耐酸碱试验显示 ,该凝集素活性具很高稳定性     

泥蚶(Tegillarca granosa Linnaeus)血淋巴液凝集素的分离纯化及其性质研究

泥蚶是一种重要的海产经济贝类,其血淋巴液经硫酸铵二步分级沉淀后,再经Sephadex G- 100凝胶过滤和Sepharose 4B亲和层析纯化制得泥蚶血淋巴液凝集素。经测定,该凝集素分子量约为123Kda,为两个亚基的蛋白质,其相对分子量分别为15 KDa和16 KDa,分子中含5．02％的糖。在氨基酸组成中,天门冬氨酸(Asp)含量最高,其次是谷氨酸(Glu)和组氨酸(His),不含蛋氨酸(Met)。泥蚶血淋巴液凝集素对多种天然或经酶修饰的人或动物红细胞具有不同的凝集作用,其中对兔红细胞的凝集活性最大。半乳糖和乳糖对其凝集活性具有抑制作用。凝集活性依赖于Ca2 ,在pH7．0较稳定,热稳定性不高,在30℃-70℃时凝集效价由原来的25下降为21,当温度超过80℃以后,凝血活性完全丧失。     

孔石莼(Ulva pertusa)凝集素的分离纯化及性质的研究

为抑制肿瘤细胞增殖和防治有关病害提供基础理论依据 ,将孔石莼 (Ulva pertusa)经磷酸盐缓冲液抽提 ,2 0 %～ 75%硫酸铵分级沉淀 ,牛甲状腺球蛋白 - Sepharose4B亲和层析 ,可以从绿藻孔石莼中纯化出孔石莼凝集素 (UPL) ,在 PAGE上显示单一蛋白染色带 ,在等电聚焦电泳上显示单一蛋白染色带 ,其 p I为 8.40 .纯化后的 UPL的最大紫外吸收峰在 2 85nm,用 Sephadex G- 2 0 0分子筛层析测得其分子量为 1 1 0 4 7.该凝集素可以凝集人的 A、B、AB、O型红细胞 ,且凝集活性相同 ,在对人 (A、B、AB、O)兔、鲤、鲫的红细胞的凝集作用中 ,兔的凝集作用最强 .该凝集素凝集兔红细胞的作用不被 D-半乳糖、D-果糖、葡萄糖、蔗糖、甘露聚糖、γ球蛋白、卵清蛋白所抑制 ,仅被牛甲状腺球蛋白抑制 ,最小抑制浓度为 6.2 0 g/L.该凝集素在 p H4.0～ 1 0 .1 4范围内均有活性 ,但在p H6.50～ 9.51范围内活性较高 ,该凝集活性在 85℃加热 1 h,活力仍未改变 ,说明具有很强的耐热性 .     

中国鲎凝集素的分离纯化及性质研究

 经N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖交联琼脂糖亲和层析及以交联琼脂糖介质的高效液相分子筛层析,从中国鲎细胞溶解物中分离纯化了一种凝集素,其活性比原料鲎试剂提高128倍。鲎凝集素SDS电泳时表现出分子量为69000,和72000的二个亚基。N-乙酰氨基葡萄糖、D-半乳糖,D-甘露糖及岩藻糖等对鲎凝集素凝集鸡红细胞的活性有显著抑制作用,加热60℃,10分钟可使凝集素活性基本丧失。CaCl_2为凝集素活性所必需。鲎凝集素与肺炎球菌C多糖有沉淀反应。     

蛋白核小球藻凝集素的分离纯化及部分性质研究

蛋白核小球藻藻粉的PBS抽提液经硫酸铵二步分级沉淀 ,再经DEAE Sepharose和SephadexG 10 0层析 ,从中分离纯化得到蛋白核小球藻凝集素 (CPL)。经测定 ,该凝集素为单个亚基的蛋白质 ,相对亚基分子量为 1 4× 10 4 — 1 5× 10 4 ,分子中不含糖。在氨基酸组成中 ,苯丙氨酸 (Phe)的含量最高 ,其次是天冬氨酸 (Asp)和谷氨酸 (Glu) ,不含组氨酸 (His)。CPL能够凝集兔、绵羊及鸽子红细胞 ,其中对兔红细胞的凝集活性最大 ,最低浓度为 6 88μg/mL ,对鸡、鸭及人红细胞 (A型、O型及B型 )无凝集活性。卵黏蛋白和 7种单糖对CPL的凝血活性具有抑制作用。CPL具有很好的热稳定性 ,在 90℃处理 10min不失活。     

短裙竹荪(Dityophora duplicata)凝集素纯化与生化性质

短裙竹荪子实体经生理盐水抽提、硫酸铵沉淀、DEAE Sepharose和SephadexG 10 0柱层析纯化得到短裙竹荪凝集素 (Dityophoraduplicata(Bosc)Fischerlectin) ,简称DDFL .DDFL经PAGE显示单一条带 ,SDS PAGE测得其亚基分子量为 2 2 3kD ,SephadexG 10 0凝胶过滤测得分子量为 4 5 3kD ,DDFL不含中性糖 ,IEF测得其等电点为 3 92 .该凝集素对供试的 4种血型人血和兔、小牛、鸭、鸡、鲫鱼以及青蛙血红细胞具有凝集作用 ,但不凝集鳖红细胞 .它还可以凝集小鼠脾脏淋巴细胞和小鼠S180 肉瘤细胞 ,对兔红细胞的凝集作用可被乳糖、棉子糖、半乳糖、α 甲基半乳糖、β 甲基半乳糖和N 乙酰半乳糖胺所抑制 .氨基酸组成分析表明 ,DDFL含有 17种氨基酸 ,其中天冬氨酸、丝氨酸、苯丙氨酸和丙氨酸含量较高 .经测定 ,其N末端为甘氨酸 .DDFL对热、酸和碱具有一定的稳定性 ,经 6 0℃处理 10min ,可保持较高的活性 ,在pH 4 0～ 9 0范围内较稳定 ,其凝血活性依赖于Mg2 + 和Ca2 + 二价阳离子 ,Mn2 + 和Zn2 + 则无影响 .DDFL对小鼠腹腔注射的半致死量为 70 6 3mg kg .     

红腰豆凝集素的提取及初步活性研究

凝集素是研究生物体内细胞癌变、受精、分化及分子识别等生命过程极其有用的工具.同时作为一种试剂,凝集素不仅在临床医学检验上有着重要地位,而且是抗肿瘤药物生产所需的促有丝分裂原.本文中提取了红腰豆凝集素,并对活性做了初步测定,红腰豆样品于室温用缓冲液提取、离心、透析后,经D-半乳糖-Sepharose 4B亲和色谱,分离纯化出凝集素,用SDS-PAGE 进行电泳分析,分子量为30kD,能专一地凝集红细胞.经竞争酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定凝集素的免疫活性,发现具有浓度依赖性的免疫活性.     

三种菜豆凝集素的分离纯化及其与黑皮扁豆凝集素抗血清的免疫交叉反应

利用Tris-HCl缓冲液浸提、硫酸铵分级沉淀、离子交换和分子筛层析,分别从白花菜豆(Phaseolus albiflora L.var)、紫花菜豆(Phaseolus purpurea L.var)、红花菜豆(Phaseolus coccineus L.var)种子中纯化得到3种菜豆凝集素(PAL,白花菜豆凝集素;PPL,紫花菜豆凝集素;PCL,红花菜豆凝集素).纯化的3种菜豆凝集素经SDS-PAGE电泳检测都只有一个分子量约为32 kD的亚基,它们都能与黑皮扁豆凝集素抗血清发生免疫交叉反应.     

雪山豆凝集素红细胞凝集成分的纯化

雪山豆凝集素(SML)经SP-Sephadex C-50和磷酸纤维素离子交换层析分离红血球凝集成分。聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分析和红血球凝集试验为一不均一成分。其中E_2-SML有两条迁移较快的蛋白带,红细胞凝集效价是SML的64倍,是L-SML的512倍。该法制备的红细胞凝集成分具有高的产量和纯度。     

苦参凝集素的分离纯化及部分性质研究

从苦参 (SophoraflavescensAit.)根浸出液经硫酸铵分级 ,得苦参凝集素 (SFL)粗品 ,再经DEAE_Sepharose、SephadexG_1 5 0和HPLC层析 ,获得具有强凝集活性的SFL样品 ,用PAGE和SDS_PAGE检测均为单一蛋白染色带。SDS_PAGE显示SFL分子仅有一条肽链 ,SephadexG_1 0 0和SDS_PAGE测得其分子量均为 32kD。当SFL浓度为 0 .97μg/mL时能凝集兔红细胞 ,无血型专一性 ,其凝血活性可被甘露糖和果糖抑制 ,麦芽糖和葡萄糖有弱的抑制作用 ,凝集素分子含有 2 .89%的中性糖 ;当SFL量为 6 2 μg时 ,对棉花枯萎病菌 (FusariumvasinfectumAtk .)、小麦赤霉病菌(Gibberllasaubinetii (Mont.)Sacc .)和水稻稻瘟病菌 (PiriculariaoryzaeCav)菌丝体的生长发育有明显地抑制作用。用Edman法在蛋白测序仪上测出SFL的N端肽链 30个氨基酸的排列顺序为 :T/A/VDXLXFTFSDFDP NGEDLLFQGDAHVTSNN。     

Isolectins from Dictyostelium purpureum. Purification and characterization of seven functionally distinct forms

Purpurin, the lectin from Dictyostelium purpureum, has been resolved into seven tetrameric isolectins by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at pH 8.9. The isolectins are assembled from four distinct subunits resolved by electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and by tryptic peptide mapping. Two of the subunits combine randomly with each other to form mixed tetramers (I4, I3II1, I2II2, I1II3, II4) in binomial proportions. The other two subunits (III and IV) form only homotetramers. The isolectins can be functionally discriminated and separated on the basis of their relative affinities for columns derivatized with complementary saccharides. On the basis of relative sensitivity to hapten inhibitors of hemagglutination, isolectins III4 and IV4 are distinct from each other and from isolectins composed of subunits I and II. However, isolectins of I and II are not distinguishable on the basis of hemagglutination inhibition. None of the subunits are glycosylated, and all form tetramers with molecular weights of approximately 88,000. The existence of multiple functionally distinct forms suggests that lectin function in cellular slime molds may be more complex than presently envisioned.     

Phaseolus vulgaris isolectin binding to human erythrocytes.

The Phaseolus vulgaris isolectins L4,L3E1, L2E2, L1E3, and E4 were isolated by affinity and ion exchange chromatography. Pure isolectins were radiolabeled by the chloramine-T method with Na125IO4 and their binding to human erythrocytes was studied. A normal erythrocyte has approximately 8 times 10(5) receptor sites for each isolectin; however, the association constants (Ka) of binding increased from 1.1 times 10(7) M-1 to 3.8 times 10(8) M-1, with increasing number of E subunits per tetrameric isolectin molecule. Isolectin to erythrocyte binding reached equilibrium rapidly and was reversed by fetuin. All isolectins competed with 125I-E4 for erythrocyte binding sites, with a constant (KI) similar to the Ka calculated for each respective radiolabeled isolectin. When isolectin binding at 0 degrees C, 4 degrees C, or 8 degrees C was compared to that at 25 degrees C, there was no reduction in the number of binding sites per cell, but the Ka of E4 was reduced to 3 times 10(7) M-1. Fixed erythrocytes displayed similar isolectin binding characteristics.     

Binding of isolectins from red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) to purified rat brush-border membranes

Ingestion of red kidney bean phytohemagglutinin causes impaired growth and intestinal malabsorption, and facilitates bacterial colonization in the small intestine of weanling rats. We have studied interactions of the highly purified phytohemagglutinin erythroagglutinating (E4) and mitogenic (L4) isolectins with microvillous membrane vesicles prepared from rat small intestines. E4 and L4 were radioiodinated with 125I by the chloramine-T technique. E4 and L4 isolectins both bound to microvillous membrane vesicles. Binding was saturable and reversible. Each mg of membrane protein bound 744 +/- 86 micrograms E4 and 213 +/- 21 micrograms L4. The apparent Ka for E4 and L4 binding was 2.5 x 10(-6) and 13.0 x 10(-6) M-1, respectively. Binding of each 125I-labelled isolectin was abolished by 100-fold excess of unlabelled isolectin. In each case binding also was inhibited by appropriate oligosaccharide inhibitors, indicating that isolectin-microvillous membrane interactions were mediated by carbohydrate recognition. Patterns of saccharide inhibition of isolectin binding were different for E4 and L4. Competitive binding experiments demonstrated mutual noncompetitive inhibition of E4 and L4 binding consistent with steric hindrance. Therefore, E4 and L4 each bound to its own set of receptors. Based on the known saccharide specificities of E4 and L4, these data indicate that there are differences in expression of complex asparagine-linked biantennary and tri- or tetraantennary oligosaccharides at the microvillous surface. The data also provide the possibility that direct interactions of one or more phytohemagglutinin isolectins with intestinal mucosa in vivo may contribute to the antinutritional effects associated with ingestion of crude red kidney beans.     

Purification and properties of two lectins from the latex of the euphorbiaceous plants Hura crepitans L. (sand-box tree) and Euphorbia characias L. (Mediterranean spurge).

1. From the latex of two members of the plant family Euphorbiaceae, Hura crepitans L. (sand-box tree) and Euphorbia characias L. (Mediterranean spurge), two lectins were purified by affinity chromatography on acid-treated Sepharose 6B followed by elution with D-galactose. 2. The lectin from E. characias is a single molecular species with Mr 80 000, made up of two identical subunits with Mr 40 000, and is a glycoprotein containing 11% carbohydrate. 3. The lectin from H. creptians appears as a mixture of three isolectins with Mr 140 000, consisting of four different subunits with Mr values 37 500, 35 500, 31 000, and 29 000. 4. Both lectins have haemagglutinating activity, with no specificity for human blood groups. The haemagglutinating activity is inhibited by D-galactose and by galactose-containing oligosaccharides. 5. The lectin from H. crepitans is mitogenic to human T-, but not to B-, lymphocytes. The latex of E. characias is mitogenic to T- and, to a lesser extent, to B-, lymphocytes, but the purified E. characias lectin has no mitogenic activity. 6. The lectin from H. crepitans, but not that from E. characias, inhibits protein synthesis by a rabbit reticulocyte lysate.     

Chemical and biological characterization of the galactose binding lectins from Trichosanthes kirilowii root tubers

Three galactose binding isolectins have been isolated from Trichosanthes kirilowii root tubers. Two of the isolectins, TK-I and TK-II, are similar in many aspects including molecular weight, amino acid composition, NH2-terminal amino acid residue, blood group and carbohydrate specificities, immunodiffusion and immunoelectrophoretic behavior, hemagglutinating and insulinomimetic activities, and in possessing subunits with different molecular weights. Compared to TK-I and TK-II, lectin TK-III has a larger molecular weight, subunits with the same molecular weight, a single and distinctive NH2-terminal amino acid residue, a different isoelectric point and lower hemagglutinating activity. The three lectins share common antigenic determinants in their structures. beta-Linked terminal oligosaccharides containing D-galactose inhibit hemagglutination induced by the lectins with a higher potency than alpha-linked oligosaccharides. The lectins are non-mitogenic and did not inhibit the concanavalin-A induced mitogenic response of lymphocytes.     

Binding of isolectins from red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) to purified rat brush-border membranes

Ingestion of red kidney bean phytohemagglutinin causes impaired growth and intestinal malabsorption, and facilitates bacterial colonization in the small intestine of weanling rats. We have studied interactions of the highly purified phytohemagglutinin erythroagglutinating (E4) and mitogenic (L4) isolectins with microvillous membrane vesicles prepared from rat small intestines. E4 and L4 were radioiodinated with ¹²⁵I by the chloramine-T technique. E4 and L4 isolectins both bound to microvillous membrane vesicles. Binding was saturable and reversible. Each mg of membrane protein bound 744±86 μg E4 and 213±21 μg L4. The apparent K_a for E4 and L4 binding was 2.5·10⁻⁶ and 13.0·10⁻⁶ M⁻¹, respectively. Binding of each ¹²⁵I-labelled isolectin was abolished by 100-fold excess of unlabelled isolectin. In each case binding also was inhibited by appropriate oligosaccharide inhibitors, indicating that isolectin-microvillous membrane interactions were mediated by carbohydrate recognition. Patterns of saccharide inhibition of isolectin binding were different for E4 and L4. Competitive binding experiments demonstrated mutual noncompetitive inhibition of E4 and L4 binding consistent with steric hindrance. Therefore, E4 and L4 each bound to its own set of receptors. Based on the known saccharide specificities of E4 and L4, these data indicate that there are differences in expression of complex asparagine-linked biantennary and tri- or tetraantennary oligosaccharides at the microvillous surface. The data also provide the possibility that direct interactions of one or more phytohemagglutinin isolectins with intestinal mucosa in vivo may contribute to the antinutritional effects associated with ingestion of crude red kidney beans.     

Studies on the Molecular Weights of Esterase and Peroxidase Isozymes of Maize

The molecular weights of esterase and peroxidase isozymes of maize seedlings were directly determined by improved polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis. The different isozyme bands developed in polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis (uniform gel) were identified in polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis by means of isozyme variants. The molecular weights of esterase isozymes E1, E2, E3F, E3S, a, b, c, named according to isozyme patterns in uniform gel, are <20000, 35200, 33000, 38500, 29900, 28500, 34000 doltons respectively. The molecular weights of peroxidase isozymes PX4F and PX4S are 131000 and 149000 doltons respectively. According to the band location in uniform gel and in gradient gel, some biochemical properties of the isozyme bands and relationships between the isozyme bands were analyzed. The possible errors in the determination of smaller molecular weight isozymes are discussed.     

Isolectin composition of individual clones of Urtica dioica: Evidence for phenotypic differences

Analysis of the isolectin composition of 102 individual nettle ( Urtica dioica L.) clones by ion-exchange chromatography revealed the occurrence of at least 11 different isolectins, which all had the same molecular structure and exhibited identical carbohydrate-binding specificity and agglutination properties. All 11 isolectins, however, did not occur simultaneously; 34 combinations of either 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 isolectins were found. Since the occurrence of multiple molecular forms of the nettle agglutinin cannot be explained by the (partial) autotetraploid character of stinging nettle it is postulated to rely on the expression of a family of closely related lectin genes.     

Lectins from seeds of jack fruit (Artocarpus integrifolia L.): isolation and purification of two isolectins from the albumin fraction

Two isolectins were isolated from the albumin fraction ofArtocarpus integrifolia L. seeds, by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, and DEAE-cellulose and SP-Sephadex C-50 chromatography. The isolectins, when passed through Sephadex G-100 at pH 7.4, had a molecular mass of 43 000 and when subjected to SDS electrophoresis in the presence of β-mercaptoethanol consisted of two subunits with molecular mass of 11 250 and 15 000. When they were tested with human erythrocytes of all the groups of the ABO system there was no blood specificity. The isolectins formed interference arcs by Ouchterlony double diffusion in agarose gel. Part 1.