3H]tryptophan-[14C]proline dual label method for the simultaneous determination of collagen and noncollagen protein production |
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Authors: | M Flaherty M Chojkier |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, San Diego, California 92161 USA;2. University of California, San Diego, California 92093 USA |
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Abstract: | A new method for the simultaneous determination of newly synthesized collagen and noncollagen proteins has been developed. Because tryptophan is not found in collagen noncollagen proteins were specifically labeled with [3H]tryptophan. [14C]Proline was used to label both groups of proteins. To calculate the 14C-labeled noncollagen protein the 3H radioactivity of the protein mixture was divided by the ratio of 3H:14C in noncollagen protein of a representative sample. This value was obtained by collagenase digestion. The remaining 14C radioactivity in the protein mixture was attributed to [14C]collagen. There was a very good correlation between the dual label method and the widely used collagenase digestion method for the measurement of collagen and noncollagen protein production and for the calculation of the relative rate of collagen synthesis. This new method provides a simple and accurate analysis of collagen production, and it is suitable for rapid processing of a large number of biological samples. |
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Keywords: | dual label collagen synthesis collagenase tryptophan proline relative rate |
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