Isolation of a plasma protein elevated during hypertension in the rat

Plasma from male rats contains a protein that is elevated during essential hypertension. This protein, termed hypertension associated protein (HAP), can be detected as a peptide that has a molecular weight of 14,000 daltons on high resolution SDS-gradient polyacrylamide gels. The native protein has now been isolated by elution from DEAE-Sepharose, carboxymethyl cellulose and by gel permeation on Ultrogel AcA44. The procedure yields 102 mg of highly purified protein from 5 ml (250 mg) of plasma in 72 h. The native protein has a molecular weight of 28,000 daltons.