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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-22
pubmed:abstractText
To elucidate the molecular mechanism involved in the suppression of keloids and hypertrophic scars by tranilast, we investigated the target protein of tranilast in bovine skin and aorta. A specific tranilast-binding protein was isolated from both tissues by drug affinity chromatography and was identified as 36-kDa microfibril-associated glycoprotein (36-kDa MAGP). Binding of 36-kDa MAGP to tranilast seemed to be specific since 36-kDa MAGP could be eluted from the drug affinity column by tranilast itself and also binding of 36-kDa MAGP to other anti-allergy drugs (amlexanox and cromolyn) is significantly weaker than that to tranilast. Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemistry detected the protein at the periphery of elastic fibers in normal human skin. In hypertrophic scar tissue, however, 36-kDa MAGP was located on small bundles of microfibrils. These findings provide support for the concept that elastogenesis occurs in scar tissue and 36-kDa MAGP might be one of the targets for tranilast.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1002-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Anthranilic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Chromatography, Affinity, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Contractile Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10772941-Skin
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of tranilast-binding protein as 36-kDa microfibril-associated glycoprotein by drug affinity chromatography, and its localization in human skin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article