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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), was reported to be an inhibitor in many in vitro systems. Since it was shown that the inhibition of coagulation and complement activity attributed to PAPP-A was in fact due to a contamination by heparin occurring during the purification process, we undertook the present study to see whether the reported PAPP-A-induced inhibition of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) could also be attributed to heparin contamination. PAPP-A was purified from maternal pregnancy EDTA plasma by a method which was previously shown to eliminate contaminating heparin: this preparation was inactive in the HLE assay. But PAPP-A isolated by heparin-Sepharose chromatography, or a PAPP-A-free washing of the heparin-Sepharose column were both inhibitors of HLE. Furthermore the inactive PAPP-A preparation, when incubated with the PAPP-A-free washing of the heparin-Sepharose column, yielded a high molecular weight preparation which inhibited HLE. It is concluded that PAPP-A is not an inhibitor of HLE and that the inhibition of HLE previously attributed to PAPP-A was due to contaminating heparin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-7346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
169-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A-induced inhibition of human leukocyte elastase: an artifact.
pubmed:affiliation
Département de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique, Université de Genève, Suisse.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't