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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
The introduction of a pH 4.75 precipitation step to a previously described purification procedure from bovine follicular fluid (bFF) resulted in the isolation of a 31 kDa form of inhibin, in addition to 58 kDa inhibin. The procedure was monitored by an in vitro bioassay based on the suppression of the FSH cell content by pituitary cells in culture. The 31 kDa form was purified 5550-fold with approximately 5% recovery. On SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis a single band was detected with a molecular weight of 31 000 +/- 1500 (mean +/- SD) which upon reduction gave 2 subunits of 20 200 +/- 300 and 14 800 +/- 600. The biological activity expressed on mg protein basis was similar for both 31 kDa and 58 kDa inhibin although on a molar basis the 58 kDa inhibin was 2-3 times higher. A high degree of cross-reaction was observed between both forms in a radioimmunoassay of bovine inhibin using an antiserum raised against the larger form with either iodinated 31 kDa or 58 kDa inhibin as tracer. Based on the subunit composition of the 31 kDa and 58 kDa inhibin, their similar cross-reaction in a radioimmunoassay system and the apparent generation of the 31 kDa inhibin following a pH precipitation step, it is concluded that 31 kDa inhibin is a smaller form of the 58 kDa inhibin resulting from a shortening of the 43 kDa subunit to a 20 kDa subunit.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of a 31 kDa form of inhibin from bovine follicular fluid.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't