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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-18
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to assess the possibility of isolating biologically active peptides from human blood using large volumes of blood filtrate, which are available from patients undergoing extracorporeal ultrafiltration because of renal insufficiency. This filtrate was submitted to six chromatographic separation steps, yielding one purified peptide which was completely analysed in its primary structure. It was found to be strikingly similar to proteins, described initially as rabbit uteroglobin (or blastokinin) and, more recently, from human bronchial lavage as the '10 kDa Clare cell protein', as well as from human urine as 'protein-1'. The natural molecule contains two chains of identical amino acid sequences of 70 residues which are arranged as an antiparallel dimer due to the disulphide bonds between two cysteines at positions 3 and 69. Mass analysis of the molecular forms yielded molecular weights from 15827 Da (non-oxidized form) to 15859 Da (bi-oxidized form). We conclude that this peptide isolated from the filtrate represents the human uteroglobin, and we demonstrate for the first time that this peptide may be involved as a humoral factor in reproductive or other physiological functions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1360-9947
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
489-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Hemofiltration, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9239658-Uteroglobin
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation of human uteroglobin from blood filtrate.
pubmed:affiliation
Lower Saxony Institute of Peptide Research, Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't