CALPAINS IN LENS EPITHELIUM FROM PATIENTS WITH CATARACT

被引:26
作者
ANDERSSON, M [1 ]
SJOSTRAND, J [1 ]
ANDERSSON, AK [1 ]
ANDERSEN, B [1 ]
KARLSSON, JO [1 ]
机构
[1] GOTHENBURG UNIV,DEPT OPHTHALMOL,GOTHENBURG,SWEDEN
关键词
CALPAINS; PROTEASE; LENS EPITHELIUM; HUMAN LENS; CATARACT;
D O I
10.1006/exer.1994.1118
中图分类号
R77 [眼科学];
学科分类号
100212 ;
摘要
Lens epithelium from patients with cataract was obtained during surgery and frozen. The samples were subjected to SDS-electrophoresis and Western blotting. Calpains were quantified using polyclonal antibodies against m- and mu-calpain. m-Calpain could be detected but not the isoenzyme mu-calpain, indicating that m-calpain is the significant most important calpain in human lens epithelium. Quantification of m-calpain showed no relationship to age or gender, but there were significant differences between different types of cataract.
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