CHARACTERIZATION OF RECOMBINANT HUMAN NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE AND ITS APPLICATION TO ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY

被引:9
作者
AOKI, T [1 ]
KIMURA, M [1 ]
KANETA, M [1 ]
KAZAMA, H [1 ]
MORIKAWA, J [1 ]
WATABE, H [1 ]
机构
[1] EIKEN CHEM CO LTD,TOKYO,JAPAN
关键词
NEURON-SPECIFIC ENOLASE; GAMMA-ENOLASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TUMOR MARKER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY;
D O I
10.1159/000217838
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
摘要
Human gamma-enolase cDNA prepared by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction was cloned into the Escherichia coli expression vector pKK223-3. The resulting plasmid, pHTK503, expressed human gamma-enolase as a 46-kDa protein in SDS-PAGE, and in the cells as the active gammagamma form (designated as recombinant human NSE; R-NSE). R-NSE was purified from E. coli by several chromatographic elutions. Finally, 6.0 mg of R-NSE from 8.1 g cells was purified with a specific activity of 86 units/mg protein. The structural properties of R-NSE were compared with the NSE purified from human brain tissue (B-NSE). The biochemical and enzymatic characteristics were essentially the same, except for the isoelectric point (4.5 for B-NSE and 4.7 for R-NSE). In an NSE immunoassay system, R-NSE and standard NSE were almost equal in reactivity to the anti-NSE antibody. These results indicate that R-NSE can be used as standard assay material.
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