Specific tumor immunity induced with soluble materials: purification of antigens inducing tumor resistance
| Autor: | Neal R. Pellis, Barry D. Kahan, David J. Shulan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1976 |
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Ammonium sulfate
Time Factors Potassium Biophysics chemistry.chemical_element Mice Inbred Strains Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Mice Antigen Antigens Neoplasm Animals Molecular Biology Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Molecular mass Dose-Response Relationship Drug Immunity Cell Biology Molecular biology Staining Transplantation Isoelectric point chemistry Sarcoma Experimental Methylcholanthrene |
| Zdroj: | Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 71(4) |
| ISSN: | 0006-291X |
| Popis: | The tumor-specific transplantation antigen (TSTA) in crude three molar potassium chloride (3M KCl) extracts of a chemically-induced, murine fibrosarcoma was purified by ammonium sulfate salt fraction at 20% saturation (S20S) and by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Mice, which had been pretreated with the S20S precipitate, displayed retarded outgrowth of a 100-fold supralethal dose of the corresponding, but not of a non-cross-reactive syngeneic tumor. Analysis of PAGE gels by Coomassie Blue staining revealed at least 30 bands in the crude 3M KCl extract, and only two components (Rf 0.34 and 0.43) in the ammonium sulfate fraction. That these two components bore TSTA activity was demonstrated by the observation that the immunoprotective activity of crude 3M KCl extracts was localized to the Rf 0.25–0.50 region. The two components present in the S20S fraction had isoelectric points of 5.05 and 6.9, and estimated molecular weights of 40,000 and 75,000, thus demonstrating the soluble nature of the active principle. These findings offer the prospect of a chemical dissection of the polymorphic TSTA surface markers on MCA-induced murine tumors. |
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