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Isolation of 110K Actin Binding Protein From Mammalian Brain and Its Immunocytochemical Localization Within Cultured Cells

Isolation of 110K Actin Binding Protein From Mammalian Brain and Its Immunocytochemical Localization Within Cultured Cells

S Maekawa, H Sakai

Exp Cell Res. 1988 Sep;178(1):127-42.

PMID: 3137084

Abstract:

Crude extract of young rat brain forms actin-based gels upon incubation at 25 degrees C. After boiling the gelled material, a protein fraction composed mostly of a major band of 110 kDa and a minor band of 120 kDa in SDS-PAGE was obtained by hydroxyapatite column chromatography. When the same protein fraction was prepared from bovine brains using the same procedure with two additional column chromatographies, the amounts of both proteins were nearly the same. Both proteins cosedimented with actin filaments upon centrifugation. Antibody was produced in a rabbit against the bovine fraction and affinity purified using a nitrocellulose paper onto which these proteins were transferred electrophoretically. Immunoblot analysis showed that both proteins are immunologically similar, and we refer to both proteins as 110K protein, collectively. The immunoblot analysis also revealed that the 110K protein is contained in cultured cells such as BHK, 3Y1, NRK, and MDBK. Analysis of various tissue extracts showed that brain is rich in this protein but liver, kidney, and lung contain negligible amounts. Indirect immunofluorescent analysis using cells during spreading showed preferential localization in the leading edge region and no fluorescence was detected in the stress fiber. Double immunostaining using monoclonal anti-vinculin and anti-110K protein antibodies revealed that the distribution patterns of both proteins are different from each other.

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IAR42413814	Anti-Vinculin antibody produced in rabbit			Price

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