RGD Reference Report - Partial purification and characterization of epidermal plasminogen activator and their inhibitor. - Rat Genome Database

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Partial purification and characterization of epidermal plasminogen activator and their inhibitor.

Authors: Nakagawa, M  Fukuyama, K  Epstein, WL  Hara, A  Sawada, H 
Citation: Nakagawa M, etal., Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1989 Jul;37(7):1859-63.
RGD ID: 6484220
Pubmed: PMID:2509088   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Plasminogen activator (PA) and PA inhibitor were partially purified from 2-d-old rat epidermis and characterized in order to elucidate the enzyme-inhibitor interaction in epidermis. PA extracted with buffer containing KSCN was first purified by Blue-Sepharose affinity chromatography. Separation of two PAs, with relative molecular mass (Mr) of 66000 and 44000, was accomplished by Con A-Sepharose column chromatography. The Mr 66000 enzyme had the properties of tissue-type PA (t-PA), while the Mr 44000 enzyme showed those of urokinase-type PA (u-PA) as determined by immunological and fibrin-binding studies. PA inhibitor was extracted in 1,4-piperazinediethanesulphonic acid buffer and purified by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, gel filtration followed by a Mono Q column in an FPLC system. This inhibitor showed Mr 60000 and inhibited human u-PA activity in a dose- and time-dependent manner, but did not inhibit the activity of t-PA from human and murine melanoma cells or plasmin. It inhibited epidermal PA, Mr 44000, more effectively than it did the Mr 66000 epidermal PA. It was stable at 60 degrees C for 60 min or between pH 5 and 11. This study indicates that both u-PA and t-PA function in normal rat epidermis. On the other hand, an inhibitor which preferentially acts against u-PA exists, but inhibitor to t-PA does not appear to operate under normal epidermal functions.

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Molecular Function
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
peptidase activity  IDA 6484220 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Plau  (plasminogen activator, urokinase)


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