Purification and Characterization of DNA Methylase From HL-60 Cells

A solid leukemia sarcoma has been successfully developed after subcutaneous inoculation of the cultured human promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-60 cells) into unde mice. The solid leukemia sarcoma is a more plantiful source than the cultured cells for enzymatic study and its growing environment is closer to that of the human body than the cultured cells.We establish an efficient procedure of purifying HL-60 cells DNA methylase which includes: disruption of HL-60 cells by homogenization and sonication, removing the cell fragments and cellular particles by centrifuge and ultracentrifuge (105.000 g); removing endogenous DNA by streptomycin sulfate, salting out by (NH4)2SO4, ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose (DE-52), gel filtration over Sephadex G-100 column.The DNA methylase from HL-60 cells has been purified 204 fold by this procedure. The purified enzyme shows a single-band on PG-PAGE. A 479-kD molecular weight of this enzyme is measured by PG-PAGE. The enzyme properties of HL-60 DNA methylase     

HL-60细胞DNA甲基化酶的纯化和性质

通过将HL-60细胞移植到裸鼠体内获得实体肿瘤。以此为材料确立了一个简便的提纯DNA甲基化酶程序,它包括:细胞的超声破碎、超离心、去核酸、硫酸铵盐析、DEAE-纤维素柱层析及Sephadex G100凝胶过滤。用梯度-PAGE得到一条电泳均一的区带,测得该酶的分子量为479kD,该酶的最适pH为8.2,对钾、钠离子敏感,对热不稳定;用L-B作图法测得其对底物S-腺苷酰-L-甲硫氨酸(SAM)的K_m为2.94×10~(-5)mol/L;SAH是该酶的竞争性抑制剂。在1mmol/L S-腺苷酰-L-高丰胱氨酸(SAH)存在下,其K_i为4.17×10~(-4)mol/L,同时也测定了该酶对DNA底物的专一性及几种代谢相关物对该酶的调节作用。