Electrophoretic characterization of heat-stable squamous cell carcinoma antigen. |
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| Authors: | S Nawata Y Suminami H Hirakawa A Murakami K Umayahara H Ogata F Numa K Nakamura H Kato |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. obgyn@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to investigate the heat stability of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) antigen, a tumor-associated serine proteinase inhibitor (serpin), in tumor tissue extract by electrophoretic methods. After heat treatment at 70 degrees C for 2 h, the tumor tissue extract showed a single main protein band of 45 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) which reacted with a monoclonal antibody specific for SCC antigen. The heat-stable SCC antigen was separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) into four spots with pI 6.4-5.9 and Mr 44500-45 000 of SCC antigen-1. Furthermore, the SCC antigen-1 still showed its inhibitory activity against a cysteine proteinase, papain, by gelatin zymography. These results suggest that heat treatment of protein sample at 70 degrees C for 2 h may be a useful method for a partial purification of SCC antigen-1 which can inhibit lysosomal cysteine proteinases such as cathepsin L, S, and K. |
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