Association of rat C-reactive protein and other pentraxins with rat lipoproteins containing apolipoproteins E and A1
Abstract
C-Reactive protein (CRP) is a member of the pentraxin family of proteins, ubiquitous components of animal serum. This study suggests that, in serum, rat CRP is complexed with lipoprotein and may interact directly with apolipoprotein E. When mixed with diluted rat serum, radiolabeled rat CRP showed a slightly higher sedimentation coefficient (about 15%) than that of the free protein. Elimination of calcium or addition of O-phosphorylethanolamine (O-PE), a low molecular weight compound that binds tightly to rat CRP in a calcium-dependent manner, abolished this difference. Adsorption of rat serum on a rat CRP affinity gel and elution with PE resulted in the isolation of material containing high levels of apolipoproteins E and A1. The affinity-purified preparation interacted with rat CRP and altered the sedimentation coefficient of the latter to the value observed in whole serum. Conversely, rat CRP increased the sedimentation coefficient of the major component of the affinity-purified material or to diluted rat serum, human serum amyloid P (SAP) and hamster female protein (FP), two other members of the pentraxin protein family, also had slightly higher sedimentation coefficients. In contrast, human CRP showed no evidence of an int...Continue Reading
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