PMID: 489609Oct 25, 1979Paper

Rabbit tubular basement membrane. Isolation and analysis of polypeptides.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
R J ButkowskiB G Hudson

Abstract

Renal tubules from rabbit kidneys were isolated from thin shavings of the kidney surface. Basement membrane was then prepared following sonication of the isolated tubules. To insure preservation of the integrity of the basement membrane polypeptides, the protease inhibitors, diisopropyl fluorophosphate, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, N-ethylmaleimide, and epsilon-amino-caproic acid were used at all stages of the preparations. The optimal conditions of sonication and centrifugation were established and the chemical composition of basement membrane prepared under these conditions was examined in detail. Glycine, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine were found in concentrations of 206, 65, and 18 residues per thousand, respectively, in basement membrane from young kidneys. About 38% of the basement membrane was found to be soluble in sodium dodecyl sulfate upon incubation at 90 degrees C, and to possess relatively low amounts of the amino acids characteristic of collagen. Electrophoretic analysis of this fraction revealed that the major subunits ranged in approximate molecular weight from 18,500 to greater than 10(6). When analyzed with disulfide bonds reduced, a molecular weight range from 31,000 to 275,000 was observed for this f...Continue Reading

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