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  • Title: Immunochemical studies of human urinary trypsin inhibitor.
    Author: Maehara S, Sumi H, Toki N.
    Journal: Enzyme; 1981; 26(3):122-8. PubMed ID: 6166469.
    Abstract:
    Antisera against purified urinary trypsin inhibitor (UTI-I, molecular weight 67,000) and UTI-III (molecular weight 23,000) were first produced in rabbits. Both anti-UTI-I and anti-UTI-III sera formed a single immunoprecipitin line with human plasma inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor (I alpha TI), whereas two immunoprecipitin lines were formed with crude urine. It was speculated that both UTI-I and UTI-II might be present in normal human urine. In the present study, the inhibitory effects of anti-UTI sera on UTI activity were examined by three different assay methods. The results indicated that the inhibitory effect was almost immediate. Although the inhibitory effect of anti-UTI-III serum on UTI-III was almost of the same degree of completeness for the three assay methods. UTI-I was partially inhibited by the anti-UTI-I serum when residual trypsin activity was measured by the caseinolytic or fibrinolytic assay method. This discrepancy was considered to be due to the difference in conformational change between UTI-I and UTI-III by antigen-antibody reaction.
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