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  • Title: Rat erythrocyte NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase. Quantitation and comparison between the membrane-bound and soluble forms using an antibody against the rat liver enzyme.
    Author: Borgese N, Macconi D, Parola L, Pietrini G.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1982 Nov 25; 257(22):13854-61. PubMed ID: 7142181.
    Abstract:
    The subcellular distribution of rat erythrocyte NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase was determined by radioimmunoassay, using a rabbit antibody against the cathepsin D cleaved water-soluble fragment of rat liver microsomal reductase (I-reductase), which is known to be immunologically similar to the red cell enzyme. Erythrocytes contained approximately 30 ng of reductase/mg of protein, of which 90% were recovered in the hemolysate supernatant and 2.3% in the ghost fraction. After concentration by precipitation with 70% saturated (NH4)2SO4, the NADH-cytochrome c reductase activity of the soluble enzyme could be assayed in the presence of cytochrome b5, and was found to be inhibited by anti 1-reductase antibodies. The sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic mobilities of erythrocyte membrane-associated and soluble reductase of the liver microsomal enzyme and its cathepsin D cleaved hydrophilic fragment (I-reductase) were examined in crude fractions by blotting followed by specific and highly sensitive immunostaining. The intact microsomal enzyme and the two erythrocyte reductases all had similar mobilities and migrated behind 1-reductase. However, the ghost-associated reductase, which was not attributable to contaminating leukocyte or reticulocyte membranes, was distinguishable from the soluble form by two criteria: (i) a lower dependence on exogenous cytochrome b5 in the NADH-cytochrome c reductase assay; and (ii) a larger apparent Mr upon gel filtration in the presence of Triton X-100, presumably because of detergent binding. Considering these results, possible biogenetic relations between membrane-bound and soluble erythrocyte reductase are discussed.
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