title: [Purification and characterization of protease inhibitors from urine during pregnancy (author's transl)].
abstract: Two forms of urinary trypsin inhibitor, A and B, were purified from the pooled urine from pregnant women using non-denaturing methods. The inhibitor B arose from the inhibitor A and was not present in native urine. Electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gel in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate indicated a new heterogeneity of the inhibitor B with molecular weights of 33 000 and 24 000; the molecular weight obtained for the inhibitor A was 50 000. Inhibitors A and B were acidic proteins with an isoelectric pH of about 2.6 for A and about 4.2 for B. Inhibitor A and inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor formed a precipitate with an antiserum to purified inhibitor B. But neither inhibitor A nor inhibitor B formed a precipitate with anti whole human serum or anti-inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor antiserum. Measurements of specific activity of inhibitor A were consistent with two active sites in the molecule.
mesh_terms: D002845:Chromatography; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D011247:Pregnancy; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors
vernacular_title: Purification et caracterisation des inhibiteurs de protéases de l'urine humaine.