title: Release of dog polymorphonuclear leukocyte cathepsin G, normally and in endotoxin and pancreatitic shock. Isolation and partial characterization of dog polymorphonuclear leukocyte cathepsin G.
abstract: Dog polymorphonuclear leukocyte cathepsin G was isolated from a granule extract using a two-step procedure including affinity chromatography on a Trasylol-Sepharose gel and ion-exchange chromatography on a CM 52 column. 22 of the first 24 N-terminal amino acids were determined and showed 83% and 71% identity to those of human and rat cathepsin G, respectively. Total amino-acid composition demonstrated the basic nature of the protein. In an SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis the protein showed an Mr of 29,400 compared to the Mr of 26,800 calculated from the total amino-acid composition. The enzyme was shown to form complexes with alpha 1 alpha 2-macroglobulin and alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor. A specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for the determination of cathepsin G/alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor complex in dog plasma and tissue fluids. The mean concentration of cathepsin G in normal dog plasma was determined to be 38 micrograms/l, measured as cathepsin G/alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor complex. When active dog cathepsin G was added to normal dog plasma in vitro, approximately 56% could be measured by the assay. Slow intravenous infusion of a lethal dose of endotoxin in dogs was followed by a marked drop in white blood cell count and thrombocytes and a simultaneous rapid increase in plasma cathepsin G concentration, reaching a maximum level of 150 micrograms/l. Bile-induced experimental pancreatitis in dogs was accompanied by successive increase in cathepsin G levels in plasma as well as in peritoneal exudates, reaching a maximum level of about 300 micrograms/l in plasma and 18 mg/l in the exudates during the late stages of disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Pathophysiology, University of Lund, Malmö General Hospital.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Björk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Axelsson
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohlsson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D056649:Cathepsin G; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004285:Dogs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology; D012016:Reference Values; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000097:blood; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D002403:Cathepsins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C534094:CTSG protein, human; D056649:Cathepsin G; C534097:Ctsg protein, rat