title: Two types of fatty acid-binding protein in human kidney. Isolation, characterization and localization.
abstract: Two types of fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) were isolated from human kidney by gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. Northern-blot analysis showed the presence of two FABP transcripts in total kidney RNA, hybridizing with cDNA of human liver and muscle FABP respectively. Characterisation based on molecular mass, isoelectric point, fluorescence with dansylaminoundecanoic acid and immunological cross-reactivity showed that one, type B, was fairly similar to human heart FABP. The other, type A, showed, like human liver FABP, a high fluorescence enhancement and a wavelength shift with dansylaminoundecanoic acid as well as the binding of a variety of ligands. Antibodies raised against FABP type A and against liver FABP markedly cross-reacted in e.l.i.s.a., in Western blotting and in indirect immunoperoxidase staining on kidney and liver sections. Differences in amino acid composition and isoelectric points, however, indicate that type A is a new kidney-specific FABP type. The FABP type A is more abundant in kidney than the B type and is predominantly localized in the cortex, especially in the cells of the proximal tubules. The FABP type B is mainly present in the cells of the distal tubules. In conclusion, this study shows the presence of two types of FABP in the kidney. One type seems to be related to heart FABP, while the other type resembles, but is not identical with, liver FABP. Both types have a characteristic cellular distribution along the nephron.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Maatman
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Van Kuppevelt
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Veerkamp
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins