title: The purification and characterization of a fatty acid binding protein specific to pig (Sus domesticus) adipose tissue.
abstract: Western-blot analysis using antiserum to 3T3-L1-cell fatty acid binding protein (FABP) revealed that pig adipose tissue contains a 15 kDa protein immunologically similar to the murine protein. This 15 kDa protein was purified from pig adipose tissue by sequential application of Sephadex G-50 gel filtration, cation exchange and covalent chromatography on Thiol-Sepharose-4B. The purity of the pig protein was established by two-dimensional polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Isoelectric focusing indicated that the pig adipose FABP (a-FABP) exists with two charge isoforms (pI 5.1 and 5.2), both of which persist after delipidation. The N-terminus of the purified pig a-FABP was blocked; however, cleavage with CNBr allowed recovery of a 12-amino-acid peptide which was identical with the murine a-FABP sequence (residues 36-48) at 10 of 12 positions. The pig a-FABP bound 12-(9-anthroyloxy)oleic acid saturably and stoichiometrically, with an apparent dissociation constant of 1.0 microM. Northern-blot analysis using the cDNA for the murine 3T3-L1 FABP revealed that the pig a-FABP was expressed exclusively in adipose tissue.
authors.affiliation: Reproduction and Growth Physiology Research, Unit 7921, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI 49001.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bernlohr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Storch
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D004247:DNA