title: Isolation and purification of a substance immunologically cross-reactive with insulin (SICRI) from tumor tissue.
abstract: 1. A substance immunologically cross-reactive with insulin (SICRI) was isolated and purified from murine melanoma B16 and myeloid leukemia. 2. Monospecific anti-insulin immunoglobulin G was coupled with CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B to yield an adsorbent. The immunoaffinity column was used to isolate SICRI from tumor tissue. 3. Purified SICRI yielded a single band with mol. wt 158,000 on SDS-PAGE. After non-denaturing conditions SICRI appeared again in one single peak. 4. Affinity purified SICRI was shown to be a potent growth factor for different human and murine transformed and normal cells. 5. Biochemical and biological data provide evidence that SICRI and insulin are two distinct biologically active agents.
authors.affiliation: Ruder Bosković Institute, Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Levanat
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pavelić
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007328:Insulin / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin