title: Isolation and identification of rat brain natriuretic peptides in cardiac atrium.
abstract: The amino acid sequence of a precursor for rat brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has recently been deduced by the cDNA cloning method. By using a radioimmunoassay (RIA) system newly established for rat BNP, a high concentration of ir-BNP was found to exist in rat cardiac atrium. Two ir-BNPs of different molecular weights (11K and 5K) were isolated from rat cardiac atria by anti-rat BNP IgG immunoaffinity chromatography and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). By microsequencing, the high molecular weight (MW) BNP was deduced to be a pro-BNP of 95 residues (gamma-BNP). The low MW BNP was demonstrated to be a C-terminal 45-amino acid peptide (BNP-45) of pro-BNP. Based on these results, BNP-45 and gamma-BNP are shown to be two major forms in rat cardiac atrium, indicating a unique processing pathway of rat BNP precursor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aburaya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minamino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kangawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000032:analysis*; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain