title: Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein from human plasma. Purification and characterization.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein (BP) has been purified from Cohn fraction IV of human plasma by acidification, ion exchange to remove endogenous ligands, and affinity chromatography on agarose-IGF-II. The pure protein appeared as a single peak by high performance reverse-phase and gel permeation chromatography (molecular mass, 45-50 kDa), but on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis gave a major band at 53 kDa and a minor band at 47 kDa, unreduced, or 43 and 40 kDa, respectively, reduced. The two bands stained for both protein and carbohydrate. After storage at 2 degrees C for 5 months at pH 3, two additional bands, at 26 and 22 kDa on unreduced gels, were also present. Autoradiography after affinity labeling with IGF-I or IGF-II tracer revealed a single labeled band of 61 kDa. BP, quantitated using a specific radioimmunoassay, was retained by agarose-immobilized IGF-I, IGF-II, concanavalin A, and wheat germ lectin, but not Helix pomatia lectin. Competitive binding curves using pure BP and human IGF-I and IGF-II as both labeled and unlabeled ligands indicated association constants of 2-3 X 10(10) liters/mol for both peptides, with a slightly higher affinity for IGF-II than IGF-I, and 0.9 binding sites for either peptide per 53-kDa protein. The exact relationship of this acid-stable IGF BP to the 150-kDa complex from which it is derived remains to be determined.
mesh_terms: D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II