title: Separation of plasma kallikrein and a kallikrein-like plasminogen activator generated by acetone in rat plasma.
abstract: Plasminogen activator (PGA), kininogenase (Kase) and benzoyl arginine ethyl ester (BAEe) activities generated in plasminogen-free rat plasma by incubation with acetone (23% v/v) at 22 degrees were purified. The activities passed unadsorbed through columns of DEAE-Sephadex A-50 (pH 7.8) and arginine methylester-Sepharose 4B (pH 8.5). Part of the activities (rat plasma kallikrein) was adsorbed onto a soybean trypsin inhibitor (SBTI)-Sepharose 4B column at pH 8.5. At pH 7.0 a fraction with higher ratios PGA/BAEe esterase and Kase/BAEe esterase was also adsorbed. Both fractions could be eluted with 5 mM sodium hydroxide. The fraction not adsorbed at pH 8.5, but adsorbed at pH 7.0 was designated low molecular weight plasminogen activator (LMr-PGA), a plasminogen activator fraction with higher molecular weight, but without esterase activity being also present (Berstad & Briseid 1982). LMr-PGA was strongly inhibited by tranexamic acid (AMCA) 0.10 mM, whereas the fraction designated rat plasma kallikrein was not. By polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis Mr-values in the range 120,000 to 130,000 were established for native samples of both rat plasma kallikrein and LMr-PGA, whereas Mr-values of 78,000 to 80,000 were established after treatment with SDS.
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone; D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004950:Esterases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000097:blood*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D000096:Acetone; D004950:Esterases; D007610:Kallikreins; D010960:Plasminogen Activators