title: Purification and characterization of human hepatic stimulator substance.
abstract: Human hepatic stimulator substance (hHSS) was purified from fetal liver with 6,000-fold decrease in protein content and 840-fold increase in specific growth stimulative activity. Purification procedures included the heating of a homogenate in 35% (W/V) Tris-HCL at 95 degrees C for 20 min, high and ultra speed centrifugation, passage over Sephadex G100 gel filtration, DEAE-cellulose ion exchange, TSK G3000 SWG high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and YWG C-18 reverse phase HPLC techniques. The most purified material (HP-HSS) revealed cell-specific and dose dependent increase in 3H-TdR incorporation into cellular DNA. As little as 38 ng of the HP-HSS per ml of culture medium produced a 2.5-fold increase in DNA synthesis. Further studies indicate that HP-HSS in combination with insulin and epidermal growth factor stimulate DNA synthesis 16-fold compared with serum and hormone free controls and nearly 3-fold over hepatoma growth with HP-HSS alone. Sodium dedecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with silver stain and ultrascan XL laser densitrometer quantitative scanning revealed only one band at 12,800.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an.
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shang
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects; D005333:Fetus; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C073456:hepatic stimulator substance