title: Electrophoretic separation of betaA4 peptides (1-40) and (1-42).
abstract: Different sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) systems designed for the separation of peptides were compared for their usefulness in separating synthetic beta-amyloid peptides betaA4 (1-40) and betaA4 (1-42). Clear resolution was achieved by addition of 8 M urea to the separation gel and use of a multiphasic buffer system employing bicine and sulfate as trailing and leading ions, respectively (bicine/Tris/urea gels). Under these conditions, the longer peptide migrated faster than the one ending at amino acid 40. The usefulness of this SDS-PAGE system for the analysis of betaA4-related peptides generated during cellular metabolism was demonstrated by immunoprecipitation and electrophoretic separation of radiolabeled peptides secreted by cells transfected with amyloid precursor protein cDNAs.
authors.affiliation: Preclinical Research, Sandoz Pharma Ltd., Basel, CH-4002, Switzerland.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Klafki
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiltfang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Staufenbiel
mesh_terms: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; C078592:amyloid beta-protein (1-40)