title: Labeling of insulin with non-radioactive 127I and application to incorporation of radioactive 125I for use in receptor-binding experiments by high-performance liquid chromatography.
abstract: Conditions for the labeling of insulin with radioactive iodine isotopes were investigated by means of incorporation of non-radioactive 127I into the peptide. Either the chloramine-T (CT) or lactoperoxidase-hydrogen peroxide (LPO) technique was applied and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) was used for analysis of the reaction products. The LPO method provided the 127I-labeled peptide within 15-30 min, whereas the CT alternative yielded the labeled substrate even within 15 s. However, the latter reaction can only be controlled in a reproducible manner with difficulty and undesired side-reactions became increasingly prominent when the reaction time of 15 s was exceeded for only a few seconds. In another experiment, the LPO technique was applied for radiolabeling insulin with 125I. The product was first purified by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and then subjected to RP-HPLC. SEC yielded two peaks. The smaller one, which eluted at a slightly higher Kd value (accounting for about 14% of total radioactivity) predominantly consisted of material eluting at the column's void volume under the conditions of RP-HPLC, whereas the main SEC fraction (accounting for about 86% of total radioactivity) yielded a single peak, as shown by HPLC. The radioactive material attributable to the main SEC fraction revealed the expected receptor-binding properties, as evidenced by displacement experiments with non-radioactive insulin, as well as the action of tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate on the binding characteristics and thus indicating formation of a labeled hormone retaining biological activity.
authors.affiliation: Pharmbiodyn, Institute of Contract Research, Denzlingen, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rissler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Engelmann
mesh_terms: D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002700:Chloramines / Q000737:chemistry; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007328:Insulin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007553:Isotope Labeling; D007784:Lactoperoxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D011869:Radioligand Assay; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014105:Tosyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002700:Chloramines; D007328:Insulin; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D014105:Tosyl Compounds; C016300:chloramine-T; D007784:Lactoperoxidase