title: Hemorphin peptides are released from hemoglobin by cathepsin D. radioimmunoassay against the C-part of V-V-hemorphin-7: an alternative assay for the cathepsin D activity.
abstract: In order to investigate the putative physiological role of the in vivo release of hemorphins from hemoglobin in tissues, an immunological approach was developed. Specific and sensitive antiserum were raised against the C-part of the V-V-hemorphin-7. The antisera recognized to the same extent the related hemorphins V-V-hemorphin-7 and L-V-V-hemorphin-7. The validity of our immunological approach was analyzed by studying the in vitro release of hemorphin from hemoglobin by cathepsin D and compared to the pepsin hydrolysis. These two enzymes led to the release of these same products suggesting that cathepsin D acted as an accurate pepsin-like enzyme. Moreover, considering the poor sensitivity of the available methods of detection for the in vitro Cathepsin D activity, our specific and sensitive V-V-hemorphin-7 radioimmunoassay seems to be a useful alternative assay for this enzymatic activity.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génie Protéique et Cellulaire, Pôle Sciences et Technologie, Université de La Rochelle, France. igarreau@bio.univ-lr.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Garreau
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cucumel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dagouassat
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cupo
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Piot
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002402:Cathepsin D / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007106:Immune Sera; D010434:Pepsin A / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D007106:Immune Sera; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010434:Pepsin A; D002402:Cathepsin D