title: Analysis of mouse beta-haptoglobin chain by lectin affinoblotting detection.
abstract: Two different human mammary carcinoma cell lines were xenotransplanted into nude mice. Serum samples were obtained prior to and after transplantation and investigated by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE). By comparison of these silver-stained patterns additional protein spots were detected resulting either from proteins secreted or shed by the tumor itself or from mouse proteins induced by the tumor or the transplantation procedure. One group of spots detectable in post-transplantation serum as well as in control serum after mock-transplantation but not in pretransplantation serum was microsequenced and identified as mouse beta-haptoglobin. The carbohydrate structures of beta-haptoglobin were characterized by two different immunochemical glycoprotein staining procedures to detect differential terminal glycan modifications.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Humangenetik, Charité, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Germany. dr.roemer@t-online.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vogel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otto
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fichtner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klose
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000097:blood*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D016622:Silver Staining; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000097:blood; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides