title: Identification and characterization of multiple species of tenascin-X in human serum.
abstract: We analysed the diversity of tenascin-X (TNX) species in serum and studied parameters that could affect determination of TNX levels in serum. Using western blot analysis we identified at least seven distinct TNX species, ranging from 75 kDa to the presumably full-length 450 kDa form. Purification of serum TNX followed by sequence analysis positively identified two major TNX species of 75 and 140 kDa. We found that serum TNX binds to tropoelastin but not to fibrillar collagens. We conclude that serum TNX is composed of distinct molecular species that retain functional activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Egging
authors.forename: A C T M
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Peeters
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grebenchtchikov
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geurts-Moespot
authors.forename: C G J
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Sweep
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: den Heijer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schalkwijk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019063:Tenascin / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D014333:Tropoelastin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019063:Tenascin; D014333:Tropoelastin; C081865:tenascin X