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Ivanova M, Tzvetanova E, Jetcheva V, Kilár F. Abnormal protein patterns in blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid detected by capillary electrophoresis. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 2002; 53:141-50. [PMID: 12406596 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-022x(02)00102-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Capillary zone electrophoresis and high-resolution agarose gel electrophoresis were compared to detect protein components in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of patients. Both electrophoretic methods proved to be useful for detection of protein abnormalities (e.g., mono- and oligoclonal bands) in biological fluids, but capillary electrophoresis offered several important advantages, such as sample application without preliminary concentration, lack of staining procedures, and on-line evaluation of patterns. Furthermore, capillary electrophoresis exhibits shorter analysis time and high resolution with low baseline noise. The results were proven to be powerful in diagnosis and monitoring of dyscrasias in routine laboratory practice.
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- Mariella Ivanova
- Department of Neurology, Biochemistry Laboratory, Medical University, 1 Georgy Sofijski Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Wetterhall M, Palmblad M, Håkansson P, Markides KE, Bergquist J. Rapid analysis of tryptically digested cerebrospinal fluid using capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ionization-Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance-mass spectrometry. J Proteome Res 2002; 1:361-6. [PMID: 12645892 DOI: 10.1021/pr025526s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mass spectrometry has in recent years been established as the method of choice for protein identification and characterization in proteomics. Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a fast and efficient method for the separation of peptides and proteins. The on-line combination of CE with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FTICR) mass spectrometry (MS) has been shown to be a powerful tool in the analysis of complex mixtures of proteins. This paper presents the first results from a proteomic analysis of human cerebrospinal fluid proteins by tryptic digestion and CE-FTICR-MS, where 30 proteins could be identified on a 95% confidence level with mass measurement errors less than 5 ppm.
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- Magnus Wetterhall
- Institute of Chemistry, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Uppsala University, PO Box 531, SE-751 21 Uppsala, Sweden
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Hiraok A, Tominaga I, Hori K. One-step capillary isoelectric focusing of the proteins in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with neurological disorders. J Chromatogr A 2002; 961:147-53. [PMID: 12186386 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)00174-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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One-step capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF), which uses reduced but non-zero electroosmosis flow to mobilize the focused proteins, was applied to the analysis of proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum of patients with various neurological disorders. Under the conditions employed, pathological changes in the CSF proteins were clearly detected on the electropherograms within 25 min, although the serum proteins did not vary significantly between samples. The present one-step cIEF system seems to be useful in routine laboratory examinations of a large number of CSF samples as an aid in neurological diagnosis.
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- Atsushi Hiraok
- Department of Pathological Biochemistry, Kyorin University School of Health Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Lipocalin type prostaglandin-D-synthase (L-PGDS), also called beta-trace, is an extracellular protein very abundant in compartments beyond blood-tissue barriers, such as the cerebrospinal fluid, the aqueous humor, the amniotic fluid and the seminal fluid. In the latter fluid the major function of L-PGDS does not seem to be the synthesis of prostaglandin D(2) (PGD(2)) from its precursor PGH(2), which is very unstable in aqueous solution. Instead, seminal L-PGDS, an important carrier of bile pigments, retinoids, thyroid hormones and essential fatty acids, would contribute to providing, beyond the blood-testis barrier, thyroid hormones and retinoids to the developing germ cells in the seminiferous tubules and the maturing spermatozoa in the epididymis.
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- Maria Grazia Leone
- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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We obtained a high-efficiency separation carrier for proteome analysis by capillary electrophoresis. The addition of curdlan or laminaran to the run buffer hastened the migration time without any degradation in resolution. We propose that for the development of the separation carrier it is necessary to synthetically analyze each of the following mobility factors of electroosmotic flow: buffer ionic strength, additional disturbance and adsorption. The total analysis for buffer and additive will be useful for designing high-throughput screening (HTS) systems for proteome analysis without annoying adsorption.
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- M Tabuchi
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, Japan.
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Hiraoka A, Seiki K, Oda H, Eguchi N, Urade Y, Tominaga I, Baba K. Charge microheterogeneity of the beta-trace proteins (lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase) in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with neurological disorders analyzed by capillary isoelectrofocusing. Electrophoresis 2001; 22:3433-7. [PMID: 11669522 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200109)22:16<3433::aid-elps3433>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Charge microheterogeneity of the beta-trace protein (beta-TP = lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with various neurological disorders was analyzed by capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF). Under the conditions employed, beta-TP in the low-molecular-weight protein fraction of CSF was separated into at least four isoforms with different p/ values. An isoform with the pl value of 4.6-4.8 was usually the most abundant. The total beta-TP level in the CSF was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to be elevated in patients recovering from organic damage to the CNS and those with pathological brain atrophy. Changes in the total beta-TP level in the CSF were occasionally accompanied by those in its charge microheterogeneity, as revealed by CIEF. Such quantitative and qualitative changes in beta-TP in human CSF indicated changes in its pathophysiological roles in association with various neurological disorders.
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- A Hiraoka
- Kyorin University School of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
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Ragolia L, Palaia T, Frese L, Fishbane S, Maesaka JK. Prostaglandin D2 synthase induces apoptosis in PC12 neuronal cells. Neuroreport 2001; 12:2623-8. [PMID: 11522937 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200108280-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Apoptosis of neuronal cells is a proposed cause of certain neurological disorders. Here, we report on a 5- to 6-fold increase in apoptosis by exposure to prostaglandin D2 synthase (PGD2S) in PC12 neuronal cells. Apoptosis was detected by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL) assay, and appears to be mediated via caspase-3 activation. Neutralization with anti-PGD2S antibody or pre-treatment with selenium, which inhibits PGD2S enzymatic activity, both significantly inhibited the PGD2S-induced apoptosis, however, neither had any effect on the apoptosis induced by the known neuronal apoptotic inducer, glutamate. In addition, prostaglandins E1, E2, and F2alpha all inhibited the PGD2S-induced apoptosis while prostaglandin H2 had no significant effect. Furthermore, PGD2S isolated from human serum was more effective at inducing apoptosis then recombinantly expressed protein, presumably due to glycosylation. This novel role of PGD2S, as an inducer of apoptosis, may have implications in PC12 differentiation and possibly some neurological disorders.
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- L Ragolia
- 1Department of Medicine, Division of Cell Biology, Winthrop-University Hospital, 222 Station Plaza North, Suite 505-B, Mineola, NY 11501, USA
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Tseng WL, Chang HT. Regulation of electroosmotic flow and electrophoretic mobility of proteins for concentration without desalting. J Chromatogr A 2001; 924:93-101. [PMID: 11521912 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)00735-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Proteins were concentrated and separated in 0.6% poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) solution using a capillary filled with Tris-borate (TB) buffer prior to analysis and detected by laser-induced native fluorescence using a pulsed Nd:YAG laser. During the concentration and separation, PEO solution entered the capillary by electroosmotic flow. When proteins dissolved in high salts (phosphate-buffered saline) were separated using 0.6% PEO solution prepared in 200 mM TB buffer, pH 9.0, the limits of detection (LODs) at signal-to noise ratios=3 for carbonic anhydrase (CA) and alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-lac) were on the levels of sub microM and microM, respectively. The LOD values compared to those obtained in 38 mM TB buffer were relatively high, which is likely due to salt quenching, Joule heating and poor stacking. To improve sensitivity for analysis of proteins in high-conductivity media, two on-line concentration approaches without desalting were developed. When using a capillary filled with 1.5 M TB buffer, pH 10.0, and PEO solution prepared in 800 mM TB buffer, pH 9.0, the LOD values for CA and alpha-lac were 13.8 nM and 126.0 nM, respectively, which were about 4.7 and 11.2-fold sensitivity enhancements compared to those obtained by a conventional hydrodynamic injection (30 cm height for 10 s), respectively. The sensitivity was further improved by injecting a short plug of low pH buffer after protein injection using a capillary filled with 1.5 M TB buffer, pH 10.0, and PEO solution prepared in 400 mM TB buffer, pH 9.0. A linear relationship between the peak height and the injection volume up to 0.81 microl was obtained and the LOD values for CA and alpha-lac were down to 4.7 and 37.8 nM.
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- W L Tseng
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Hiraoka A, Tominaga I, Hori K. Sodium dodecylsulfate capillary gel electrophoretic measurement of the concentration ratios of albumin and alpha2-macroglobulin in cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with neurological disorders. J Chromatogr A 2000; 895:339-44. [PMID: 11105879 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)00584-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sodium dodecylsulfate capillary gel electrophoresis (SDS-CGE) was applied to measure the concentration ratios of albumin (Alb) and alpha2-macroglobulin (alphaMG) in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and concurrent serum samples from patients with various neurological disorders. The values of the alphaMG index in individual patients were calculated on the basis of the peak area ratios of Alb and an alphaMG subunit on the CSF and serum electropherograms. The alphaMG index value thus obtained was most prominently raised in patients with inflammatory diseases of the brain and/or meninges, suggesting that the function of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) was disturbed under the pathological conditions in the central nervous system. The measurement of the concentration ratios of Alb and alphaMG in CSF and the concurrent serum samples by the present SDS-CGE system seems to be useful as an aid in the biochemical examination of the BBB function in patients with neurological disorders.
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- A Hiraoka
- Kyorin University School of Health Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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Urade Y, Hayaishi O. Biochemical, structural, genetic, physiological, and pathophysiological features of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1482:259-71. [PMID: 11058767 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00161-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lipocalin-type prostaglandin (PG) D synthase (PGDS) catalyzes the isomerization of PGH(2), a common precursor of various prostanoids, to produce PGD(2), a potent endogenous somnogen and nociceptive modulator, in the presence of sulfhydryl compounds. PGDS is an N-glycosylated monomeric protein with an M(r) of 20000-31000 depending on the size of the glycosyl moiety. PGDS is localized in the central nervous system and male genital organs of various mammals and in the human heart and is secreted into the cerebrospinal fluid, seminal plasma, and plasma, respectively, as beta-trace. The PGDS concentrations in these body fluids are useful for the diagnosis of several neurological disorders, dysfunction of sperm formation, and cardiovascular and renal diseases. The cDNA and gene for PGDS have been isolated from several animal species, and the tissue distribution and cellular localization have also been determined. This enzyme is considered to be a dual functional protein; i.e. it acts as a PGD(2)-producing enzyme and also as a lipophilic ligand-binding protein, because the enzyme binds biliverdin, bilirubin (K(d)=30 nM), retinaldehyde, retinoic acid (K(d)=80 nM) with high affinities. X-ray crystallographic analyses revealed that PGDS possesses a beta-barrel structure with a hydrophobic pocket in which an active thiol, Cys(65), the active center for the catalytic reaction, was located facing to the inside of the pocket. Gene-knockout and transgenic mice for PGDS were generated and found to have abnormalities in the regulation of nociception and sleep.
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- Y Urade
- Department of Molecular Behavioral Biology, Osaka Bioscience Institute, 6-2-4 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan.
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- S N Krylov
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Prostaglandin (PG) D synthase catalyzes the isomerization of PGH2, a common precursor of various prostanoids, to produce PGD2 in the presence of sulfhydryl compounds. PGD2 induces sleep, regulates nociception, inhibits platelet aggregation, acts as an allergic mediator, and is further converted to 9 alpha, 11 beta-PGF2 or the J series of prostanoids, such as PGJ2, delta 12-PGJ2, and 15-deoxy-delta 12,14-PGJ2. We have purified two distinct types of PGD synthase; one is the lipocalin-type enzyme and the other is the hematopoietic enzyme. We isolated the cDNA and the gene for each enzyme and determined the tissue distribution profile and the cellular localization in several animal species. Lipocalin-type PGD synthase is localized in the central nervous system and male genital organs of various mammals and the human heart and is secreted into cerebrospinal fluid, seminal plasma, and plasma, respectively. The human enzyme was identified as beta-trace, which is a major protein in human cerebrospinal fluid. This enzyme is considered to be a dual-function protein; it acts as a PGD2-producing enzyme and also as a lipophilic ligand-binding protein, because the enzyme binds retinoids, thyroids, and bile pigments, with high affinities. Hematopoietic PGD synthase is widely distributed in the peripheral tissues and localized in the antigen-presenting cells, mast cells, and megakaryocytes. The hematopoietic enzyme is the first recognized vertebrate homolog of the sigma class of glutathione S-transferase. X-ray crystallographic analyses and generation of gene-knockout and transgenic mice for each enzyme have been performed.
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- Y Urade
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka, Japan
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Manabe T, Miyamoto H, Inoue K, Nakatsu M, Arai M. Separation of human cerebrospinal fluid proteins by capillary isoelectric focusing in the absence of denaturing agents. Electrophoresis 1999; 20:3677-83. [PMID: 10612295 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19991201)20:18<3677::aid-elps3677>3.0.co;2-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Conditions of capillary isoelectric focusing (CIEF) to separate human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) proteins were examined referring to those which we have established for the separation of human plasma/serum proteins. Since the average protein concentration in CSF is about 1/200 of plasma and the salt concentration is at almost the same level as plasma, desalting of CSF samples with minimum dilution was a prerequisite for CIEF analysis of CSF proteins. We constructed an apparatus to dialyze CSF at the level of 20-30 microL, this volume being sufficient for 3-4 repeated analyses of the CSF sample. To trace the process of dialysis, a simple device to measure the conductivity of the dialyzate was also constructed. Most of the CIEF conditions for plasma protein analysis could be applied for CSF protein analysis. However, the addition of N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine (TEMED) at a suitable concentration was necessary to improve the resolution of basic proteins (IgG region), since some CSF patterns showed peaks of basic proteins which are not obvious in the serum of the same patient. About 70 peaks and shoulders of CSF proteins could be detected by the established CIEF technique. The results of CIEF analysis of CSF samples suggested that the technique will be useful as a survey method to detect specific proteins in CSF, which might relate to disorders in the central nervous system.
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- T Manabe
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan.
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This review article with 125 references describes recent developments in capillary zone electrophoresis of proteins. It encompasses approximately the last two years, from the previous review (V. Dolník, Electrophoresis 1997, 18, 2353-2361) through Spring 1999. Topics covered include modeling of the electrophoretic properties of proteins, sample preconcentration and derivatization, wall coatings, improving selectivity, special detection techniques, and applications.
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- V Dolník
- Molecular Dynamics, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA.
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Thormann W, Wey AB, Lurie IS, Gerber H, Byland C, Malik N, Hochmeister M, Gehrig C. Capillary electrophoresis in clinical and forensic analysis: recent advances and breakthrough to routine applications. Electrophoresis 1999; 20:3203-36. [PMID: 10596826 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(19991001)20:15/16<3203::aid-elps3203>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This paper is a comprehensive review article on capillary electrophoresis (CE) in clinical and forensic analysis. It is based upon the literature of 1997 and 1998, presents CE examples in major fields of application, and provides an overview of the key achievements encountered, including those associated with the analysis of drugs, serum proteins, hemoglobin variants, and nucleic acids. For CE in clinical and forensic analysis, the past two years witnessed a breakthrough to routine applications. As most coauthors of this review are associated with diagnostic or forensic laboratories now using CE on a routine basis, this review also contains data from routine applications in drug, protein, and DNA analysis. With the first-hand experience of providing analytical service under stringent quality control conditions, aspects of quality assurance, assay specifications for clinical and forensic CE and the pros and cons of this maturing, cost-and pollution-controlled age technology are also discussed.
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- W Thormann
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Saso L, Valentini G, Leone MG, Grippa E, Guglielmi R, Paris L, Cantore G, Silvestrini B. Changes in concanavalin A-reactive proteins in neurological disorders. J Clin Lab Anal 1999; 13:158-65. [PMID: 10414595 PMCID: PMC6807750 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2825(1999)13:4<158::aid-jcla4>3.0.co;2-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Changes of glycosylation of cerebrospinal fluid proteins such as alpha2-macroglobulin, and prostaglandin D synthase were studied by lectin blotting, using concanavalinA, in multiple sclerosis (n = 42) and neuropathies (n = 20) in comparison to neurological controls (n = 22). The concanavalinA-reactivity of alpha2-macroglobulin, which was increased in the neuropathies but not in multiple sclerosis compared to controls, correlated with the total concanavalinA-reactivity in controls and neuropathies but not in multiple sclerosis, indicating that the protein could be abnormally glycosylated in the latter disease. Although the concentration and the concanavalinA-reactivity of prostaglandin D synthase were not significantly different in the three groups, the two parameters correlated only in neuropathies but not in controls or multiple sclerosis, probably due to the high heterogeneity of the protein. These changes deserve to be studied in further detail in view of their potential clinical applications.
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- Luciano Saso
- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy
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- Yan Xu
- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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