Attempts to identify the active factor of reticulin-M by high voltage electrophoresis and by acetone precipitation

The reticulin-M forte (R forte), an antianaphylactic peptide, extracted from organs rich in RES, previously stimulated with India ink, was analysed after acetone precipitation by paper high voltage electrophoresis. Finally the biological activity remains concentrated in the second, arbitrary group of basic peptides, fractions 1 and 3.

Reticulin-M, an antianaphylactic peptide secreted by reticulo-endothelial system

I. Moldovan (1923) demonstrated in the blood ultrafiltrate from anaphylactically prepared guinea pigs, which believed to anaphylactic shock, or which were previously injected with coloidal substances as India ink to stimulate the RES, an antianaphylactic principle named Reticulin-M(R). Authors extracted R from organs rich in RES with acetone, established their, peptidic nature and tested it on anaphylactic prepared guinea pig uterine horns in vitro. The peptides were fractioned by high voltage paper electrophoresis. The fractions were cut up in four groups, eluted and tested. The second basic group was identified as active and concentrated by acetone, recipitation. In conclusion several techniques were used to obtain, to test, to isolate and to concentrate R, a natural antianaphylactic peptidic factor, which may be a cytokine.