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Raddioactive fucose as a tool for studying glycoprotein secretion
Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 31(2): 207-13, feb. 1998. graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-212571
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The efficiency and reliability of radioactive fucose as a specific label for newly synthesized glycoproteins were investigated. Young adult male rabbits were injected intravitreally with [3H]-fucose, [3H]-galactose, [3H]-mannose, N-acetyl-[3H]-glucosamine or N-acetyl-[3H]-mannosamine, and killed 40 h after injection. In another series of experiments rabbits were injected with either [3H]-fucose or several tritiated amino acids and the specific activity of the vitreous proteins was determined. Vitreous samples were also processed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and histological sections of retina, ciliary body and lens (the eye components around the vitreous body) were processed for radioautography. The specific activity (counts per minute per microgram of protein) of the glycoproteins labeled with [3H]-fucose was always much higher than that of the proteins labeled with any of the other monosaccharides or any of the amino acids. There was a good correlation between the specific activity of the proteins labeled by any of the above precursors and the density of the vitreous protein bands detected by fluorography. This was also true for the silver grain density on the radioautographs of the histological sections of retina, ciliary body and lens. The contribution of radioautography (after[3H]-fucose administration) to the elucidation of the biogenesis of lysosomal and membrane glyco-proteins and to the determination of the intracellular process of protein secretion was reviewed. Radioactive fucose is the precursor of choice for studying glycoprotein secretion because it specific, efficient and practical for this purpose.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Radioactive Tracers / Vitreous Body / Glycoproteins / Fucose Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 1998 Type: Article / Congress and conference

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Radioactive Tracers / Vitreous Body / Glycoproteins / Fucose Limits: Animals Language: English Journal: Braz. j. med. biol. res Journal subject: Biology / Medicine Year: 1998 Type: Article / Congress and conference