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A method using p-benzoquinone for coupling antigens and antibodies to enzymes and erythrocytes is described. The method involves the treatment of proteins (or polysaccharides) at pH 6 or 7 with an excess of p-benzoquinone. After removal of the unreacted reagent by gel filtration, the "activated" proteins were coupled at pH 8-9 with enzymes or erythrocytes. Biological activities of the proteins were not substantially modified by this treatment since 80-100% of the antigen binding capacity was found to be preserved in p-benzoquinone treated antibodies or Fab fragments. Anti-Ig antibodies (or Fab) were coupled by this procedure to peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, lactoperoxidase, glucose oxidase and beta-galactosidase, and the conjugates obtained were found to be highly effective in detecting intracellular Ig by immunohistochemical techniques. Erythrocytes coated with sheep anti-mouse Ig antibody or Fab were used to titrate by passive hemagglutination serum Ig. The same erythrocytes were employed to detect by plaque assay mouse Ig secreting cells. Erythrocytes coated with peroxidase, alkaline phosphatase, bovine serum albumin, ribonuclease, Salmonella polysaccharide (B 27 +) and pneumoccocal polysaccharide SIII were employed to titrate serum antibody by passive hemagglutination and hemolysis and to detect mouse antibody secreting cells by plaque assay. All the antigens and antibodies coated erythrocytes prepared gave highly satisfactory and reproducible results.
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PMID:A new method using p-benzoquinone for coupling antigens and antibodies to marker substances. 0 79

HeLa (substrain Ho) grown in serum free medium showed an increase in the specific activity of alkaline phosphatase when fetal calf serum (10%) was added to the medium (9.7 nmoles/sec/mg protein to 86.8). Under the same conditions, eight intracellular enzymes showed no increase in activity. Similar results were obtained using a different serum or medium, and with a second strain of HeLa (substrain ATC). For a given set of growth conditions, the effect of serum was dependent on its concentration and required one or more culture generations to develop. The type of isozyme expressed did not change. Neither zinc nor a total serum lipid extract would substitute for serum. The enzyme expressed by HeLaHo was not induced by prednisolone, while that in HeLaATC was. However, for cells grown in excess prednisolone without serum, the specific activity was 25% of that found for cells grown with prednisolone and serum. Cortexolone, an antagonist of prednisolone, was without effect for HeLaHo grown in A3 medium with or without serum. The serum factor had the following characteristics. It was not lost on dialysis, treatment with DNase and RNase, or removal of lipoproteins. It was reduced after heating by 65% and after treatment with Pronase by 82%. The data are interpreted to indicate the presence of a factor (s) in serum, probably a protein, which is involved in stimulating alkaline phosphatase specific activity.
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PMID:Evidence for a high molecular weight factor(s) in serum which increases alkaline phosphatase specific activity in HeLa. 3 90

An antigenic substance reactive with autoantibodies found in patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases was isolated from calf thymus. The purification procedure included extraction of the tissues with acetone powder, batch and column chromatography on DEAE-resins, ammonium sulfate precipitation, gel filtration on Sephadex G-200, and affinity chromatography on antibody-Sepharose 4B. Indirect immunofluorescence examination of cultured human embryo cells, using the serum of patients with nasopharyngeal cancer, showed a speckled nuclear pattern. The antigenic factor was a soluble acidic protein with a pI of 5.0 and a molecular weight of 250,000. The antigenic activities of this purified substance from calf thymus, and of the material on the cultured human embryo cells, were destroyed by proteases, ribonuclease, and alkaline phosphatase. The determinants were also sensitive to periodate oxidation. Thermal stability to 60 degree C and pH stability between 2.6 and 8.5 were demonstrated. Cross-reactivity of the antigenic substance with antibodies isolated from individuals with cancer and autoimmune diseases was shown by immunofluorescence, with appropriate blocking and absorption controls.
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PMID:Isolation of "speckled" nuclear antigen reactive with autoantibodies in patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases. 5 88

In 56 patients with Hodgkin's disease, the following bloodtests were carried out: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), fibrinogen, alpha2-globuline, serium iron concentrations and alkaline phosphatase activity. In some patients we additionally measured alkaline leucocyte phosphatase and serum ribonuclease activity. In our series ESR, serum iron and alpha2-globuline concentrations were the most sensitive metabolic parameters. A rise in fibrinogen concentration, alkaline phosphatase and serum ribonclease activity seems to indicate extensive disease. It is not possible, however, to discern between a state of remission and stage I by means of these parameters. ESR, serum iron and alpha2-globuline concentrations might be either elevated or normal in both instances. These parameters seem important in order to distinguish between a remission or stage I on the one hand and extensive disease in stage III and IV on the other hand. Concomitant findings of ESR above 40 mmh, elevated concentrations of fibrinogen and alpha2-globuline, as well as elevated alkaline phosphatase and serum and serum ribonuclease activity mostly indicate stage III or IV.
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PMID:[Significance of metabolic parameters in Hodgkin's disease (author's transl)]. 5 79

Rabbit globin complementary DNA made with RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (reverse transcriptase) was used as a template for in vitro synthesis of 32P-labeled RNA and deoxysubstituted RNA. The sequences of the nucleotides in most of the fragments resulting from combined ribonuclease T1 and alkaline phosphatase digestion have been determined. In addition, the 3' nearest neighbor was determined for several fragments resulting from digestion with T1 ribonuclease. The utility of the deoxysubstitution technique was demonstrated by the ease with which the sequences of pyrimidine-rich fragments could be determined. Many sequences thus determined were long enough to fit uniquely with the alpha- or beta-globin amino acid sequences. The positions of these fits were found to be clustered, leading us to believe that only certain regions of the complementary DNA are transcribed by Escherichia coli RNA polymerase. Other unique characteristics of RNA synthesis from a complementary DNA template include a high yield of free poly(A) and the fact that one must use low rather than high salt buffers to obtain transcripts of high molecular weight.
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PMID:Rabbit globin mRNA: analysis of T1 RNAse digestion fragments. 6 35

We prepared the 5'- and 3'-O-phosphorothioate esters of the antitumor agent O2 : 2'-anhydro-1-beta-D-arabinosylcytosine. We also included in this study esters of 2'-thio-2'-deoxycytidine, namely, 2'-S-dCyd-2' : 3'-P, 2'-S-dCyd-2'-P, and 2'-S-dCyd-3'-P, along with natural nucleotides. These compounds were subjected to the action of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase, potato acid phosphatase, and bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A. The data were analyzed by Lineweaver-Burk plots to obtain Km and KI values. Only 2'-S-dCyd-2'-P was a substrate for alkaline phosphatase; the anhydro-araCyt phosphorothioates were good competitive inhibitors, while 2'-S-dCyd-3'-P did not associate with the enzyme. Acid phosphatase hydrolyzed all four monoesters investigated, including the S-phosphorothioate. The cyclic phosphorothioate, 2'-S-dCyd-2' : 3'-P was neither hydrolyzed by, nor associated with, ribonuclease A. ORD spectroscopy was also used in an attempt to relate the structural features of analogs to the peculiarity of their hydrolysis.
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PMID:The enzymatic hydrolysis of the phosphate ester bond in some thionucleotides. 8 87

Small oligonucleotides from DNA and RNA have been separated according to their base composition by high-performance anion-exchange liquid chromatography on Partisil-10 SAX using triethylammonium acetate buffer as the eluent. Fifteen of the 16 possible deoxydinucleoside monophosphates and all 16 dinucleoside monophosphates have been separated. All pairs of sequence isomers were all resolved. The 15 commercially available deoxydinucleotides were resolved into 13 fractions. A good resolution of deoxytrinucleoside diphosphates isolated from an alkaline phosphatase-Mg2+-activated DNase I digest of calf thymus DNA was achieved by this technique. A large number of sequence isomers could be fully separated. The base sequence of the eluted individual constituents has been determined by their hydrolysis with snake venom and spleen phosphodiesterase followed by high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of the nucleotides released. The eight trinucleoside diphosphates isolated from an alkaline phosphatase-pancreatic RNase digest of yeast RNA have also been separated according to base composition. Their sequence was determined as above. The described technique is fast and gave very good separation. Most of the sequence isomers could be separated. Moreover, the eluent triethylammonium acetate can easily be removed from column effluents by freeze-drying in order to facilitate subsequent sequence analysis of the eluted compounds. The observed elution orders of the sequence isomers obey certain rules which are discussed in detail.
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PMID:Separation of small DNA and RNA oligonucleotides by high-performance anion-exchange liquid chromatography. 9 13

The properties of the enzyme ribonuclease N were investigated. By comparing the distribution in the cell of RNase N with the bonafide intracellular beta-galactosidase, and the periplasmic alkaline phosphatase enzymes, we showed that RNase N is an intracellular enzyme. Since previous studies suggested that it is an endoribonuclease, it was compared to RNase III, the only other known intracellular endoribonuclease in Escherichia coli. Using homopolymers and co-polymers we found that, while RNase III could digest double-stranded RNA only, RNase N digested single-stranded and double-stranded RNA with similar efficiency. Furthermore, all RNAs used, natural as well as synthetic, were substrates for the enzyme. Using 5 S rRNA as a substrate it was confirmed that the enzyme is an endonuclease. The final products of the reaction of this enzyme are 5'-mononucleotides. The molecular weight of the enzyme is about 120,000 and it seems to contain two subunits which are similar in size. These properties thus differentiate this enzyme from all other known ribonucleases in E. coli.
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PMID:Characterization of an endoribonuclease, RNase N, from Escherichia coli. 9

Evidence that 32 S nRNA contains 5.8 S rRNA was provided by studies on specific oligonucleotide sequences of these RNA species. Purified 32P-labeled 5.8 and 28 S rRNA and 32 S RNA were digested with T-1 ribonuclease, and the products were fractionated according to chain length by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-25 at neutral pH. The oligonucleotides in Peak 8 were treated with alkaline phosphatase and the products were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis on cellulose acetate at pH 3.5 and DEAE-paper in 7% formic acid. Seven unique oligonucleotide markers for 5.8 S rRNA including the methylated octanucleotide A-A-U-U-Gm-G-A-Gp were present in 32 S RNA but were not found in 28 S rRNA, indicating that 5.8 S rRNA is directly derived from the 32 S nucleolar precursor. These studies confirm a maturation pathway for rRNA species in which 32 S nucleolar RNA is a precursor of 5.8 S rRNA as well as 28 S rRNA.
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PMID:Maturation pathway for Novikoff ascites hepatoma 5.8 S ribosomal ribonucleic acid. Evidence for its presence in 32 S nuclear ribonucleic acid. 16 43

We have perfused isolated rat livers with hypocalcemic (4.4 mg 100 ml) Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate albumin buffer. After 15 min of perfusion, a substance appeared in the perfusate which decreased rat renal adenylate cyclase activation by parathyroid hormone (PTH). The material in the perfusate was purified greater than 50,000-fold by Bio-Gel P-10 chromatography. The purified antagonist decreased the activation of rat renal cortical adenylate cyclase by PTH, glucagon, and epinephrine 75 to 100%. Concentration response curves for each of the hormones indicated a noncompetitive interaction of the inhibitor with the hormone. The inhibition was not species-specific, as the activation of the parathyroid hormone-responsive adenylate cyclase in cat renal cortex was also abolished by the inhibitor from the perfused rat liver. The inhibitor is a peptide, Mr equal to similar to 1000, which is heat-stable, acid-stable, alkai-labile, and is destroyed by trypsin, leucine aminopeptidase, and elastase. It is not destroyed by phosphodiesterase, 5'-nucleotidase, alkaline phosphatase, neuraminidase, RNase, or phospholipase A. The inhibitor is not produced by isolated rat livers perfused with normocalcemic perfusion media. It is unclear whether the peptide is synthesized by the liver or whether it is a breakdown product of a larger peptide or protein in the liver. This is the first reported peptide inhibitor of adenylate cyclase.
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PMID:Isolation of a unique peptide inhibitor of hormone-responsive adenylate cyclase. 16 24


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