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Query: UNIPROT:P17931 (galectin-3)
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Nuclear proteins were extracted in 2 M NaCl from membrane-depleted nuclei isolated from HL60 cells. Extracted proteins were submitted to affinity chromatography columns containing immobilized glucose, galactose or lactose. The polypeptides present in the different eluted fractions were resolved by SDS-PAGE and were either silver stained or analysed by immunoblotting with monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies, respectively, raised against the glucose-binding protein CBP67 and the galactose-binding proteins CBP35 and L14. The results presented here show that HL60 cell nuclei contain CBP35 and a glucose-binding lectin of 70 kDa (CBP70). These data account for the previously reported binding of neoglycoproteins containing glucosyl and galactosyl residues to HL60 cell nuclei. Furthermore, the present study provides the new information that CBP35 can associate with CBP70 by interactions dependent on the binding of CBP35 to lactose, and the results of some affinity chromatography experiments strongly suggest that CBP35 and CBP70 associate by protein-protein interactions. The potential function of this lactose-mediated interaction is discussed with respect to data recently reported by others showing that CBP35 is involved in in vitro mRNA splicing and that lactose inhibits the processing of the pre-RNA substrate.
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PMID:Evidence for a lactose-mediated association between two nuclear carbohydrate-binding proteins. 844 82

Laminins are glycoproteins expressed in the basement membrane of multiple epithelial tissues. Previously described purification procedures for the human laminin variants laminin-5 (LN-332) and laminin-10 (LN-511) use tissue as starting material and have multiple steps. We demonstrate a two-step laminin immunoaffinity purification method to produce consistent quantities of intact and biologically active LN-332 and LN-511 from human keratinocyte (HaCaT) and human lung carcinoma (A549) cell lines, respectively. The purification of LN-332 and LN-551 was demonstrated by PAGE analysis, silver staining and Western blot analysis. The purification procedure includes instruction on removing a cell adhesion contaminant known as galectin-3 binding protein from purified LN-511. The biological activity of purified laminin was tested in a standard cell adhesion assay and compared to commercially available LN-111. This rapid and reproducible purification method will contribute to understanding the role of LN-332 and LN-511 in cell behavior, signaling, and gene expression.
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PMID:Simplified purification procedure of laminin-332 and laminin-511 from human cell lines. 1871 21