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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 151, Issue 5 2699-2706, Copyright © 1993 by American Association of Immunologists

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Analysis of human skin mast cell proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Identification of tryptase as a sialylated glycoprotein

RC Benyon, JA Enciso and AD Befus
Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Proteins of mast cells purified from human foreskin were separated by 2- D polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis using either nonequilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis or isoelectric focusing in the first dimension and SDS-PAGE in the second dimension. Silver staining showed that a major feature of skin mast cell 2-D protein maps was a variety of relatively abundant proteins in the m.w. range of 29 to 37 kDa and covering a broad pH range from 5.0 to 8.5. Tryptase was identified on Western blots of 2-D-separated proteins by its binding of mAb and of 3H- diisopropylfluorophosphate. The precise distribution of tryptase varied among individuals but this protein generally occupied a continuum of molecular weights between 28 and 37 kDa and ranged in isoelectric point between 5.0 and 6.5. Tryptase was one of a number of mast cell proteins that bound the lectin concanavalin A as well as lectins specific for sialic acid, demonstrating that this enzyme is a sialylated glycoprotein. The diffuse m.w. distribution of skin mast cell tryptase (31 to 36 kDa) observed after SDS-PAGE was reduced to a single band of 30 kDa after treatment with protein-N-glycosidase F to remove asparagine-linked oligosaccharides. This finding suggests that intrinsic m.w. heterogeneity of tryptase in skin mast cells is largely a result of the addition of variable amounts of oligosaccharide to the tryptase polypeptide.


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