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Anamalous electrophoresis behavior of rebonuclease from human urine and a novel treatment method for reliable analysis
Author(s) -
Thomas John M.,
Hodes Marion E.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
electrophoresis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1522-2683
pISSN - 0173-0835
DOI - 10.1002/elps.1150020207
Subject(s) - urine , electrophoresis , rnase p , isoelectric focusing , isoelectric point , myoglobin , chemistry , chromatography , isozyme , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , gel electrophoresis , enzyme , biochemistry , rna , gene
Since Desialylated rebonuclease (RNase) from human urine has a highle alkaline isoelectric point (pI 9.5–10.5), an acidic buffer system is required for electrophoretic analysis of different urine specimens. In a common acid disc electrophoresis system in thin‐layer polyacrylamide gel, the cathodal mobility of the RNase enzyme(s) was markedly reduced from that expected on the basis of the estimated pI. Dialysis urine against water had a very detrimental effect on the separation of the isozymes, and the addition of buffer to the dialyzed urine further exacerbated this effect. The urin RNase exhibited anomalous electrophoretic behavior in the form different urine specimens or from the same urine specimen adjusted to different concentrations. Treatment of urine with various cations had a significant, positive effect on the migration and resolution of the isozymes. This and other experimental evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that the anomalous behavior was due to the binding of anions from the buffer. A standardized protocol was developed for processing urine specimens, including treatment of urine with myoglobin, which abolished the artifactual variation observed previously and enabled reliable electrophoretic separation of the urine RNase isozymes. In addion, myoglobin treatment had a similar positive effect on the electrophoretic behavior of RNase enzymes from some other sources.