Purification and characterization of a phagocytosis-stimulating factor from phagocytosing polymorphonuclear neutrophils: comparison with granule basic proteins.
AUTOR(ES)
Ishibashi, Y
RESUMO
Phagocytosis-stimulating factor (PSF) was purified by copper chelate chromatography and characterized in comparison with basic proteins in the granule of polymorphonuclear neutrophils. By copper chelate chromatography, PSF was eluted at pH 3.7; whereas cationic protein, lysozyme, and lactoferrin were eluted at pH 5.6, 5.1, and 4.0, respectively. Purified PSF has an approximate molecular weight of 16,000 and an isoelectric point at 8.7, which differ from those of basic proteins, such as cationic protein, lysozyme, and lactoferrin. Anionic substances such as DNA and heparin did not influence the phagocytosis-stimulating activity of PSF, whereas that of the granule basic protein fraction from resting polymorphonuclear neutrophils was abolished. PSF had little bactericidal activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, whereas the granule basic protein fraction from resting PMNs had strong bactericidal activity against E. coli and weak activity against S. aureus. These results indicate that PSF is a basic protein which is distinguishable from cationic protein, lysozyme, and lactoferrin.
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