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ArticleProtein expression and purification2008

New strategies for the isolation and activity determination of naturally occurring type-4 glutathione peroxidase.

Robert M Kernstock, Albert W Girotti

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Article in Protein expression and purification, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert M KernstockDepartment of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226-3548, USA.
Albert W Girotti
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE CYTOTOXICITY AND DETOXIFICATIONR01CA072630 · NCI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI GIROTTI, ALBERT · 1998 to 2007
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA72630NCI NIH HHS R01 CA072630
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type 4 glutathione peroxidase (GPx4) is a widely expressed mammalian selenoenzyme known to play a vital role in cytoprotection against lipid hydroperoxide (LOOH)-mediated oxidative stress and regulation of oxidative signaling cascades. Since prokaryotes are not equipped to express mammalian selenoproteins, preparation of recombinant GPx4 via commonly used bacterial transformation is not feasible. A published procedure for isolating the enzyme from rat testis employs affinity chromatography on bromosulfophthalein-glutathione-linked agarose as the penultimate step in purification. Since this resin is no longer commercially available and preparing it in satisfactory operational form is tedious, we have developed an alternative purification approach based on sequential anion exchange, size exclusion, and cation exchange chromatography. Final preparations were found to be essentially homogeneous in GPx4 (M(r) approximately 20 kDa), as demonstrated by SDS-PAGE with protein staining and immunoblotting. Specific enzymatic activity was determined using a novel thin-layer chromatographic approach in which the kinetics of phosphatidylcholine hydroperoxide loss or cholesterol-7alpha-hydroperoxide loss was monitored. A >400-fold purification of active enzyme has been attained. The relatively straightforward isolation procedure described should prove valuable for further functional studies on GPx4, e.g. how its ability to catalyze LOOH reduction compares with that of other LOOH detoxifying enzymes.

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AnimalsBiochemistryCatalysisChromatographyChromatography, Thin LayerElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelGlutathione PeroxidaseHumansKineticsLipid PeroxidesMalePhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione PeroxidaseRatsTestisGlutathione PeroxidaseLipid PeroxidesPhospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase

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PMID18723092
PMCPMC2587134
OpenAlexW2009621228

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