Fish plasminogen activators: their identification and characterization

Cell Struct Funct. 1987 Feb;12(1):11-22. doi: 10.1247/csf.12.11.

Abstract

Immunoblots of proteins extracted from the skin of a small viviparous fish (Xiphophorus) showed that a monoclonal antibody against human urokinase recognizes multiple molecular weight species of antigens. The immunoaffinity-purified antigens had serine-protease activity for the hydrolysis of a chromogenic substrate and could convert human plasminogen to plasmin in a manner similar to that for human urokinase in vitro. Two antigens with apparent molecular weights of 55 and 50 kilodaltons that had been purified on a fibrin-Celite column were separable on SDS-polyacrylamide gels and were characterized as major plasminogen activators on fibrin-agar indicator plates. The 125I-tryptic peptide maps of both antigens were similar to that of human urokinase; therefore, the fish activators and human urokinase are structurally and functionally related.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Cyprinodontiformes / physiology*
  • Immunosorbent Techniques
  • Kinetics
  • Melanophores / enzymology
  • Molecular Weight
  • Peptide Fragments / analysis
  • Plasminogen / metabolism
  • Plasminogen Activators / isolation & purification*
  • Plasminogen Activators / metabolism
  • Trypsin
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / immunology
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / isolation & purification
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / metabolism

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Plasminogen
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Trypsin
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator