Presence in human skeletal muscle of an AMP deaminase-associated protein that reacts with an antibody to human plasma histidine-proline-rich glycoprotein

J Histochem Cytochem. 1999 Feb;47(2):255-60. doi: 10.1177/002215549904700214.

Abstract

Histidine-proline-rich glycoprotein (HPRG) is a protein that is synthesized by parenchimal liver cells. The protein has been implicated in a number of plasma-specific processes, including blood coagulation and fibrinolysis. We have recently reported the association of an HPRG-like protein with rabbit skeletal muscle AMP deaminase (AMPD). The results of the immunological analysis reported here demonstrate that an antibody against human plasma HPRG reacts with an AMPD preparation from human skeletal muscle. To probe the localization of the putative HPRG-like protein in human skeletal muscle, serial sections from frozen biopsy specimens were processed for immunohistochemical and histoenzymatic stains. A selective binding of the anti-HPRG antibody to Type IIB muscle fibers was detected, suggesting a preferential association of the novel protein to the AMPD isoenzyme contained in the fast-twitch glycolytic fibers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • AMP Deaminase / isolation & purification
  • AMP Deaminase / metabolism*
  • Blood Proteins / immunology
  • Blotting, Western
  • Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein
  • Histocytochemistry
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Muscle Fibers, Fast-Twitch / metabolism
  • Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / metabolism
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry
  • Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
  • Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Blood Proteins
  • Proteins
  • Histidine-Rich Glycoprotein
  • AMP Deaminase