Bovine serum albumin

About: Bovine serum albumin is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 19981 publications have been published within this topic receiving 571291 citations. The topic is also known as: BSA.

The preparation and specificity of antibody to thyrotropin releasing hormone.

Abstract: Synthetic thyrotropin releasing hormone (L-pyroglutamyl-L-histidyl-L-prolineamide) (TRH) was coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA) with bis-diazotized benzidine (BDB). Recovery after dialysis of 14C-TRH included in the reaction mixture indicated that the product contained 37.5 μg TRH/mg albumin. The TRH-BDBBSA conjugate in doses calculated to contain 200 and 1000 ng TRH was biologically inactive whereas 20 ng TRH significantly increased rat serum TSH in vivo. Immunization of rabbits with the conjugate yielded significant quantities of anti- TRH antibody which was detected by reaction of diluted antiserum with 125I-TRH. Using 125I-TRH a double antibody radioimmunoassay for TRH has been developed in which as little as 0.1 ng unlabeled TRH can be detected. A variety of TRH analogues were tested and all had little reactivity in this immunoassay. The most potent of these was L-pyroglutamyl-D-histidyl-L-prolineamide which had 1.08% of the activity of TRH. Addition of the amino acid constituents of TRH, various ...

Serum albumin is a specific inhibitor of apoptosis in human endothelial cells

Abstract: Excess blood vessels are removed by apoptosis of endothelial cells, however, the signals responsible for this have not been defined. Apoptosis of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells is induced by deprivation of serum or adhesion. In this paper, apoptosis in human umbilical vein and microvascular endothelium was induced by deprivation of serum and or adhesion. Apoptosis was confirmed on the basis of morphology, ultrastructure and internucleosomal cleavage of DNA. Loss of endothelial adhesion was found to be an early event in cultured endothelial cell apoptosis and was exploited to quantitate apoptosis. The effect of: bovine serum albumin; human serum albumin; recombinant human albumin; dithiothreitol reduced human and bovine albumin; CNBr treated human and bovine albumin as well as ovalbumin upon endothelial apoptosis was determined. Native bovine and human albumin as well as recombinant human material inhibited apoptosis at physiological concentrations with identical dose response curves in both umbilical vein and microvascular cells. Dithiothreitol treatment destroyed all protective activity while bovine but not human albumin was partially inactivated by CNBr treatment. The unrelated protein ovalbumin was not protective. Albumin did not inhibit apoptosis if cells were also deprived of adhesion. The data suggest that albumin is a specific inhibitor of human endothelial apoptosis but does not protect cells also deprived of adhesion. Reduced supply of albumin to endothelium in poorly perfused blood vessels may provide a mechanism for the removal of excess blood vessels in remodelling tissues. Also, the failure of albumin to protect endothelial cells deprived of adhesion from apoptosis may reflect the need to remove potentially micro-embolic cells detached due to trauma.

Intracellular pH measurements by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance. Influence of factors other than pH on 31P chemical shifts.

Abstract: Titration curves plotting chemical shift vs. pH for inorganic phosphate and glucose 6-phosphate in solutions of various composition are presented. Physiological concentrations of K+ (0.1 M) and Mg2+ (5 mM) are shown to significantly shift the titration curve. The Mg2+ effect can be partly or completely reversed by addition of sufficient quantities of adenosine triphosphate or organic acids. The acidic protein bovine serum albumin and soluble maize root tip protein have no noticeable effect on the titration curves, whereas the basic protein protamine exerts a profound effect. The results clearly indicate that knowledge of intracellular ionic strength and free Mg2+ concentrations in the sample are required if the determination of intracellular pH by 31P NMR is to be considered accurate within +/- 0.05-01 pH unit.

Inhibition of neointimal proliferation in rabbits after vascular injury by a single treatment with a protein adduct of nitric oxide.

Abstract: Endothelium-derived relaxing factor is important for vascular homeostasis and possesses qualities that may modulate vascular injury, including vasodilation, platelet inhibition, and inhibition of smooth muscle proliferation. S-nitrososerum albumin is a naturally occurring adduct of nitric oxide (NO) with a prolonged biologic half-life and is a potent vasodilator and platelet inhibitor. Given the avidity of serum albumin for subendothelial matrix and the antiproliferative effects of NO, we investigated the effects of locally delivered S-nitroso-bovine serum albumin (S-NO-BSA) and a polythiolated form of bovine serum albumin (pS-BSA) modified to carry several S-nitrosothiol groups (pS-NO-BSA) on neointimal responses in an animal model of vascular injury. Locally delivered S-NO-BSA bound preferentially to denuded rabbit femoral vessels producing a 26-fold increase in local concentration compared with uninjured vessels (P = 0.029). pS-NO-BSA significantly reduced the intimal/medial ratio (P = 0.038) and did so in conjunction with elevations in platelet (P < 0.001) and vascular cGMP content (P < or = 0.001). pS-NO-BSA treatment also inhibited platelet deposition (P = 0.031) after denuding injury. Comparison of BSA, S-NO-BSA, pS-NO-BSA, and control revealed a dose-response relationship between the amount of displaceable NO delivered and the extent of inhibition of neointimal proliferation at 2 wk (P < or = 0.001). Local administration of a stable protein S-nitrosothiol inhibits intimal proliferation and platelet deposition after vascular arterial balloon injury. This strategy for the local delivery of a long-lived NO adduct has potential for preventing restenosis after angioplasty.