Development and Reproduction (한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식)
- Volume 7 Issue 2
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- Pages.113-118
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- 2003
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- 2465-9525(pISSN)
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- 2465-9541(eISSN)
A Caseinolytic Enzyme in Human Follicular Fluid
사람 난표액의 Caseinolytic Enzyme
Abstract
Follicular fluid(FF) of mammalian Graafian follicles contains various kinds of proteins and proteinases that are believed to play important roles during follicular growth oocyte maturation and ovulation of mature oocytes. Previous studies of human FF(hFF) demonstrated the presence of many serine/threonine proteinases and matrix metalloproteinases such as gelatinases, however, little is known about the caseinases. Present study was aimed to examine the presence and the property of caseinolytic enzyme in hFF. Using casein zymographic method, it was found that hFF, human adult serum and cord serum exhibited one intense 80 kDa and another weak 78 kDa bands having caseinolytic activity. When inhibitors were added to the zymographic substrate buffer, caseinolytic activity of both 80 kDa and 78 kDa proteins were inhibited by othylenediarnine tetraacetic acid(EDTA) or soybean trypsin inhibitor(SBTI), but not by E-64, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride(PMSF) or 1,10-phenanthroline. Thus both enzymes appear to belong to a family of trypsin-like enzyme. Addition of EDTA to the zymographic substrate buffer almost abolished the caseinolytic activity of both enzymes. However, further addition of a divalent metal ion such as CaC
포유동물의 성숙한 난포의 난포액 속에는 여러 종류의 단백질 분해효소가 있으며 이들은 난포의 형성과 퇴화 및 난자의 성숙과 배란 등의 다양한 변화에 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 여겨진다. 난포액 속의 단백질 가수분해효소 중에는 serine proteinase가 비교적 잘 알려져 있으나 다른 효소 특히, caseinolytic enzyme에 대해서는 거의 알려져 있지 않다. 본 연구에서는 사람의 난포액을 재료로 하여 caseinolytic enzyme의 존재 여부 및 동 효소의 특성을 알아보고자 하였다. 사람의 난포액과 혈청 그리고 사람의 제대혈을