Journal of Aquaculture (한국양식학회지)

The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science (한국양식학회)
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Purification and Immunochemical Characteristics of Yolk Protein and Vitellogenin in Korean bullhead Pseudobagrus fulvidraco

동자개 Pseudobagrus fulvidraco의 난황단백질과 난황단백전구체의 분리와 면역학적 특성

  • Lim, Sang-Koo (Southern Regional Inland Fisheries Research Institute, NFRDI) ;
  • Kang, Bong-Jung (Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University) ;
  • Han, Chang-Hee (Department of Molecular Biology, Dongeui University)
  • 임상구 (국립수산과학원 남부내수면연구소) ;
  • 강봉정 (오카야마대학 생물학과) ;
  • 한창희 (동의대학교 생물학과)
  • Published : 2008.11.25
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Abstract

Vitellogenin (Vg) is the precursor of vitellin (Vn), the major yolk protein of teleost fishes. In this study, Vg and Vn proteins of the Korean bullhead Pseudobagrus fulvidraco were isolated using gel-filtration chromatography (Sephadex-G 200 column) and anion-exchange chromatography (Mono Q HR 5/5 column), respectively. Purified Vn with an estimated molecular mass of 360 kDa by gel filtration chromatography was obtained from ovarian egg, and it was composited to one major subunit with an estimated molecular mass of 107 kDa by SDS-PAGE. In the result of western blotting, one major band was detected using antiserum against Vn (anti-Vn). These results suggested that Vn was composed of three subunits having the same molecular weight in Pseudobagrus fulvidraco. Vg was induced by estradiol-$17{\beta}$ ($E_2$) and purified from $E_2$ treated male serum. The molecular weight of whole Vg was estimated to be 450 kDa by gel filtration chromatography, and it is composed of three subunits with estimated molecular masses of 110 kDa, 125 kDa and 147 kDa as determined by SDS-PAGE. In the Ouchterlony's immunodiffusion test using anti-Vn and antiserum against female and male serum, purified Vg was detected in matured female and Ez treated male serum but not in untreated male. These results can be used in detecting estrogenic contamination of the aquatic environment.

본 연구에서는 동자개, Pseudobagrus fulvidraco의 난황단백질(Vitellin, Vg 난황단백전구체(Vitellogenin, Vg)를 분리하였고, 그 특성을 분석하였다. 난황단백질은 성성숙한 난소 난으로부터 gel filtration chromatography (Sephadex - G200)을 이용하여 분리되었다. 동자개의 난황단백질은 SDS-PAGE에서 분자량이 107 kDa인 1개의 subunit로 구성되어 있었고, 총 난황 단백질 분자량은 360 kDu으로_ 측정되었다. 난황단백전구체는 성숙한 수컷에 $E_2$를 삽입하여 유도하였고, anion exchange chromatography (Momo Q HR 5/5 column)을 이용하여 분리되었다. 분리된 난황단백전구체의 총 분자량은 450 kDa으로 계산되었고, 이는 SDS-PAGE하에서 110 KDa, 125 kDa와 147 kDa로 3개의 subunit로 구성되어져 있었다.

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