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Androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, produce both N-terminally mature and truncated prostate-specific antigen isoforms

Herrala, A ; Kurkela, R ; Vihinen, Mauno LU orcid ; Kalkkinen, N and Vihko, P (1998) In European Journal of Biochemistry 255(2). p.329-335
Abstract
To characterize prostate-specific antigen (PSA) produced by cancer cells, different isoforms of PSA secreted by the human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, were purified. LNCaP-PSA production was induced by synthetic androgen, R1881. LNCaP-PSA was separated into four pools. The molecular mass of LNCaP-PSA isoforms in these pools was 34 kDa under reducing conditions and 29 kDa under nonreducing conditions on SDS/PAGE. pI of LNCaP-PSA isoforms varied from 6.8 to 8.2. Pool A had the highest specific activity, 37 nmol/(minxmg). All the pools formed stable complexes with alpha 1-antichymotrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin. The Fools contained 10-60% of N-terminally correctly processed LNCaP-PSA isoforms. According to the molecular modelling, the... (More)
To characterize prostate-specific antigen (PSA) produced by cancer cells, different isoforms of PSA secreted by the human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, were purified. LNCaP-PSA production was induced by synthetic androgen, R1881. LNCaP-PSA was separated into four pools. The molecular mass of LNCaP-PSA isoforms in these pools was 34 kDa under reducing conditions and 29 kDa under nonreducing conditions on SDS/PAGE. pI of LNCaP-PSA isoforms varied from 6.8 to 8.2. Pool A had the highest specific activity, 37 nmol/(minxmg). All the pools formed stable complexes with alpha 1-antichymotrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin. The Fools contained 10-60% of N-terminally correctly processed LNCaP-PSA isoforms. According to the molecular modelling, the addition or deletion of two or four N-terminal amino acids could affect the three-dimensional structure and thereby remarkably reduce the enzyme activity of LNCaP-PSA. (Less)
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prostate cancer, N-terminal sequencing, molecular modeling, standardization, enzyme activity
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European Journal of Biochemistry
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255
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2
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329 - 335
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0014-2956
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10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550329.x
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English
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  abstract     = {{To characterize prostate-specific antigen (PSA) produced by cancer cells, different isoforms of PSA secreted by the human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, were purified. LNCaP-PSA production was induced by synthetic androgen, R1881. LNCaP-PSA was separated into four pools. The molecular mass of LNCaP-PSA isoforms in these pools was 34 kDa under reducing conditions and 29 kDa under nonreducing conditions on SDS/PAGE. pI of LNCaP-PSA isoforms varied from 6.8 to 8.2. Pool A had the highest specific activity, 37 nmol/(minxmg). All the pools formed stable complexes with alpha 1-antichymotrypsin and alpha 2-macroglobulin. The Fools contained 10-60% of N-terminally correctly processed LNCaP-PSA isoforms. According to the molecular modelling, the addition or deletion of two or four N-terminal amino acids could affect the three-dimensional structure and thereby remarkably reduce the enzyme activity of LNCaP-PSA.}},
  author       = {{Herrala, A and Kurkela, R and Vihinen, Mauno and Kalkkinen, N and Vihko, P}},
  issn         = {{0014-2956}},
  keywords     = {{prostate cancer; N-terminal sequencing; molecular modeling; standardization; enzyme activity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{329--335}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Biochemistry}},
  title        = {{Androgen-sensitive human prostate cancer cells, LNCaP, produce both N-terminally mature and truncated prostate-specific antigen isoforms}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550329.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2550329.x}},
  volume       = {{255}},
  year         = {{1998}},
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