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Isolation of a caveolae-enriched fraction from rat lung by affinity partitioning and sucrose gradient centrifugation

Abedinpour, Parisa LU and Jergil, Bengt LU (2003) In Analytical Biochemistry 313(1). p.1-8
Abstract
Caveolae were isolated from rat lungs by a combination of affinity partitioning and sucrose gradient centrifugation. After homogenization of the lungs directly in a polyethylene glycol–dextran two-phase system and conventional phase partitioning, the polyethylene glycol-rich top phase was affinity partitioned with fresh bottom phase containing dextran-linked wheat-germ agglutinin. The lectin selectively attracted plasma membranes to the bottom phase. The isolated plasma membrane fraction was treated with Triton X-100 or, alternatively, sonicated before centrifugation in a stepwise sucrose gradient. Caveolin-enriched material collected at the 5/24% sucrose boundary. This material also contained 5′-nucleotidase activity and actin. Electron... (More)
Caveolae were isolated from rat lungs by a combination of affinity partitioning and sucrose gradient centrifugation. After homogenization of the lungs directly in a polyethylene glycol–dextran two-phase system and conventional phase partitioning, the polyethylene glycol-rich top phase was affinity partitioned with fresh bottom phase containing dextran-linked wheat-germ agglutinin. The lectin selectively attracted plasma membranes to the bottom phase. The isolated plasma membrane fraction was treated with Triton X-100 or, alternatively, sonicated before centrifugation in a stepwise sucrose gradient. Caveolin-enriched material collected at the 5/24% sucrose boundary. This material also contained 5′-nucleotidase activity and actin. Electron microscopy showed the material to consist of a homogeneous population of 50- to 100-nm vesicles. This purification protocol should allow the facile purification of caveolae also from other tissues, facilitating structural and functional studies. (Less)
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10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00561-4
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  author       = {{Abedinpour, Parisa and Jergil, Bengt}},
  issn         = {{1096-0309}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{1--8}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Analytical Biochemistry}},
  title        = {{Isolation of a caveolae-enriched fraction from rat lung by affinity partitioning and sucrose gradient centrifugation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00561-4}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/S0003-2697(02)00561-4}},
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