Actomyosin was prepared from human myocardium and its protein composition was examined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. For some preparations, particularly actomyosin isolated from elderly subjects, a high molecular weight (HMW) band (identified as a breakdown product of myosin heavy chain) appeared, while the troponin-T subunit decreased. Myofibril associated protease (MFP) activity ...

High-molecular-weight (HMW) protein from human cataractous lenses, isolated by differential centrifugation, was deaggregated in 7M urea and then reaggregated in either the presence or absence of 10 mM CaCl2. Over 90% of the material reaggregated in the presence of calcium appears to have a size greater than 50 X 10(6) daltons. By contrast, only 20% to 25% of the material reaggregated in the abs...

BACKGROUND Polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) nanoparticles have been used to increase the relative oral bioavailability of hydrophobic compounds and polyphenols in recent years, but the effects of the molecular weight of PLGA on bioavailability are still unknown. This study investigated the influence of polymer molecular weight on the relative oral bioavailability of curcumin, and explored the...

Human glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most malignant tumor of the central nervous system (CNS). Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) belongs to the FGF superfamily and functions as a potential oncoprotein in GBM. FGF2 has low molecular weight (18K) and high molecular weight (HMW) isoforms. Nuclear accumulation of HMW-FGF2 strongly promotes glioblastoma cell proliferation, yet mechanism govern...

Several tumor cells secrete significantly increased amounts of the plasminogen activator urokinase, a trypsinlike serine protease, whose biological function in tumor biology is unclear. In this study we report that cells of the human epidermal tumor cell line CCL 20.2 express about 80,000 high-affinity urokinase receptors per cell that bind active as well as diisopropylfluorophosphate-treated h...

The polypeptide subunits of wheat glutenin obtained after reductive cleavage of disulfide bonds have been separated into two fractions by a modified Osborne technique. Approximately 62% of the subunits by weight are soluble, as is gliadin, in neutral 70% ethanol; the ethanol-soluble subunits are mainly of 44,000 molecular weight (MW). The ethanol-insoluble glutenin subunit fraction is markedly ...

The effect that polymer molecular weight has on the dispersion of relatively polar montmorillonite (MMT) in nonpolar, unmodified high density polyethylene (HDPE) was examined. Polymer layered silicate (PLS) nanocomposites were prepared via melt compounding in a single screw extruder using three unmodified HDPE matrices of differing molecular weight and organically modified MMT (organoclay) in c...

Livers from bluegills exposed to increased soluble copper (Cu) under field and laboratory conditions were analyzed to determine the concentration and distribution of Cu in metalloproteins of different molecular size. Analyses were performed on bluegills collected from the impoundment of the H. B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant (Florence, SC) near the effluent discharge from the power plant, near...