Purification of human truncated prorenin from uterine lining and recombinant systems yielded a 45,500-MW active renin with specific activities of 850 and 946 GU/mg, respectively.
The study successfully purified and characterized a 45,500-MW active truncated prorenin from human uterine lining and recombinant systems, demonstrating similar specific activity to human renal renin.
Posttranslational processing of enzymatically inactive prorenin to an active form participates in the control of the activity of a key system involved in blood pressure regulation, growth, and other important functions. The issue is complicated because renin can be produced by a number of tissues throughout the body, in addition to the kidney, but the mechanism by which they process prorenin to renin is unknown and difficult to determine because of the small amounts of renin present. In the juxtaglomerular cell of the kidney, a 43 amino acid prosegment is cleaved from the amino terminus of prorenin to generate renin of molecular weight 44,000 Do, Y. S., Shinagawa, T., Tam, H., Inagami, T., & Hsueh, W. A. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 1037-1043. Using human uterine lining or a recombinant human prorenin system, we employed the same approach as that used in kidney, ammonium sulfate precipitation at pH 3.1 followed by pepstatin and H-77 affinity chromatography or gel filtration, to purify to homogeneity a 45,500-MW totally active renin. The specific activity of the active truncated prorenin was 850 Goldblatt units (GU)/mg of protein for chorion-decidua renin and 946 GU/mg of protein for recombinant renin, both similar to that reported for pure human renal renin. Both forms of renin cross-reacted with an antibody generated against 44,00-MW pure human renal renin and with an antibody generated against a peptide identical to the carboxy-terminal one-third of the prosegment.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Shinagawa et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Purification of truncated prorenin was evaluated on Specific activity and cross-reactivity of purified truncated prorenin. Purification of human truncated prorenin from uterine lining and recombinant systems yielded a 45,500-MW active renin with specific activities of 850 and 946 GU/mg, respectively.