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- Title
Partial purification and characterization of the human lymphocyte colony enhancing factor (LCEF).
- Authors
Zeevi, Adriana; Goldman, I.; Rozenszajn, L. A.
- Abstract
The cloning potential of PHA-treated T cells is significantly enhanced when lymphocyte culture fluid (LCF) from mitogen-treated lymphocytes is added to the soft agar culture system. The mitogens seem to stimulate the release of a lymphocyte colony enhancing factor (LCEF) into the culture medium. A study of the physico-chemical properties of the LCEF revealed that it is a nondialyzable, heat-labile molecule which migrates in the haptoglobin (2-2) post-transferrin region in acrylamide electrophoresis. It is stable to RNase and DNase but labile to papain and trypsin. The LCEF was partially purified from the crude LCF using a sequence of techniques—ammonium sulphate precipitation, DEAE-cellulose and Bio-Gel P-150 chromatography and disc electrophoresis. The mol. wt of the purified LCEF, determined from gel filtration chromatography, was 90,000-110,000.
- Subjects
LYMPHOCYTES; T cells; POLY-beta-hydroxyalkanoates; LEUCOCYTES; GEL permeation chromatography; MITOGENS
- Publication
Immunology, 1978, Vol 34, Issue 3, p523
- ISSN
0019-2805
- Publication type
Article