Precipitação de actomiosina de vertebrados por congelamento de fração solúvel

Abstract

ABSTRACT - CHAPTER I Actomyosin from rat testis was obtained by freezing the soluble fraction and myosin II was isolated from this actomyosin. Testis was homogenized in a buffer extract, centrifuged, and the 40,000g x 40 supernatant frozen at -20°C for 48 hours. The supernatant was thawed at 4°C, centrifuged at 45.000g x 45 and the precipitate washed twice with imidazole buffer (pH 7.0 and 9.0, respectively). The resulting precipitate was enriched in 3 polypeptides: p205, p43 and one that migrated together with the front of the gel. These polypeptides were solubilized in pH 10.8 buffer at 27°C. When isolated in a Sephacryl S-400 column, p205 cosedimented with F-actin in the absence, but not in the presence, of ATP and was marked with anti-myosin II. Although the testis preparation expressed low K/EDTA-ATPase activity, a similar preparation obtained from skeletal muscle exhibited high K/EDTA-ATPase activity. In this study, myosin II was isolated from an actomyosin preparation obtained by freezing the soluble fraction of testis. ABSTRACT - CHAPTER II Actomyosin from swine, bovine and chicks brain was obtained by freezing the soluble fraction and myosin II and V was precipitate together, and myosin II from swine brain was partially isolated from this actomyosin. Brain was homogenized in a buffer extract, centrifuged, and the 40,000g x 40 supernatant frozen at -20°C for 48 hours. The supernatant was thawed at 4°C, centrifuged at 45.000g x 45 and the precipitate washed twice with imidazole buffer (pH 7.0 and 10.0, respectively). The resulting precipitate was enriched in 3 polypeptides: p205, p53, p43 and own high Mg2+-ATPase activity. These polypeptides were solubilized in pH 10.2 buffer at 27°C, with addition of ATP, Mg and NaCl. The p205 from swine brain was partially isolated in a Sephacryl S-500 column. This polypeptide of 205 kDa was marked with antibody anti-myosin II and V. Although the brain preparation expressed low K/EDTA-ATPase activity, we observed Co2+- ATPase activity and a stimulation of the Mg2+-ATPase activity by Tween 20. In this study, showed a precipitation together of myosin II and V, and partially isolated this myosin from swine brain from actomyosin preparation obtained by freezing the soluble fraction of brain.