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. 1989 Sep 15;262(3):917–922. doi: 10.1042/bj2620917

Affinity purification of cellular retinoic acid-binding protein on 14-carboxy-13-cis-retinamide-sepharose 4B.

R K Singh 1, B P Sani 1, M I Dawson 1, Y F Shealy 1
PMCID: PMC1133360  PMID: 2556113

Abstract

A biologically active bifunctional retinoid, ethyl 14-carboxyretinoate, has been synthesized and shown to bind cellular retinoic acid (RA)-binding protein (CRABP) via its free carboxy group. We describe herein the synthesis of 14-carboxy-13-cis-retinamide-Sepharose 4B, which is an affinity matrix bearing an all-trans-RA moiety, and thus was used to purify and characterize CRABP from chick-embryo skin. An amide bond was first formed between the free carboxy group of the retinoid and a primary amino group of aminohexyl-Sepharose 4B, by reaction with carbodi-imide, and the ester group of the resin-bound retinoid was then hydrolysed in an alkaline medium. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and f.p.l.c. Superose column-chromatographic analysis demonstrated that the affinity-purified CRABP (Mr 15,000) was close to electrophoretic homogeneity (greater than 90%) and specifically interacts with RA. By using affinity gel chromatography, conversion of holo-CRABP into apo-CRABP by treatment with p-hydroxymercuribenzoate and a possible involvement of a thiol group in RA binding to CRABP were established. This affinity procedure provides several advantages: (i) 14-carboxy-13-cis-retinamide-Sepharose exhibited high efficiency and selectivity for RA-binding protein (i.e. retinol- or fatty-acid-binding proteins did not bind); (ii) the presence of the amide linkage between the ligand and the matrix makes this affinity resin relatively stable to cytosolic enzymes; and (iii) other RA-binding proteins, e.g. nuclear receptor(s), may be purified.

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