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标题：Cholesterol crystallization-promoters in human bile: comparative potencies of immunoglobulins, alpha 1-acid glycoprotein, phospholipase C, and aminopeptidase N1.
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作者：M Abei ; J Schwarzendrube ; H Nuutinen 等
期刊名称：JLR Papers In Press
印刷版ISSN：0022-2275
电子版ISSN：1539-7262
出版年度：1993
卷号：34
期号：7
页码：1141-1148
语种：English
出版社：American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
摘要：Concanavalin A (Con A)-binding glycoproteins accelerate the rate of cholesterol crystal formation as a prelude to gallstone formation. Immunoglobulins (IgM, IgA, and IgG), aminopeptidase N (APN), phospholipase C (pcPLC), and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein from this Con A fraction have all been proposed as candidate promoters. We immunopurified each of the six putative promoters and examined their comparative effects by adding equal amounts to a cholesterol crystal growth assay. The effects of immunoabsorptive removal of each of the specific candidate promoters from native bile were also compared. In additional studies, the potency of these proteins was in the following order: IgM > IgA = AAG > IgG. APN and pcPLC showed no effect on cholesterol crystal growth at their apparent physiological concentrations. In subtractive experiments, only a minor loss (