Identification of a serine protease with nerve growth promoting activity from snake venom
作者:
Li-ying Guo,
Hong Zhu,
Jin-fang Zhu,
Nai-he Jing,
Linying Feng,
Yuan-cong Zhou,
期刊:
NeuroReport
(OVID Available online 1998)
卷期:
Volume 9,
issue 16
页码: 3577-3581
ISSN:0959-4965
年代: 1998
出版商: OVID
关键词: Nerve growth factor;Neurotrophic factor;Serine protease;Snake venom
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
A new protein with nerve growth promoting activity was purified from the crude venom of theAgkistrodon halys Pallas, a Chinese snaker . Its amino-terminal sequence unexpectedly showed high homology with serine proteases, suggesting that it is a new member of the serine protease family. It also cross-reacted with antibodies against thrombin-like enzyme and possessed weak arginine esterase activity, amounting to about 3% of the activity of trypsin. However, its nerve growth promoting activity was comparable to that of nerve growth factor (NGF). It was named NGF-like protease (NLP). Northern blot analysis further demonstrated different patterns of induction of c-myc, vgfandtrkAmRNA transcription in PC12 pheochromocytoma cells treated with NGF and NLP, respectively. These data suggested that NLP represents a novel potent neurotrophic factor.
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