TY - JOUR
T1 - One-step immunoaffinity purification of recombinant human retinoic acid receptor γ
AU - Repa, Joyce J.
AU - Berg, Jessica A.
AU - Kaiser, Mary E.
AU - Hanson, Kristine K.
AU - Strugnell, Stephen A.
AU - Clagett-Dame, Margaret
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported by National Institutes of Health Grant DK-14881. We thank Jean Prahl for outstanding assistance in generating proteins in insect cells and Bridgette A. Wie¯ing for assistance in producing the GST-rRXRα in E. coli.
PY - 1997/4
Y1 - 1997/4
N2 - Retinoic acid receptors (RAR) are members of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily and serve as ligand-activated transcription factors. In order to facilitate studies of receptor protein, we have generated a monoclonal antibody to the human RARγ, and have developed a procedure to purify the full length receptor expressed in insect cells. The monoclonal antibody (A10) was developed using as antigen a carboxy-terminal fragment of the human RARγ expressed as a bacterial fusion protein. The A10 monoclonal antibody binds to both native and denatured forms of the human RARγ. This antibody was immobilized on a resin and used to purify full-length, baculovirus-expressed human RARγ to near homogeneity. The immunoaffinity-purified receptor is >90-95% pure as revealed by silver-stained gels. The identity of the single protein band as RARγ, was verified by immunoblotting using a polyclonal antibody to an epitope distinct from that recognized by the A10 antibody. The pure human RARγ is functional with respect to both ligand and DNA binding. Scatchard analysis of 3H-labeled all-trans retinoic acid binding to purified human RARγ revealed a single, high-affinity binding site with a K(d) of ~2 nM. Binding of the pure RARγ to a DR5-type retinoic acid response element was also studied. Response element binding by RARγ required the presence of the retinoid X receptor, but did not require the presence of additional proteins. Human RARγ protein purified in this fashion will be useful in future structural and functional studies.
AB - Retinoic acid receptors (RAR) are members of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily and serve as ligand-activated transcription factors. In order to facilitate studies of receptor protein, we have generated a monoclonal antibody to the human RARγ, and have developed a procedure to purify the full length receptor expressed in insect cells. The monoclonal antibody (A10) was developed using as antigen a carboxy-terminal fragment of the human RARγ expressed as a bacterial fusion protein. The A10 monoclonal antibody binds to both native and denatured forms of the human RARγ. This antibody was immobilized on a resin and used to purify full-length, baculovirus-expressed human RARγ to near homogeneity. The immunoaffinity-purified receptor is >90-95% pure as revealed by silver-stained gels. The identity of the single protein band as RARγ, was verified by immunoblotting using a polyclonal antibody to an epitope distinct from that recognized by the A10 antibody. The pure human RARγ is functional with respect to both ligand and DNA binding. Scatchard analysis of 3H-labeled all-trans retinoic acid binding to purified human RARγ revealed a single, high-affinity binding site with a K(d) of ~2 nM. Binding of the pure RARγ to a DR5-type retinoic acid response element was also studied. Response element binding by RARγ required the presence of the retinoid X receptor, but did not require the presence of additional proteins. Human RARγ protein purified in this fashion will be useful in future structural and functional studies.
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U2 - 10.1006/prep.1996.0696
DO - 10.1006/prep.1996.0696
M3 - Article
C2 - 9126603
AN - SCOPUS:0031128364
SN - 1046-5928
VL - 9
SP - 319
EP - 330
JO - Protein Expression and Purification
JF - Protein Expression and Purification
IS - 3
ER -