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Isolation and characterization of mouse C1q.

C1q was isolated from mouse serum and ascites fluid by absorption onto human IgG-coated latex beads followed by separation on 3-10% exponential gradient sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gels. Mouse C1q was also purified by low ionic strength precipitation of mouse serum. The purified C1q was heat-labile (56 degrees C, 30 min) both structurally and functionally, contained 4.3% hydroxyproline, 1.38% hydroxylysine, and 18.5% glycine, had an apparent molecular weight of 380,000 daltons, and reconstituted the hemolytic complement activity of C1q-depleted mouse serum. The negatively stained ultrastructural appearance of this purified material consisted of 6 globular units connected by strands. These data demonstrate that mouse C1q structurally and functionally is similar to human and rabbit C1q. A portion of polyacrylamide gel containing mouse C1q was injected into rabbits resulting in the production of monospecific antisera against mouse C1q. Thus, this procedure is a new, rapid and simple method to obtain monospecific antisera against mouse C1q.[1]

References

  1. Isolation and characterization of mouse C1q. McManus, L.M., Nakane, P.K. J. Immunol. Methods (1980) [Pubmed]
 
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