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Genetic Variation of the Equine Serum Protease Inhibitor System Pi (Pr) Characterized By an Enzyme Binding Staining Technique After Starch Gel Electrophoresis

Genetisk variasjon av bestens proteasehemmende Pi (Pr) system, besternt ved hjelp av stivelsesgel elektroforese og en enzymbindende fargeteknikk.

Abstract

A modification of Uriel & Berges (1968) staining technique has been developed for starch gels. This method, which makes use of the Pi proteins ability to bind trypsin and chymotrypsin, allows for the recognition of the Pi zones which migrate into slower positions than originally described by Braend (1970). The Pi zones appear as white bands against a lilac background. Serum samples from 18 sire families selected according to the Pi type of the sires have been studied. Ten families were Norwegian Trotter, 8 were Warm-blood Trotter (Standardbred). In each family 12 dam-offspring pairs were examined. In trypsin-treated gels the white zones usually correspond to those previously recognized by protein-staining. In addition, the products of the PiG, Pi1, PiL and PiW alleles each had 1 distinct slow band, but in different positions. The products of the PiN and PiU alleles lacked slow zones. The Pis and PiT alleles differed with respect to the positions of their slow bands. A new allele PiT1 was identified. This has a slow band in a different position from that of the PiL allele. An allele indistinguishable from PiZ was recognized in Norwegian Trotter in which also a new alle Je temporarily called PiY could be demonstrated. In chymotrypsin-treated gels the zone patterns of some of the allele products differed from those seen after trypsin-treatment.

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En modifikasjon aν Uriel & Berges’ (1968) fargemetode er blitt utviklet til brak for stivelsesgel. Denne metode beror på at Pi pro-teinene binder trypsin og chymotrypsin. Den muliggjør bestemmelse av Pi soner som vandrer saktere enn de som opprinnelig ble besternt av Brænd (1970). Pi sonene viser seg som hvite bånd mot en lilla bakgrunn. Serumprøver utvalgt etter fedrenes Pi typer er blitt under-søkt for ialt 18 familier, 10 aν norsk traver, 8 av varmblod traver. Ηver familie bestod av 12 mor-avkom par. I geler som er behandlet med trypsin vil de hvite soner vanligvis tilsvare dem som sees etter proteinfarging. I tillegg viste produktene av PiG, PiI, PiL og PiW allelene et saktere, tydelig band hver, men i forskjellige posisjoner.

Slike sakte bånd manglet hos produktene til PiN og PiU allelene. Allelene PiS og PiT var forskj ellige med hensyn til sakte bånd. En ny allel PiL1 er blitt pävist. Denne har et sakte band i en annen posisjon enn PiL allelen. En allel som synes å tilsvare PiZ ble funnet hos norsk traver, hvor også en ny allel, forel0pig kalt PiY er blitt påvist. I geler behandlet med chymotrypsin viste sonemønstrene seg for noen av allelproduktene å være forskj ellige fra dem som sees etter trypsin-behandling.

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Braend, M. Genetic Variation of the Equine Serum Protease Inhibitor System Pi (Pr) Characterized By an Enzyme Binding Staining Technique After Starch Gel Electrophoresis. Acta Vet Scand 23, 592–602 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546778

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