Human apolipoprotein B cDNA clone isolation and demonstration that liver apolipoprotein B mRNA is 22 kilobases in length - PubMed (original) (raw)

Human apolipoprotein B cDNA clone isolation and demonstration that liver apolipoprotein B mRNA is 22 kilobases in length

L S Huang et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Oct.

Abstract

An expression library made in plasmids pUC8 and pUC9 with mRNA derived from the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 was screened with a rabbit antiserum to human low density lipoprotein (LDL). Approximately 12,000 clones were screened and five positives were identified. The cDNA inserts were all 1500-1600 base pairs in length. The insert from one clone, pB8, was isolated, labeled by nicktranslation, and found to cross-hybridize strongly with the other four cDNA clones. The pB8 clone produces a fusion protein of approximately equal to 37.5 kDa that reacts in electrophoretic transfer blot analysis with rabbit anti-human LDL. This reactivity can be abolished by pretreatment of the antiserum with purified human LDL, p = 1.025 - 1.050 g/ml. A pB8-derived probe was used to demonstrate that apolipoprotein B (apo B) mRNA is present in HepG2 cells and liver extracts but not in HeLa cells or extracts from small intestine, heart, aorta, spleen, brain, skeletal muscle, lung, kidney, or ovary. RNA transfer blot analysis revealed that HepG2 cell apo B mRNA was approximately equal to 22 kilobases in length. These cDNA clones should allow the isolation of the apo B gene and ultimately the elucidation of the primary structure of this protein.

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