Immunoaffinity purification of juvenile hormone-binding protein from Galleria mellonella hemolymph

Acta Biochim Pol. 1996;43(4):603-10.

Abstract

Previously described methods of purification of hemolymph juvenile hormone-binding protein (hJHBP) from Lepidoptera were tedious and required multiple steps. These methods resulted in low protein yield (Kramer et al., 1976; Goodman et al., 1978; Peterson et al., 1982; Park et al., 1993; Ozyhar & Kochman, 1987). In this report a simple method of purification of hJHBP from Galleria mellonella (L.) larvae is described. Monoclonal antibodies against hJHBP were obtained and crosslinked to CNBr-activated Sepharose 4B. The hemolymph of G. mellonella was centrifuged and then chromatographed on Sephadex G-200 gel filtration column. Juvenile-hormone-binding activity containing material from Sephadex G-200 column was subjected to purification on an immunoaffinity column. Bound protein was eluted from anti-hJHBP Sepharose 4B gel by lowering pH to 3.0 with 200 mM citric acid 200 mM Na2HPO4 buffer. This method resulted in 320-fold purification of G. mellonella hJHBP with 56% yield.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carrier Proteins / blood
  • Carrier Proteins / isolation & purification*
  • Chromatography, Affinity / methods*
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Hemolymph / metabolism*
  • Insect Proteins*
  • Juvenile Hormones / blood*
  • Lepidoptera

Substances

  • Carrier Proteins
  • Insect Proteins
  • Juvenile Hormones
  • juvenile hormone-binding protein, insect