Abstract
Partial purification of topoisomerase II from small samples (107-108 cells) of human leukaemic cells was achieved by isolation of cell nuclei, hyper-osmotic extraction of nuclear proteins, sorption of nuclear proteins by heparin-Sepharose and elution with potassium phosphate. Similar results were obtained by gradient and batchwise elution. The catalytic activity of topoisomerase increased ca. eightfold after removal of ca. 95% of the contaminating nuclear proteins. The conserved enzymatic activity after partial purification indicates that the enzyme was not damaged. The half-life of enzymatic activity is increased by the chromatographic procedure. Owing to its high yield and technical simplicity, this could be a candidate procedure for the study of topoisomerase II in patient-derived blood samples.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Chromatography A |
| Volume | 625 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 67-71 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISSN | 0021-9673 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13.11.1992 |
Funding
This work was supported by the Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung, Grant 90.038.01, and the Deutsche For-schungsgemeinschaft,S FB 172, C9. Excellent tech- nical assistance was rendered by Michael Clark. The authors thank Professor LF. . Liu, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, for the gift of the anti-topoisomerase II antibody.