Alkaline extraction of cholecystokinin-immunoreactivity from rat brain

Steven W. Ryder, John Eng, Eugene Straus, Rosalyn S. Yalow

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Abstract

Alkaline aqueous extractants remove from rat brain 2 to 4 times the CCK-immunoreactivity that is removed by acidic or neutral aqueous extractants. The distribution among the various hormonal forms appears to be independent of the extractant: about 1 10 in the larger basic forms (CCK-33 and CCK-39); about 1 4 as the C-terminal dodecapeptide (CCK-12) and the remainder as the octapeptide (CCK-8). In contrast, alkaline and acidic aqueous solutions are equally efficient in extraction of enkephalin-immunoreactivity from the same tissues. We are presently unable to account for the very different efficiencies of the various extractants in removing CCK-immunoreactivity from brain.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)704-709
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume94
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 May 1980
Externally publishedYes

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