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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 77, Issue 12 3225-3229, Copyright © 1999 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Technical note: a rapid method for quantification of calpain and calpastatin activities in muscle

G. H. Geesink and M. Koohmaraie
Roman L. Hruska US Meat Animal Research Center, ARS, USDA, Clay Center, NE 68933-0166, USA.

Stepwise and continuous gradient ion-exchange chromatography were compared for yield of calpains and calpastatin from ovine muscle in a study designed to quantify their activities for comparative purposes. In Exp. 1, a continuous (25 to 400 mM NaCl) gradient and a two-step gradient method (200 mM NaCl to coelute mu-calpain and calpastatin together and then 400 mM NaCl to elute mu-calpain) were compared. For the two-step method, mu-calpain activities were determined by subtracting calpastatin activities before and after heat inactivation of mu-calpain. Both the two-step and the continuous gradient method yielded similar results over a broad range of activities. The stepwise gradient method does not require the use of fraction collectors and pumps, and it can be completed in a fraction of the time required for the continuous gradient method. In Exp. 2, the two-step method was compared with a three-step method (100 mM NaCl to elute calpastatin, then 200 mM NaCl to elute mu-calpain, and then 400 mM NaCl to elute m-calpain). Unlike the continuous gradient method, calpastatin and mu-calpain could not be completely separated using the three-step chromatography method. Thus, the three-step gradient method should not be used to quantify the components of the calpain proteolytic system. The present results indicate that the two-step gradient method is a fast and inexpensive method to determine calpain and calpastatin activities in studies designed to quantify the components of the calpain proteolytic system in skeletal muscle.


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