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Progranulin Adsorbs to Polypropylene Tubes and Disrupts Functional Assays: Implications for Research, Biomarker Studies, and Therapeutics

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العنوان: Progranulin Adsorbs to Polypropylene Tubes and Disrupts Functional Assays: Implications for Research, Biomarker Studies, and Therapeutics
المؤلفون: Sushmitha Gururaj, Paul J. Sampognaro, Andrea R. Argouarch, Aimee W. Kao
المصدر: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 14 (2020)
بيانات النشر: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020.
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
مصطلحات موضوعية: progranulin, adsorption, neurodegeneration, polypropylene, cathepsins, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
الوصف: Progranulin (PGRN) is a tightly regulated, secreted glycoprotein involved in a wide range of biological processes that is of tremendous interest to the scientific community due to its involvement in neoplastic, neurodevelopmental, and neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, progranulin haploinsufficiency leads to frontotemporal dementia. While performing experiments with a HIS-tagged recombinant human (rh) PGRN protein, we observed a measurable depletion of protein from solution due to its adsorption onto polypropylene (PPE) microcentrifuge tubes. In this study, we have quantified the extent of rhPGRN adsorption to PPE tubes while varying experimental conditions, including incubation time and temperature. We found that ∼25–35% of rhPGRN becomes adsorbed to the surface of PPE tubes even after a short incubation period. We then directly showed the deleterious impact of PGRN adsorption in functional assays and have recommended alternative labware to minimize these effects. Although the risk of adsorption of some purified proteins and peptides to polymer plastics has been characterized previously, this is the first report of rhPGRN adsorption. Moreover, since PGRN is currently being studied and utilized in both basic science laboratories to perform in vitro studies and translational laboratories to survey PGRN as a quantitative dementia biomarker and potential replacement therapy, the reported observations here are broadly impactful and will likely significantly affect the design and interpretation of future experiments centered on progranulin biology.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1662-453X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2020.602235/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1662-453X
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.602235
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/b6873566170e451bb63d2a96c6dd715e
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.b6873566170e451bb63d2a96c6dd715e
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:1662453X
DOI:10.3389/fnins.2020.602235