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Biosynthesis of Proparathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone by Human Parathyroid Glands
Luke L. H. Chu, … , James W. Hamilton, David V. Cohn
Luke L. H. Chu, … , James W. Hamilton, David V. Cohn
Published December 1, 1973
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1973;52(12):3089-3094. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI107508.
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Biosynthesis of Proparathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone by Human Parathyroid Glands

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Human parathyroid glands obtained at autopsy were incubated with [3H]leucine and [3H]lysine. After incubation, nonradioactive parathyroid tissue of either human or bovine origin was added. Radioactive parathyroid hormone and proparathyroid hormone were isolated from the gland and medium by organic solvent and salt fractionation, trichloroacetic acid precipitation, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, and carboxymethyl cellulose column chromatography. The human hormonal peptides were identified in the ion-exchange column eluates by their relatively high levels of radioactivity, their elution positions, and their immunoreactivity to anti-PTH antiserum. The time-course of radioactive amino acid incorporation into these peptides and a brief incubation of the gland with radioactive amino acids, followed by various lengths of incubation with nonradioactive amino acids, indicated that a precursor-product relationship exists for the two peptides. An alternate method for isolation of the hormone and prohormone, which involves separation of peptides by urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, confirmed the identities of the human parathyroid hormone and proparathyroid hormone.

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Luke L. H. Chu, Ronal R. MacGregor, Paul I. Liu, James W. Hamilton, David V. Cohn

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